hepatitis B infection

I dont know why it will take that long in normal cases it takes only two days.

not sure for that, that may be the entire period till that i get the visa.
i have been upset for this now envn after hearing the new law, i am still worry that might not be implemented in Sharjah when i get medical check.
and i didn't know about this check before coming UAE, but i am here now, it is not ok if i have to leave by this kind of reason....

you will be safe,

sailing wrote:

not sure for that, that may be the entire period till that i get the visa.
i have been upset for this now envn after hearing the new law, i am still worry that might not be implemented in Sharjah when i get medical check.
and i didn't know about this check before coming UAE, but i am here now, it is not ok if i have to leave by this kind of reason....

Hi All.Any body aware of the procedure for already deported people?Please share!!

Hi Guys,
Like to introduce me myself as a "victim of Hep B" while trying for employment in Dubai. As like most of you guys i was also deported back to my country before 2 months. The experience was obviously painful, torturous & disastrous. I lost my high flyng career with one of the biggest MNCs in India & i was about to get promoted in 6 months if i would have stayed back in India without quiting. All gone for a toss due to my decision to pursue career in Dubai -JUST FOR MONEY.

I'm consistently reading this blog from the day i got to know im going to get deported from Dubai. At this stage im truly delighted to know about the law changes...BUT A WORD OF CAUTION GUYS!
1. Time & again all report shows Hep B test is exempted for renewals
2. For new- if found negative they will be vaccinated. BE AWARE THAT HepB positive cases cannot be vaccinated. If that is the case you & me would have got vaccinated before going to medical test for Dubai visa.

Probe well & if my thought is wrong..i will be more then happy then all you guys put together. All i wish to say is "Accept realities" & move forward if -ve. I dont want even my worst of enemy to undergo what i underwent for the past 3 months due to all this stupid procedures & non-transparent laws.

Empathy,

Please note that the news is clear in khaleej times that out of the 6 categories any1 found to be negative will be vacinated and positive will not be given residency.

HEP B WILL BE TESTED FOR ONLY 6 CATEGORIES NEW/RENEWAL

Under the new federal rules aimed at benefitting public health, all maids, nannies and female drivers will be required to undergo pregnancy tests. In case of a pregnancy, it will be up to the sponsor to allow her to work or not. Only a category of professionals applying for new or renewal of visas will be tested for Hepatitis B and Syphilis. Under this category, those testing positive for Hepatitis, will not be given residency permit while those testing negative will be given mandatory vaccination and issued a certificate. Those with Syphilis will be given treatment locally. Expatriates from all other professions and their dependants applying for a new/renewing visa will only be tested for HIV, pulmonary TB and Leprosy. Those testing positive for these diseases will not be given residency permit

Empathy for your confirmation you can send an email to asma ali zain
asmaalizain@khaleejtimes.com

Dear All,

I have just spoken to my contact person in Health Authority. The new law implementation will be announced within 2 weeks in the national papers. My contact says it will then be 2 days from the announcement in the paper for the law to take affect (as a fixed date will be given in the newspapers).

I personally will then go back on this day to the health Authority and request for the ban on my wife to be lifted, as she came on a housewife visa. I did not ask about the working catogeries rule just purely the rules for housewifes.

My contact says that it is 99% a certanity that the law will take into consideration retrospective cases (people already banned and left the country). But they are just waiting for instruction on how the request to lift the ban on somebody will be implemented.

Naturally I will keep you updated on my progress as soon as I have news.

Dear uk expat1971,

its nice to hear that.  and thank god also that eventhough ur wife is carrier you did not catch the virus, is this means that hep.b is not highly infectious?  do you have any exdplanation why it did not transmit to you as you were not aware that ur wife is a carrier before she came to dubai.

Dear Concern,

After discovering my wife was HBV+ we had a HBV DNA test done and we were told she has a very low count. I'm no expert but maybe this is the reason why, to be honest we dont really know. I was retested after my wifes test and I am still negative so I was then vacinated.

In my wifes case it does not appear to be infectious.

