From mimsy!cs.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!eff!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!jvnc.net!tigger!fmgcoon Fri Dec 3 11:21:01 EST 1993 In Article <2dll94$4du@agate.berkeley.edu>, kirjner@diva.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (ck) wrote: > > >Someone here might know how the answers or how to find the answers >for a few questions I had: > > >1) Can foreign, foreign-trained M.D.'s who passed the USMLE parts I >and II get an H-1 visa for the (medical) residency? How is this done? >Does it depend solely on the good will of the hospital/university that >offers him a position as a resident? > >2) If an M.D. accepts a J-1 for doing his residency, can he get >a waiver for the two year requirement? How? (Since he is not being >sponsored by his country of origin, from whom does he need waivers, >etc.)? > >Thank you, > > >-- >Carlos Kirjner >EECS UC-Berkeley kirjner@eecs.Berkeley.EDU >Address: 207-10 Cory Hall. Dept of EECS. Univ. of California at Berkeley > Berkeley CA 94720. USA. phone:+(510)-642 4257 Passing USMLE 1 & 2 is not sufficient basis for obtaining H-1B visa status in most states. USMLE now recommends that state licensing authorities require a FMG engage in a minimum of one year residency before writing USMLE Part 3. Part 3 will enable state licensure and subsequent H-1b status. There are few states that make exceptions to this recommendation. Waiver's for the J-1 2-year residency requirement are extremely difficult to secure. Examples of the few instances where they are granted would be to physicians who secure positions with VA hospitals or in certain specified urban areas of extreme need, such as Appalachia. Regards, MWC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Assoc. of International Med Grad's fmgcoon.com 1 Edgewood Road, Suite 1, fmgcoon@tigger.jvnc.net Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003 USA