bigwally Posted March 21, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 21, 2018 What if you and a companion have to medevac from your ship to a foreign country, what (if anything) do they do about customs/immigration? What if that country would also normally require visitors to have a visa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted March 21, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 21, 2018 What if you and a companion have to medevac from your ship to a foreign country, what (if anything) do they do about customs/immigration? What if that country would also normally require visitors to have a visa? Visas would be waived in medical emergencies. Customs and immigration would be dealt with as soon as reasonably possible, aided by the ship's agent and the consular officials. Again, each country will have procedures to deal with emergency entrance into the country, and your consulate will assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted March 21, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 21, 2018 chengkp75 has it right. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_BJ Posted March 21, 2018 #4 Share Posted March 21, 2018 without going into details let me just say that in my 30 years of Coast Guard service I never heard of a case where a legitimate medivac was held up for 'immigration' issues. Not when needing to bring someone into the US for treatment or when someone needed to be taken ashore in another country ..... There are procedures in place to handle the 'emergency' situation ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted March 21, 2018 #5 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I live 8 miles from the Canadian border and the same procedures are in place on land- patients are taken to the nearest appropriate medical facility and if that means crossing the border procedures are in place to make it happen (and the same holds true for fire and rescue personnel responding from one country to another). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvetwater Posted March 21, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Also, if you purchased good insurance from a reputable company you would still be covered under 'cruise cover' even if you did not list that country as part of your holiday route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted March 23, 2018 #7 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Also, if you purchased good insurance from a reputable company you would still be covered under 'cruise cover' even if you did not list that country as part of your holiday route. Correct and as an FYI because many do not know but Medicare does not cover out of country. Many insurance companies also don’t cover. Wife and I were lucky before Medicare our insurance at the time covered us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted March 23, 2018 #8 Share Posted March 23, 2018 We would also mention that there is a CC blog at "Cruise Discussion Topics" "Cruise Travel/Insurance" where these issue are discussed and various suggestions offered :). Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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