Thanks uk expat 1971.
Same is my case.My wife was deported last month and we are worried about how to lift the ban.It will be of great help if you update us regarding the process for lifting the ban.
Thanks.

ritz111 wrote:

Thanks uk expat 1971.
Same is my case.My wife was deported last month and we are worried about how to lift the ban.It will be of great help if you update us regarding the process for lifting the ban.
Thanks.

I also kindly request to you guys to update us on the procedures of ban lifting please anyone share with us.

Guys I was also sent back to my country due to HBV and my company said send us your medical certificate from your country. I was under treatment here since I get there 2nd august and doctor said to me I do not need any medication cause the virus state is inactive or you a dead state still I had some of my tests that are normal like

ALT HBsAG shows Reactive and cut off value=1.0 and Patient Value(my)=2611.26

and PCR (HBV-DNA) HBV-Detected result positive and Patient Value(my)=   > 300 copies/ml


I wounder every thing is normal according to doctor I do not need any sort of tablets or such . Does any one have this sort of situation ?? Now will my UAE law accept my this state.Hope to hear from you guys.

  Regards
    Sagar

The new law states that Six categories will be tested for hpb if postive will not be given residence on my opinion as long as hpb person not taking a job within this categories he will be given residency thats why they said no deportation for hpb.Now what we need to do as we were deported is to find out the procedure of lifting the ban. I hope Sagar you are getting my point i ask for correction if am wrong thanks and good luck everyone.

Thanks henrydets let us all Pray for new rule to implement soon.

  Regards
   Sagar

Well sagar, I had a similar case like yours. I had even lesser virus count then you. I have taken certificate of fitness statement from one of a well known hepatologist from leading hospital chain in the country and send to my employer. They said that they submitted with MOH & they rejected. My company Director said they have thousands of similar certificates mounted on their table.

Guys,
Dont go by MOH/DHA website. its obsolete & misleading. If you all can remember there is nothing new in the recent update of the site. Even when the existing HepB rule was there the site was stating just the same " no hepB test for new tests unless employment fell in that 6 categories".

Unless until the end person in the lab confirms some of you that HepB is npt tested for new cases "PLS DON'T TAKE ANY MAJOR DECISIONS"

Emphathy wrote:

Well sagar, I had a similar case like yours. I had even lesser virus count then you. I have taken certificate of fitness statement from one of a well known hepatologist from leading hospital chain in the country and send to my employer. They said that they submitted with MOH & they rejected. My company Director said they have thousands of similar certificates mounted on their table.

Guys,
Dont go by MOH/DHA website. its obsolete & misleading. If you all can remember there is nothing new in the recent update of the site. Even when the existing HepB rule was there the site was stating just the same " no hepB test for new tests unless employment fell in that 6 categories".

Unless until the end person in the lab confirms some of you that HepB is npt tested for new cases "PLS DON'T TAKE ANY MAJOR DECISIONS"

Dear Emphathy
Thax alot your case was rejected coz the old law was inplace by then or when was that they rejected? Please dont give up now things are going to be ok lets pray and wait for the two weeks+2days as they said hope it makes sens here.

Emphathy what about the viral status in your case, was it inactive or active state . In my case I got it from my childhood since Im born but recently came to know . I would say we all must pray to ALLAH in this blessing month of ramadan hope everything will gets normal Im sure HE never fails HIS fellowmen .
   
  Regards
   Sagar

thanks you, mickey....
it seems i will be the first one to test the new law here.....

mickey2000 wrote:

you will be safe,

sailing wrote:

not sure for that, that may be the entire period till that i get the visa.
i have been upset for this now envn after hearing the new law, i am still worry that might not be implemented in Sharjah when i get medical check.
and i didn't know about this check before coming UAE, but i am here now, it is not ok if i have to leave by this kind of reason....

Dear brothers and sisters,

I want to inform you about my phonecon with the HR Senior Officer of a Public Bank based in Abu Dhabi this morning.

This bank made me an offer last year but at the very last moment, thanks to god, I found out that (without quitting my job in my home country) I could not join the bank due to Hep B.

