This is not accurate.
To get my US Green card, all that was required was an HIV test and a standard US doctor's affidavit that I wasn't disabled.
That's a far cry from a "rigorous physical exam".
To get my US Green card, all that was required was an HIV test and a standard US doctor's affidavit that I wasn't disabled.
That's a far cry from a "rigorous physical exam".
HIV is also more of a chronic condition as apposed to a public health hazard these days. It's cost of perpetual treatment isn't significantly different from dozens of other conditions or diseases, and the risk to the public is similar to other diseases like Hepatitis.
Anyone have insight that I'm not understanding?
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Edit: elliekelly gave a well-thought out reply below that makes logical sense, even if I disagree with the policy
The price was in the hundreds of dollars in a somewhat poor country.
The doctor was very clear that he could have been refused because of the results he never saw.
It's speculated that STDs are also tested, but as I wrote, he never saw the test results.