The US State Department has issued guidance recommending that overweight people be denied immigrant visas to enter the United States.

[Augusta]

The US State Department has issued guidance recommending that overweight people be denied immigrant visas to enter the United States.

The directive, which is part of several measures floated by the administration to tighten restrictions on travel to the US, names obesity as one of several medical conditions that could result in an applicant being deemed an expense.


The guidance lists other medical conditions, including 'cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, cancers, diabetes, metabolic diseases, neurological diseases and mental-health conditions,' in addition to obesity.

 

[Trush Jodie]

Anyone that wants to migrate to the United States has to start thinking of watching their weight. The United States wants only healthy people.