Now this change in the law has happened I called them to see whether they are aware of the change in the law and if they'd reconsider me.

He said that they know about the law change, Hep B test will be applied to only 6 categories. This is a confirmation from the HR Senior of a public bank.

Reconsideration is still a questionmark, I hope they'd kept the position open for me.

Lets pray for all of us.

apgulec wrote:

Dear brothers and sisters,

I want to inform you about my phonecon with the HR Senior Officer of a Public Bank based in Abu Dhabi this morning.

This bank made me an offer last year but at the very last moment, thanks to god, I found out that (without quitting my job in my home country) I could not join the bank due to Hep B.

Now this change in the law has happened I called them to see whether they are aware of the change in the law and if they'd reconsider me.

He said that they know about the law change, Hep B test will be applied to only 6 categories. This is a confirmation from the HR Senior of a public bank.

Reconsideration is still a questionmark, I hope they'd kept the position open for me.

Lets pray for all of us.

Best of luck. you will surely get a good job back in uae.

Hi guys is there anybody who confirmed testing for hpb is being done or not? please update us.

Any body can confirm about Hepatitis c testing for working  visa in UAE

guys,

i am going to have a medical check tomorrow morning, and i will update everything.
lets pray....

All the best sailing dont worry all will be fine.But can you ask anybody before going for the test coz may be the rule not adopted.

Dear M_peks,
definitely they do not test for hep C.
there are many examples for it on this forum.
Look for example of user Jumik: post#1210 (page 31), post#1251 (page 32).
Best regards !

Dear All,

Ministry of Health has officially announced about the new rules on its website. At the moment, the news is published only in Arabic, I expect them to publish it in English, very soon.

The link to the article is:

U.A.E Ministry of Health Announcement about the new rule

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Transalation of the same article is as below, Google transalation was not perfect, as it transalates word by word,I have done some modifications, to the transalation to make the meanings more clear.


Ministry of Health announces amendments to the medical examination system for expatriates. (No increase in Fees for the Medicals tests - 250 Dirhams and the amendment included 5 items)

 
Monday, 23, August 2010
 
Based on the approval of the council of the Ministers, the Ministry of Health has announced the amendment of certain provisions of Council of Ministers Decision No. (7) for the year 2008 (old law) of the Medical examination system.


His Excellency Dr. Hanif Hassan, Minister of Health last-minute amendments are aimed to eliminate any gaps existing as a result of increased numbers of foreign workers to work or or reside in U.A.E, His Excellency also stated that he is not to increase or add any fees for checks on the fees in the past, which is AED 250 per certification from the diseases that pose a threat to public health such as  AIDS - viral hepatitis (b) -tuberculosis - leprosy - syphilis. And with regards to the examination of domestic Helpers, AED 50 will be applicable for the first dose of immunization against viral hepatitis (b) 50 dirhams for the second dose and third dose of the same immunization will be free of charge.



HE Dr.Hanif Hassan said that the new amendments has modified 5 articles out of 12 of the previous decision. The new amendments replacedreplaced the provisions of Articles 2,3,4, 5 and 10 of the Council of Ministers Decision No. (7) for the year 2008.

The amendments are as follow:-

Amendments to Article 2

All new comers to the United Arab Emirates for the purpose of work ,study or residence are subjected to Medical Examination as mentioned in the resolution and determine the conditions for granting residence or renewal according to the type of infectious disease screened as follows:



-Checking the AIDS 

Tests on AIDS disease are done for all categories of entrants to the country (U.A.E) for work or residence and also upon renewal and may not be granted or renewed for people with positive cases and such people are considered as inappropriate for health.

- Examination of viral hepatitis- B. Hepatitis B test is for new arrivals to U.A.E for work or residence and upon the renewal of residence on the following 6 categories:

- Nannies, supervisors of nursery and kindergarten, people working in hairdressing salons, health clubs, employees of the food industry such as workers in restaurants and cafeterias.

