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mcloo7
Joined: 18 Aug 2009 Posts: 434 Location: Hangzhou
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry to hijack the thread. If you have been vaccinated for hepatitis, would that show up as positive in a test, and could you be rejected for it? I know antibodies show up for a certain test if youve been vaccinated, and there is another test to see if you actually have the disease. Do they make this distinction when testing? |
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johntpartee
Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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I know a Russian lady who HAS hepatitis B and she got a visa. It showed up when she got her physical and they gave it to her anyway. Surprising. |
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Javelin of Radiance
Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 1187 Location: The West
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:16 am Post subject: |
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mcloo, I think you're starting to worry too much. The medical exam in China is assembly line style and is pretty basic. If you're not dying from HIV then you're probably going to be fine. |
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Javelin of Radiance
Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 1187 Location: The West
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:17 am Post subject: |
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johntpartee wrote: |
I know a Russian lady who HAS hepatitis B and she got a visa. It showed up when she got her physical and they gave it to her anyway. Surprising. |
Do you mean the residence permit? You don't need a medical to get a visa as far as I remember. |
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mcloo7
Joined: 18 Aug 2009 Posts: 434 Location: Hangzhou
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:33 am Post subject: |
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Javelin of Radiance wrote: |
mcloo, I think you're starting to worry too much. The medical exam in China is assembly line style and is pretty basic. If you're not dying from HIV then you're probably going to be fine. |
Thank you. |
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johntpartee
Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Do you mean the residence permit? |
Her husband is an art teacher in Guangzhou. I'm not familiar with what family members of Foreign Experts are required to have, visa or resident permit. Whatever it takes for a foreigner with that status to reside in China is what I meant.
P.S. In some countries you DO need a physical to get a Z visa (Mexico is the only one I'm sure about, that's where I got mine). |
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Non Sequitur
Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hep B is endemic in China. |
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mcloo7
Joined: 18 Aug 2009 Posts: 434 Location: Hangzhou
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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Non Sequitur wrote: |
Hep B is endemic in China. |
How do you protect yourself while there? |
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johntpartee
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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There's a vaccination. |
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Non Sequitur
Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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Your Dr or Travel Clinic will advise you.
Hep A and B plus Tetanus and the current flu would be the minimum. |
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