USCIS is still requiring all LEGAL greencard applicants to get the covid jab: https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/panel-physicians/vaccinations.html#covid-19-vaccination
This is ALL immigrants changing their status inside the United States, and in my case it's blocking my wife's IR1 immigration visa. I have hired people to look into legal options, and the advice I have been given is there is nothing that I can do as far as a waiver goes, because it's completely up to the officer to grant a waiver, and if we get denied there is both no way to challenge the denial in court AND it would prevent us from getting a non-immigration immigration visa having a rejection on her file.
I am a US citizen and my family is BANNED from the United States because of on-going federal vaccine mandates.
Did some research... looks like renewals (From I-751) does not require a updated Medical Exam.
My wife did the Medical Exam 4-5 years ago when getting her initial green card. So it looks like we may have dodged the buckshot.
Sorry to hear you are going through this... Have you at least TRIED a waiver? Another thing you can do is... go to multiple authorized doctors for the exam, and flat out ask them at the start if they will deem covid vaccine "not appropriate for the applicant"? This does the trick, from what I hear.
I don't think it's for renewals. As for farming for doctors it's kind of hard, the CDC doesn't provide a list of contraindications for COVID like it does for other vaccines. If you're over six months old then it's so safe and effective that there's no reason not to take it according to the CDC. So I was told by the doctor the only box they could check was for religious reasons.
As for the waiver I followed up with legal advice, it's impossible to tell what USCIS will approve or not approve and if it's only for the COVID injections they're likely to revoke it and REALLY ban us from the country.
So if the requirement is removed then we can proceed, otherwise we might need to give up and find ways to visa hop to another country.
Damn, yeah... it might not be worth risking a all-out denial... And just find a way to wait it out until these requirements are removed.
It just sucks though, the process itself takes like two years.... to get all this way and have this happening is frustrating :(
Really sorry fren... I feel for you
Thanks for the comments. I'm mostly surprised there isn't more attention on this. The US is violating the Nuremberg codes on mass and nobody gives a fuck.