The above mentioned categories, if found postive (of Hepatitis B) may not be granted residence and renewed visas.

Mandatory vaccine will begiven to all the new comers (of the above mentioned six categories) with negative cases of Hepatitis B. Upon the completion of Three doses of the vaccine, they will be given a certificate to prove the vacination. And upon renewal of the residence they must show a certificate of vaccination. In event failure to submit this certificate, they must take vaccination and pay a fine of 500 dirhams.

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3 - Check tuberculosis:

TB screening is limited to pulmonary tuberculosis only. , The examination of all the new arrivals is the only proven cases of pulmonary TB have a new or old, active or non-medically fit the items are not given accommodation.

4 - Check leprosy:

Leprosy being examined when granting residence for the first time for the newcomers and upon the renewal of residence and may not be granted residence and Atjadded of cases positive.



5 - pregnancy test:



Are working at home, like domestic workers, nannies, drivers, and in Gmhn to pregnancy test before issuing certification from the diseases and in the case of having pregnancy have the option of the sponsor to allow it to work for his or not and, after approval in writing science test results.



Article (3):



Syphilis screening is limited to the six categories listed in the previous article of this resolution, whether newcomers or upon renewal of residence, that are given the necessary treatment for positive cases before give it a certificate of physical fitness.



Article (4):



Excluded from the height requirement for residency in the application of the provisions of this resolution, family members or citizen of citizenship is not a national of the United Arab Emirates who are husband and wife and the children and parents.



Article (5):



The cases positive for the disease are described in Article (2) of this resolution to the preventive measures for diseases that pose a threat to public health and texts in the federal law No. (27) for the year 1981 on the prevention of communicable diseases and measures include dimensions of positive cases of diseases that prevent the granting of residence or refurbished in accordance with what is specified after the adoption of this resolution as a result of medical examination confirmation. And the health authorities concerned to be determined by the Minister of Health will implement these measures, in accordance with the powers vested in them under the provisions of federal law referred to above.



Article (10):



Received fees for the application of the provisions of this resolution and according to the following: 250 AED peer certification from the diseases that pose a threat to public health is AIDS - viral hepatitis (b) - tuberculosis - leprosy - syphilis). , And for examination of domestic AED 50, the dose the first immunization of viral hepatitis (b) 50 dirhams to be the second dose and the third from the same immunization free of charge, the ratification of the health insurance from the private sector AED 200, and for the card, a representative of the companies with more than Mkovlleha for Ten members of the citizen representative for (3 years - 500 dirhams) and delegate incoming (for one year - 1000 dirhams).



Article II of this resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall take effect from the day following the date of publication.

The new law is not yet implemented. It has to be published in the official Gazette (which I presume will be published on 31st August 2010 and the new law shall then be implemented officially in a day or two.

I have checked it personally with the Preventive Center in Alain and they are at the moment checking Hepatitis B for all cases, new or renew and all categories. But ofcourse things will change once the new law is implemented

mr . mod.

i will be applying for a residence visa under my husbands sponsorship.
i have hep b so will i be given the residence visa?
im just so upset

mohdiqbal wrote:

The new law is not yet implemented. It has to be published in the official Gazette (which I presume will be published on 31st August 2010 and the new law shall then be implemented officially in a day or two.

I have checked it personally with the Preventive Center in Alain and they are at the moment checking Hepatitis B for all cases, new or renew and all categories. But ofcourse things will change once the new law is implemented

Dear Sasha,

Although its very clear in Gulfnews and Khaleejtimes, they will be doing Hepatitis B testing only for the six categories, other than that, they wont be doing Hepatitis B testing either for new visas or renewal.

However, in most of the Arabic newspapers such as Al-Khaleej, Al Bayan, Al-Ittihad and even the ministry of Health website, its a bit confusing. It depends on how we interpret the meaning of the articile: For example, look at the passage from the Ministry of Health Website, it says:

Examination of viral hepatitis- B. Hepatitis B test is for new arrivals to U.A.E for work or residence and upon the renewal of residence on the following 6 categories:

- Nannies, supervisors of nursery and kindergarten, people working in hairdressing salons, health clubs, employees of the food industry such as workers in restaurants and cafeterias.

