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Well you do know that the MBBS is not equivalent to MD! We in India enter MBBS after 12 years of schooling and hence MBBS at best can be described as batchelors qualification; on the contrary when a US student enters medical school he/she must have done 4 or more years of post secondary...

The forgoing discussion is amusing in the sense that people who are not yet trapped seem to be unaware of it till the very end like an unsuspecting duck. The J visa is one of the biggest traps Americans ever discovered at the behest of all powerful AMA anti IMG lobby.

transit visa This issue has been explained in details in 'immihelp' and clarifies a lot of fundas, however this requirement is relatively new and unfortunately(for us) it will have to go through a learning curve; we will benefit if all of us share our experiences.

J visa will come through ECFMG sponsorship after getting into a residency program. That sponsorship letter helps one adjust status or obtain J visa from a US consulate. Some programs insist e/o visa (photocopy) during the initial joining process but I also know of a bunch of people who did their...

something is not right here, American citizens by birth or immigration enter and leave Canada freely, all you need is your birth certificate or US passport try entering with any of the two and you will not be asked for anything else. Otherwise you will have to have a passport from your country...

Moving to Winnipeg is a great idea Contrary to belief, Winnipeg is one of the best kept secrets in Canada!! Sizeable population (upwards of 700,000) and densely populated surrounding communities. Rate of immigration is not very high thus jobs are easier to find! Don't let few degrees of...

You can always come here for a conference or a workshop related to your professional sphere (try to be a presenter); not likely to get a B1/B2 for tourism after having spent 9 years! And definitely not to meet your fiance'

Once on J visa, it sticks to you like 'dirty old gum spit on a New York subway station' ; you are looking at the long haul of finding and than fullfilling J waiver job or the easy solution of 2 year home residency requirement. No visa category changes till than :)

Hi Guys I recently went to the US (from Canada) and I have Indian Passport. The immigration officer told me that from this fall machine readable passports will be required! As we all have hand written passports I wonder if anybody has any information about this and/or has the MEA in good old...

info abt the person who held my job in the past and what they paid him and why he left. what kind of documents can my employer give to prove this. This is the increasingly vital question (r u taking away some one else's job), a letter from your employer must indicate that this is a fresh...

J visa alien physician maximum alloweable time for alien physicians is 7 years, if you are switching to full time research it will be a category change and will take some convincing. I had a hard time in 2000; ie when visa rules were supposed to be relaxed!! In my case a well structured...