Our physician immigration videos show how International Medical Graduates (IMGs) can do graduate medical education (GME) in the US, obtain J-1 and H-1B status, get J waivers and obtain permanent residence in the US.
Most IMGs take USMLE, steps I and II and do their medical residencies and fellowships using J-1 visas. This subjects them to the requirement that they return to their countries for two years following completion of their GME.
Fortunately, there are variety of way that IMGs can obtain J waivers. Our physician immigration videos discuss Conrad 30 and Federal IGA waivers as well as exceptional hardship and persecution waivers.
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We hope that the following 8 Physician Immigration Videos dimystify the process of foreign-born doctors who wish to immigrate to the US.
- Physician Immigration: A Step-by-Step Guide
The first of our physician immigration videos discusses how IMGs can come to the US for medical residencies and fellowships and explains how they can obtain J waivers, H-1B status and green cards.
- J Status for IMGs: The Consequences
This video segment discusses the laws which subject IMGs and Canadian physicians who complete their medical residencies and fellowships in the U.S. as J exchange visitors to the two-year foreign residency requirement.
- Physicians: J Waiver Requirements and O-1 Visas
This segment explains how IMGS can obtain J waivers through (1) Interested Government Agencies, (2) Exceptional Hardship and (3) Persecution, and how physicians of Extraordinary Ability can obtain O-1 status.
- Conrad 30 Waivers for Physicians
This segment explains how IMGS and Canadian physicians can obtain waivers of the two-year home residency requirement by being sponsored under the Conrad State 30 program.
- Physicians: Federal Interested Government Agency (IGA) Waivers
This segment explains how IMGs and Canadian physicians can obtain J waivers through Federal Agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Veterans Administration, and the Delta Regional Authority.
- Physicians: Hardship and Persecution Waivers
This segment explains how IMGs and Canadian physicians can obtain J waivers through by demonstrating exceptional hardship or persecution if they were forced to return to their home countries for two years.
- Physicians: Permanent Residence Using PERM and/or NIWs
This segment explains how IMGs and Canadian physicians can obtain permanent residence in the U.S. through family-based immigration, the green lottery, investment and a variety of other means.
- Physicians: Permanent Residence Other Than Through Employment
This segment explains how IMGs and Canadian physicians can obtain permanent residence in the U.S. using PERM or National Interest Waivers.
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Carl Shusterman
Immigration Attorney Carl Shusterman has 40+ years of experience. He served as an attorney for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from 1976 until 1982, when he entered private practice. He has testified as an expert witness before the US Senate Immigration Subcommittee. Carl was featured in SuperLawyers Magazine. Today, he serves as Of Counsel to JR Immigration Law Firm.