The above mentioned categories, if found postive (of Hepatitis B) may not be granted residence and renewed visas.

Now we can interpret the meanings in different ways, for example, if we just look at the first part it says:

Examination of viral hepatitis- B. Hepatitis B test is for new arrivals to U.A.E for work or residence

The above lines might mean: That they will do Hepatitis B testing only for new comers and below lines might mean, that they do Hepatitis B testing at the time of the renewal of the visas, only for the six categories

and upon the renewal of residence on the following 6 categories:

But if you look at the next passage it says:

The above mentioned categories, if found postive (of Hepatitis B) may not be granted residence and renewed visas

This might mean that they wont grant or renew visas for only the above six categories only.

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Personally I am still confused, becuase words might have different meanings for different people. I advice everyone not take to quit their jobs, becuase they believe that they can come to U.A.E on new visas and they wont be tested for Hepatitis - B. Dont take any major decision, its better to wait, its only few more days to go before the law is officially implemented.

I would also add another note that in Dubai, as per my knowledge, Spouses on Husband / Wife sponsorship and their dependents will not be doing the Hepatitis B testing, both for new and renewal of visas.

Pls. call this number 04-5023938 Muhaisna for more information regarding the revise Medical Test.

i am dead......
i had medical check this morning, HBV is still being tested...

Dear Sailing,
in accordance the procedure they should call you for the 2nd test few days later. If you will come for the 2nd test after implementation (we all hope that the law will be implemented at the first days of september) nobody know how will be going the situation. I think it will be better for you to go for the 2nd test as late as possible. And definitely you need your PRO support.
I hope you have chances

MOH aleady has the English version of the news on its website.
http://www.moh.gov.ae/en/NewsDetails566.aspx

Now the law is clear, thank God!

Hepatitis (B):

The labor medical checkup is limited to the new arrivals either for labor or residency for the following 6 categories: nannies, housemaids, nursery and kindergarten supervisors, workers in hairdresser saloons, beauty centers and health clubs, workers in processing and food control authorities, workers in cafeterias and restaurants.

I am very weak in english , can you explain easily word for me to make sure because word ( either .... mean... for  2 things... )
I still have confuse for this sentense.
Mickey

tropical isle wrote:

MOH aleady has the English version of the news on its website.
http://www.moh.gov.ae/en/NewsDetails566.aspx

Now the law is clear, thank God!

Hepatitis (B):

The labor medical checkup is limited to the new arrivals either for labor or residency for the following 6 categories: nannies, housemaids, nursery and kindergarten supervisors, workers in hairdresser saloons, beauty centers and health clubs, workers in processing and food control authorities, workers in cafeterias and restaurants.

Mickey2000,

It means Hep B will only be checked for new visas for the 6 categories ONLY.

For other new visas, Hep B will not be tested.

what about hepatitis c any update for that? cause i am planning to work in uae. I am from philippines do the medical testing also be implemented here in the philippines? Pls rply

Article (5):

Guys can somebody explain what does the below statement mean?

All positive cases for the diseases that are described in article (2) of decision must take all preventative procedures for the diseases that may pose threat to the public health stipulated in the federal law No. (27) of 1981 concerning the protection of communicable diseases. The procedures include:
Deportation of all positive cases that prove to have such diseases at the time of residence visa or renewal according to the medical checkup results. All concerned health authorities determined by the Minister of Health must implement these measures in accordance with the vested authorization under the provisions of the federal law referred to above.

I am still confused about what the difference is between the old law and the new one. Almost the same. Review the news of 2008, what has changed?

sailing wrote:

i am dead......
i had medical check this morning, HBV is still being tested...

what is your work?

Dear friend,

This big differecnt is now they will not check HBV for all people for new comers same as before. This is the big different.

yangpop3 wrote:

I am still confused about what the difference is between the old law and the new one. Almost the same. Review the news of 2008, what has changed?