Retire to Belize with HIV

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lakesidemanMember26 July 2011 23:46:57

I want to retire to Belize and qulify for the Retired Incentive program but I have tested poitive for the HIV virus due to a blood transfusion. I am a helathy 53 year old American that qualifies for all the other conditions.

I know part of the process is taking an AIDS test, but it doesn't say if you are disqualified if you test positive.

Does anyone have information on this or know where I can find the answer.

Thanks

HarmonieViP27 July 2011 09:32:49

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Hello lakesideman and welcome to Expat.com!

I hope that other members will soon share their experience with you.

Harmonie.

WealthshipsSerial expat27 July 2011 14:28:36

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I would recommend you contact the Belize Tourism Board (http://www.belizeretirement.org/contactus.shtml) and ask them - phone will probably get a faster response than email.

I believe you cannot be HIV positive, even though their website does not specifically say that. I've read it elsewhere, like this site for instance (http://belize.fm/qualified-retired-persons-qrp-program/).

I would be curious to know what you find out. Belize is in its infancy dealing with this issue - similar to the States in the early 80's, so there is still a great deal of misunderstanding on the part of the citizens as to how one gets HIV, etc. It leads to job discrimination, and people actually being afraid to go in for testing - it's kind of sad.

Look forward to hearing what you find out. Take care,

Sharon Hiebing

lakesidemanMember27 July 2011 15:31:17

Thanks Sharon. I will keep the forum updated.

denverguyMember12 November 2015 21:25:00

Hi @lakesideman, did you ever find out the answer to your question? I am also curious of the outcome. Much appreciated.

PriscillaViP13 November 2015 09:02:49

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@ denverguy > I am not sure that you will find an answer to your question, as lakesideman did not showed up since 2011.

If you have some questions to ask members, i invite you to create your own topic on the Belize forum and we will do our best to help.

Thanks

Priscilla

RidgebackmixMember05 May 2019 12:20:47

http://www.hivtravel.org/Default.aspx?P … teId=1base don info for this website

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