Mexico - Obtain Certificate of Immunity

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Procedure

Applicants should consult with their regular health care provider to obtain a copy of their immunization record, if one is available. If you do not have a vaccination record, or if you never had certain vaccines, the designated physician will work with you to determine which vaccinations you may need to meet the requirement.
In certain cases where the designated physician cannot administer in their office or hospital, he/she will guide where you can get them, such as local public health department. After evaluation by the designated physician, you may alternatively go to your family doctor to get the required vaccines administered and show the records to the designed physician.
The doctor or clinical officer will;

• Determine the age of the applicant.
• Review applicants medical history
• Determine the vaccines the applicant needs
• Assess contradictions and precautions
• Assess applicants laboratory needs

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Required Documents

• Vaccination records
• Medical chart

Office Locations & Contacts

Secretara de Salud
Leija No. 7, Col. Juarez,
Deleg. Cuauhtemoc
Distrito Federal CP.06000

The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS)
Oklahoma 14,
Col. Npoles, Delegacin Benito Jurez,
Mxico, D.F. C.P. 03810
Tel. 5080 5200

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, MXICO
Universidad No. 655 Colonia Santa Mara Ahuacatitln,
Cerrada Los Pinos y Caminera C.P. 62100,
Cuernavaca, Mor. Mxico.
Tel. (777) 329 3000

The PAHO/WHO Representative
Birmingham, Dr Maureen
Horacio N 1855 , Piso 3,
Oficina 305 Colonia Los Morales Polanco 11510 - Mxico, DF, Mexico
Telephone: +52 55 59800880
Facsimile: +52 55 53955681
[email protected]

Eligibility

Certain waivers of the vaccination requirement are available upon the recommendation of the designated physician. Only a designated physician can determine which of the listed vaccinations are medically appropriate for you, given your age, medical history and current medical condition. e.g., if you are pregnant, Mumps, Measles, Rubella (MMR) will not be given to you or your husband. A vaccine is "not medically appropriate" if:

• The vaccine is not recommended for your specific age group;
• There is a medical reason why it would not be safe to have the vaccine; e.g., allergies to eggs and yeast, pregnancy, hypersensitivity to prior vaccines, or other medical reasons;
• You are unable to complete the entire series of a required vaccine within a reasonable amount of time.

The following vaccines are necessary:

• Make sure you are up-to-date on routine vaccines before every trip. These vaccines include measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, polio vaccine, and your yearly flu shot.
• You can get hepatitis B through sexual contact, contaminated needles, and blood products, so CDC recommends this vaccine if you might have sex with a new partner, get a tattoo or piercing, or have any medical procedures.
• When traveling in Mexico, you should avoid mosquito bites to prevent malaria. You may need to take prescription medicine before, during, and after your trip to prevent malaria, depending on your travel plans, such as where you are going, when you are traveling, and if you are spending a lot of time outdoors or sleeping outside. Talk to your doctor about how you can prevent malaria while traveling.
• Although rabies can be found in dogs, bats, and other mammals in Mexico, it is not a major risk to most travelers. CDC recommends this vaccine only for these groups:
  • Travelers involved in outdoor and other activities in remote areas that put them at risk for animal bites (such as adventure travel and caving).
  • People who will be working with or around animals (such as veterinarians, wildlife professionals, and researchers).
  • People who are taking long trips or moving to remote areas in Mexico
  • Children, because they tend to play with animals, might not report bites, and are more likely to have animal bites on their head and neck.
• You can get typhoid through contaminated food or water in Mexico. CDC recommends this vaccine for most travelers, especially if you are staying with friends or relatives, visiting smaller cities or rural areas, or if you are an adventurous eater.
• You can get hepatitis A through contaminated food or water in Mexico, regardless of where you are eating or staying.

Fees

Fees depend on where you are obtaining the certificate of immunity.
You are responsible for paying for all the vaccinations you take, directly to the healthcare provider. Before you get the vaccines, you should ask them for its prices. If you cannot afford the vaccinations, there is no waiver available for that reason

Validity

This will depend on the vaccines. If any of vaccinations have exceeded their period the applicant will have to obtain another certificate.

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Processing Time

• In order to assist the designated physician, and to avoid delays in the processing, all applicants should have their vaccination records available for the designated physician's review at the time of the medical examination.
• If the designated physician cannot administer all the required vaccinations at once, he/she will ask you to come back later to complete it before the form can be completed.

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Instructions

• Acceptable certificate of immunity must come from a vaccination record, either a personal vaccination record or a copy of a medical chart with entries made by a physician or other appropriate medical personnel.
• Only those records of doses of vaccines that include the dates of receipts (month, day and year) are acceptable.
• The documents must not appear to have been altered, and dates of vaccinations should seem reasonable.
• Self-reported doses of vaccines without written documentation are not accepted.

Required Information

• Name of the applicant
• Date of birth
• Age
• Gender
• Name of the hospital that gave doses of vaccination
• Name of the medical personnel that administered the doses of vaccination
• Doses of vaccination
• Date that the doses of vaccination was given

Need for the Document

A certificate of immunity is a document showing that a person has received all the necessary vaccinations against certain diseases that are considered to be a health risk to him or other people coming in to contact with him or her.
Some countries law requires all applicants for lawful permanent resident to obtain certain vaccinations (listed below) against vaccine-preventable diseases, prior to the issuance of an immigrant visa, adjudication of permanent residence. If you refuse to take the vaccines required for immigration purposes, your petition for permanent residency may be denied.

Information which might help

• The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS) is a decentralized organ of the Department of Health with technical, administrative and operational autonomy, whose mission is to protect the population against sanitary risks, through sanitary regulation, control and promotion under a single command, which provides unity and homogeneity to the policies which are determined.
• Mexican medical treatment is generally inexpensive for common diseases and minor treatment, but if you suffer some serious medical problem, you may want to find a private hospital or fly out for treatment.
• Since most vaccines dont produce immunity until at least two weeks after theyre given, be sure to visit a physician four to eight weeks before departure. Ask your doctor for an international certificate of vaccination (otherwise known as the yellow booklet), which will list all the vaccinations youve received. This is mandatory for countries that require proof of yellow fever vaccination upon entry, but its a good idea to carry it wherever you travel.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

This document is sometimes required when one is travelling to a foreign country, starting a new job, joining a school or an education institution etc.

External Links

http://www.cofepris.gob.mx
http://www.insp.mx/home.html
http://www.senasica.gob.mx/
http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/reinounido/index.php/servicios-a-extranjeros/84
http://portal.salud.gob.mx
http://www.new.paho.org/mex
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/mexico

Others

• If you are not feeling well after your trip, you may need to see a doctor. If you need help finding a travel medicine specialist, see Find a Clinic. Be sure to tell your doctor about your travel, including where you went and what you did on your trip. Also tell your doctor if you were bitten or scratched by an animal while traveling.
• If your doctor prescribed antimalarial medicine for your trip, keep taking the rest of your pills after you return home. If you stop taking your medicine too soon, you could still get sick.
• Malaria is always a serious disease and may be a deadly illness. If you become ill with a fever either while traveling in a malaria-risk area or after you return home (for up to 1 year), you should