Visa for residency : H1B and fellowships

Saturday, September 12, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

It is debatable whether getting a fellowship on H1B visa is any more difficult than on J1. While it is widely acknowledged that people on J1 visa experience little or no difficulty moving on to fellowship training after residency, some folks on H1 can find the going a bit tougher.

Most big, university programs have no issues when it comes to sponsoring visas. Programs at large universities are looking for excellent candidates and they don’t care about visa issues in general – they have the resources, both human and financial. If they find a great candidate on J1, they’d take him. Ditto for H1B.

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, Residency, Visa
Tagged with: H1 • International Medical Graduates • Residency • USMLE • Visa
 
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Visa for residency : H1B

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

The H1B visa is issued to “temporary workers” and falls under the nonimmigrant visa category. A lot of information technology folks come to the US on H1B visa and so do a lot of foreign / international medical graduates. Let’s look at how an H1B visa applies to an IMG seeking residency in the United States.

According the Department of State:

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, Residency, Visa
Tagged with: H1 • International Medical Graduates • Residency • USMLE • Visa
 
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When Dummy applied for a visa extension

Thursday, September 3, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

If you are thinking of applying for an extension to your tourist visa stay permit, you will need to provide a reason to the USCIS. You might think you have a good reason, but sometimes you need a little more.

Or, you may need to present the reason a little differently.

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, Quite peculiar!
Tagged with: International Medical Graduates • Quite peculiar! • Residency • Visa
 
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How to ‘extend’ tourist visa?

Thursday, September 3, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

If you came to the United States on a B2 (pleasure) tourist visa for USMLE Step 2CS and/or residency interviews, you should pay attention at the immigration desk at the airport as described here. If however, you were busy admiring the surroundings and the officer stamped your I-94 with a two month stay, you might find yourself in a bit of time crunch. You need about four months to do the Step 2 CS and the interviews you say!

Well, you need to extend your stay in the United States then, isn’t it? And here, in short, is how to extend your tourist visa or, to be more accurate, your stay in the United States.

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, USMLE, Visa
Tagged with: International Medical Graduates • Interview • Residency • USMLE • Visa
 
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Interviewing for residency – at the airport!

Monday, August 31, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

Your first interview in the entire residency process really occurs as soon as you first land in the USA – at the airport!

That’s the interview with the immigration officer. It can have a profound effect on your interviews in the USA especially if you are also planning on taking Step 2CS during the same trip (that’s the most economical strategy as described here).

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, USMLE, Visa
Tagged with: International Medical Graduates • Interview • Residency • USMLE • Visa
 
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Which visa : J1 or H1? An overview

Thursday, August 27, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

When an international medical graduate decides to apply for a residency in the USA, he is basically making a conscious decision to spend the next several months (sometimes, years) of his life running on a treadmill of the application process, reading a gazillion books at the same time. Decisions and strategies constantly occupy some lobe of the frontal cortex at all times.

One of several decisions the IMG must make is which visa to apply for – J1 or H1B? Which visa is better – J1 or H1? Arriving at the answer can be a no-brainer for some and extremely difficult for others.

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, Visa
Tagged with: H1 • International Medical Graduates • J1 • Residency • Visa
 
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Preparing for USMLE – Ethics

Monday, August 17, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

When it comes to taking USMLE, one of the big stumbling blocks most foreign medical graduates face is that of ethics, or more specifically, medical ethics. Many, if not most, FMGs struggle when it comes to questions about ethics. These questions typically would present a scenario and ask you, as the doctor in that situation, to make a decision. That is where many FMGs trip up.

Does that mean FMGs are unethical? The answer to that must be one the most unequivocal NO’s in my life, ever. Then why is it that many FMGs struggle and squirm when faced with questions about medical ethics?

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, USMLE
Tagged with: International Medical Graduates • Residency • USMLE
 
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Who is an international medical graduate competing with?

Sunday, August 16, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

Who is the foriegn / international medical graduates’ chief competition? Is it the American Graduate? or the other international medical graduates?

Doing well on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is very important, obviously! In applying for residency in the USA, an IMG is up against the American graduates as well as other IMGs.

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, Medical, USMLE
Tagged with: International Medical Graduates • Medical • Residency • USMLE
 
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USMLE – preparation

Sunday, August 16, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

Now that you know the stiff competition you are up against, it’s time to start preparing for USMLE. As always, information is critical! You need to know:

  • when to take USMLE
  • how to prepare for USMLE
  • which preparation materials to use for USMLE

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, Medical, USMLE
Tagged with: International Medical Graduates • Medical • Residency • USMLE
 
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Residency in the USA – 2

Sunday, August 16, 2009 | By Peculiar Poster, MD

If you are thinking about doing a residency in the USA, you must’ve given it a long, hard thought by now. The most important first step in the process is gathering information, which is why you are on this blog !

Know the process and deadlines beforehand. Be very very aware of the deadlines because getting delayed in the process – even a little – can severely effect your application. Residency programs get hundreds or thousands of applications each year and if you missed deadlines, you better have a sparkling, blindlingly brilliant CV for you to call and ask them to review your (missed) application.

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Categories: International Medical Graduates, Medical
Tagged with: International Medical Graduates • Medical • Residency • USMLE
 
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