Does anyone have a list of h1b sponsering institutions

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chanduv23

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My wife plans to do her residency on a h1b in 2005. She has completed her step1 and step2 USMLE and is giving CSA in october and will give step 3 after that.
We are looking for h1b sponsering institutions. We live in Atlanta, GA and I guess, most h1b sponsering institutions are in New York and Chicago area. Does anyone here have a list of h1b sponsering institutions? She has good scores in step 1 and step 2
 
Actually i am also looking for some colleges which can offer H1 B sponsorship for residency. If anybody can let us know it will be helpful.
 
When you try to check on institutions through the flcdatacenter, be aware of one thing.

Residents H1b's can either be sponsored
a. by the hospital itself
b. a university affiliated with the residency program
c. an affiliated community hospital, (sometimes the salary lines in a given program come from a number of hospitals)
d. a non-profit organisation set up by a consortium of hospitals centralizing the administration of their residency programs

I have seen all these employment arrangements for residency programs.

There are people around the net who will sell you a list for $40 or so.

Some places won't sponsor H1b's period.

Some places will sponsor, but only after they lost out in the match or people backed out.

Some places will sponsor only for their IM residency.
 
In my opinion the best way is to call the programs and find out if they take FMGs and if they file for h-1.
"USMLEForum" is a better place than this portal for this kind of information.
 
> In my opinion the best way is to call the programs and find
> out if they take FMGs and if they file for h-1.

A lot of programs will deny that they take FMG's if you call them. For programs it is sort of a 'badge of dishonor' if they have to fill up their ranks with FMG's. The racism against FMG's at the residency level is alive and kicking.
Also, programs will put stuff on their website to discourage FMG applications, but if you look at their ranks you know that they are no different from the others.
 
Hello Chanduv

I realised you are in the same boast as me.

I am also on an H1b visa which started in Aug 2003 and my wife recently came to USA on an H4.She is an Indian Medical Graduate and has already cleared her Step1 and will soon be appearing for Step2 and CSA exam. She wants to start her residency in June 2005 but I guess she can either start it on an H1 visa or a J1 since I dont have a green card and havent filed for a green card yet. If she joins her medical residency on J1 then I guess she will have to file for a J1 waiver (which looks like is a daunting task) after she completes her residency

My questions are

1. Why did u choose the path for your wife to start her residency on H-1 visa after she clears her Step 3.?


2. If I file for a green card when can she start her residency on my green card. Can she start only after I get my EAD ? Also this might take 2 years since I havent even filed for my green card.

3. If she wants to start her residency in June 2005 in that case what do you suggest is the best option

a) She should start on a J1 visa and later try for a waiver ?

OR
b) I should file for my green card and she should wait to start her residency till I get my green card to avoid starting her residency on a J1 visa

4)If she starts her residency on J1 visa and I file for my Green Card after that can I still file for her Green card with my application

waiting for an early response

Thanks

Shashank Agarwal
 
> 1. Why did u choose the path for your wife to start her residency
> on H-1 visa after she clears her Step 3.?

Because the J1 visa sucks.

> 2. If I file for a green card when can she start her residency on my
> green card. Can she start only after I get my EAD ?

Does your company have a labor certification for your current job ? If no, how long will it take for you to be able to file your I485 and EAD applications ? Depending on your luck, it will take about 3 months after your I140/I485/EAD is filed that you and your wife will actually receive an EAD. Once she has an EAD she can start her residency without any visa.

> 3. If she wants to start her residency in June 2005 in that case
> what do you suggest is the best option

H1b or not to be !

> a) She should start on a J1 visa and later try for a waiver ?

No. The waiver will require her to work in a medically underserved location for 3 years before she can apply for GC/EAD etc.

> b) I should file for my green card and she should wait to start
> her residency till I get my green card to avoid starting her residency
> on a J1 visa

Maybe she shouldn't wait until your GC is through, this can take years. But maybe she should wait until you are able to file for an EAD for her (a lot earlier).

> 4)If she starts her residency on J1 visa and I file for my Green Card
> after that can I still file for her Green card with my application

With a J1:
She will be blocked from filing an I485 (adjustment of status) application or an immigrant visa until she has either:
-- prooved that she returned to India for 2 years.
-- practiced for 3 years in a medically underserved location (using H1b and a J1 waiver)
-- practiced for 3 years with a Veterans Administration Hospital (using H1b and a J1 waiver)

She might be able to take advantage of your GC process after she completes either foreign residency requirement or waiver job through the 'follow to join' provisions, but I don't know anything about that.


Look around here ,there are two more threads dealing with exactly the same situation (H1b professional, wife is physician, going through the USMLE's, H1b vs J1 vs EAD)
 
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