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Does Hospitalist qualify for NIW
- Thread starter iowadoc
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hospitalist in waiver..... yes they qualify
i know of ppl working as hospitalist in hpsa/mua for their J1 waiver..
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yes.iowadoc said:Does Hospitalist job qualify to apply for NIW? Anyone heard of any success stories or any rejects?
Thanks
i know of ppl working as hospitalist in hpsa/mua for their J1 waiver..
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J1victim said:yes.
i know of ppl working as hospitalist in hpsa/mua for their J1 waiver..
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You don't have to be 'primary care' for a J1 waiver. You MUST be 'primary care' for a NIW.
Does Emergency medicine physician apply for NIW?
Given the degree to which people use the ER as a PCP office these days it should. However, USCIS looks at 'primary care' in a rather narrow fashion. Primary care in their eyes is: peds, IM, FP and Ob/gyn.
Given that Shusterman prevailed in the NIW lawsuit, specialists might eventually become eligible (although, I believe the appeals court didn't rule on that aspect due to a lack of jurisdiction).
usadc71 said:so as ER doc , how can i apply for GC? I just got my j-waiver approval and H-1 B approval.
No harm in filing an NIW. But I wouldn't bank on it going through based on the HPSA/MUA issue.
Consider filing an NIW but frame it in the 'NYS-DOT' method with plenty of letters from important folks around town telling USCIS that you are the next best thing to sliced bread.
Then of course, if your employer files a labor certification (PERM) for you you can get your GC the old fashioned way.
NIW and Hospitalist ....
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Originally Posted by iowadoc
Does Hospitalist job qualify to apply for NIW? Anyone heard of any success stories or any rejects?
Thanks
yes. i know of ppl working as hospitalist in hpsa/mua for their J1 waiver..
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True, J1 waiver is different from NIW. Look at NIW regulations. Here is a quote from the Federal register:
>>>> HHS currently limits physicians in designated shortage areas to the practice of family or general medicine, pediatrics, general internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry. Unless HHS establishes shortage areas for other fields of medicine, only these fields of medicine are covered by this rule.<<<<<
Hospitalists are Internal Medicine physicians. So if you word your petition correctly that describes Internal Medicine practice as the basis for the hospitalist work, i see no reason why NIW should not be approved. The examiner at CIS office may not know all the intricacies of the medical jargon, but it is you who has to tell that you are practicing IM.
I don't have any first hand information on a Hospitalist getting approved for NIW, so can't comment on that.
>>> partially agree with Hadron. I forgot when i wrote my reply earlier (that i quote below).hadron said:You don't have to be 'primary care' for a J1 waiver. You MUST be 'primary care' for a NIW.
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Originally Posted by iowadoc
Does Hospitalist job qualify to apply for NIW? Anyone heard of any success stories or any rejects?
Thanks
yes. i know of ppl working as hospitalist in hpsa/mua for their J1 waiver..
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True, J1 waiver is different from NIW. Look at NIW regulations. Here is a quote from the Federal register:
>>>> HHS currently limits physicians in designated shortage areas to the practice of family or general medicine, pediatrics, general internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry. Unless HHS establishes shortage areas for other fields of medicine, only these fields of medicine are covered by this rule.<<<<<
Hospitalists are Internal Medicine physicians. So if you word your petition correctly that describes Internal Medicine practice as the basis for the hospitalist work, i see no reason why NIW should not be approved. The examiner at CIS office may not know all the intricacies of the medical jargon, but it is you who has to tell that you are practicing IM.
I don't have any first hand information on a Hospitalist getting approved for NIW, so can't comment on that.
J1victim said:Hospitalists are Internal Medicine physicians. So if you word your petition correctly that describes Internal Medicine practice as the basis for the hospitalist work, i see no reason why NIW should not be approved.
Interventional cardiology is in general terms also the practice of internal medicine.
I know of ICU docs having troubles to get their NIWs approved. Typically the health departments who have to give you the letter of public interest want to see hands on 'primary care'. In their little world that is seeing patients in a clinic setting more than 36 hours/week.
So the problem might not even be USCIS.
Hadron
Anu update on NIW, I asked shustermna he used the term possibly applicable to nation wide and definitely apllicable to 9th circut court Jurisdiction,
anyways my excitement ended about this decision, I had worked in area A which was MUA for 3 years and I have filed my NIW on the basis of working in area B where I am working now and had filed NIW petition, I was hoping that Dept Of Health will give me a letter for my past sevice in area A, but this person in DHS really looks down on IMG and she refused, tried local senator and she convinced him that there is no need for the letter for my service in area A and my attorney is backing her statement because he does not want to upset her, do I have an option, can I sue DHS I know that its their discretion but do you think the a judge will look at it favorably, yes they dont have nay obligation to issue me a letter but they do have obligation to promote health, DHS in this area gives physician $50,000.00 grant if they work for 4 years but they are not issuing me the letter, can I prove that there policies are wrong,
Thanks
Anu update on NIW, I asked shustermna he used the term possibly applicable to nation wide and definitely apllicable to 9th circut court Jurisdiction,
anyways my excitement ended about this decision, I had worked in area A which was MUA for 3 years and I have filed my NIW on the basis of working in area B where I am working now and had filed NIW petition, I was hoping that Dept Of Health will give me a letter for my past sevice in area A, but this person in DHS really looks down on IMG and she refused, tried local senator and she convinced him that there is no need for the letter for my service in area A and my attorney is backing her statement because he does not want to upset her, do I have an option, can I sue DHS I know that its their discretion but do you think the a judge will look at it favorably, yes they dont have nay obligation to issue me a letter but they do have obligation to promote health, DHS in this area gives physician $50,000.00 grant if they work for 4 years but they are not issuing me the letter, can I prove that there policies are wrong,
Thanks