My husband is in the Dominican Republic he would like a vaccine waiver does RapidVisa
assist in that process? okay so the short answer is no the longer answer is
you know the short answer being no we don't we don't do vaccine waivers,
however the longer answer is this if you you can still do the process with us and
we can submit your waiver along with the petitions no problem at all however what
I'll say about the waivers we see people now and then go down that path
most people abandon that path simply because there's a cost I don't remember
the cost because we don't again don't do these waivers but and fees of all went
up about a year ago it was somewhere around $500 though so you what you have
to do is apply for a waiver it's a round $500 I hesitate to say that might be 350
but I think it's gone up to around 500 bucks and see if it gets approved so
you're you know we see two classes of people and and and you know I want to
offend anybody I don't I don't know you and and so certainly I hope I don't
offend you when I say when we've seen this question we see a lot of people who
want a waiver until they find out it's 500 bucks it may still be denied and it
may delay your petition all of a sudden they decide to go ahead an get the
vaccine so what I would say is you know if you have extremely strong views about
not getting vaccine then it's probably worth it to you but if you're kind of on
the fence about it I would get the vaccine it's going to be the easier way
to go and and I hate to delve in a controversial topic but as far as I know
there's no evident positive evidence that these vaccines
are harmful and so so there you go if you're on the fence I would get the
vaccines if you have some strongly held beliefs against it understand your
petition is going to take longer you're going to spend hundreds of dollars
asking for the waiver which might still be denied because we don't deal in the
waivers I really don't know what their approval rate is maybe it's high I don't
know but I know it cost you money and usually have to cost you money and we'll
call it and will delay your petition point
most people back out of it and decide that even if they feel strong about they
decide look this is not worth it i I want to I'll just go ahead an get the
vaccines. What you know one overriding thing I'll say about these petitions is
the CIS in the State Department between them they're processing millions of
applicants per year and anytime you're dealing with a high volume of anything
you get to the point where you'd look for anomalies right most of them are
probably okay and if you're the guy or lady at the desk and you're going
through dozens of these a day you get you in a pattern where you know what
you're looking for and the things that looked right and correct and normal tend
to flow quickly across your desk and the things that stand out get pulled out and
get a little more scrutiny so when you start asking for waivers which is
certainly your right understand that you now have put your petition in a
different category not just waivers but any you have any
anomaly you've done this multiple times you know if your case is not in the you
know the 90th percentile like every other case going through you're going to
get more scrutiny you know that as they say that the the nail that sticks up is
the one that gets gets nailed and gets hammered or whatever the thing is I'm
sure I got that wrong but but so so again it goes back to your convictions
on this topic if you have very strong beliefs and by all means stick to your
your beliefs or concerns or whatever they are but if you're if you have any
flexibility I'd get the vaccines it's gonna make it's gonna save you five
hundred bucks or so and it's going to go quicker and and save possibly save your
petition even more scrutiny you know your decision people do definitely ask
for the waivers people do get them but I don't know what the approval rate is.