Hi everybody...need some help

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Hi,

I am in a kind of terrible situation here...so i need someones opinion.

The situtation is that i am a Canadian citizen and i am in Carribean studying medicine. Now, my school provides clinicals in USA/ UK and i want to do my clinicals in US as i have heard that it would be much easier eventually to get my residency in US if i do my clinicals there.


The problem is that how would i go about getting a visa to do my clinicals.....I can't get F1 visa becuase my father (a permanent resident of US) has applied for my Greencard and the eligibility for F1 is that you must have never applied for permanent residency.

What other visa's are available for me, in my situation?

Anyone's solution to my problem would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx
 
Tough problem. For your residency you might be able to get a TN, but for the clinicals you do have a problem.

There are people who received F1's and B1/B2s after family based petitions have been filed. It is worth a try.
 
Hi again,

Does anybody thinks that if i withdraw my father's petition for my greencard. I could apply for J1 or F1.....or would it still be a problem for me.

reply would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
 
> Does anybody thinks that if i withdraw my
> father's petition for my greencard.

Why would you want to do that ? How long ago did he file ? Believe me, your dad is the easiest way to a GC as a physician, will he become a citizen soon ?

> I could apply for J1

STOP DROP THAT PEN. BACK AWAY FROM THE APPLICATION FORMS AND KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM.

You are a canadian citizen, there are plenty of other ways for you to get visas for your residency.

Do your clinicals in Canada, it won't be a disadvantage for your application in the US. Most of the clinical rotations caribbean medical schools offer in the US are at small greedy community hospitals. They won't do you any good in your search for a residency position in the US. Your uphill struggle is related to the fact that you are going to a caribbean school, not where you did your clinical rotations.

If, as a canadian citizen, you do your residency on J1 sponsored by a canadian provincial goverment or 'health canada', you will be between a rock and a hard place 3 - 6 years from now. Many canadian residencies are longer than their US counterparts. As a result, you might have to put in some remedial time in order to qualify for the RCPSC exams. As a caribbean graduate, you might have a hard time finding a canadian hospital to grant you that year of training. (as you are probably aware, there is a considerable FMG community stuck driving cabs or doing nursing jobs in your country.)

You want to be in a position where you can stay in the US, unencumbered by a J1 home residency requirement.
 
Hi Hadron,

Thanks for your great advice...but this is exactly what i am talking about. Canada is so messed up that it won't even let me do the clinical rotations. There is no other way for me to get a visa to US. The only option that i have are: F-1, J-1, B-1 and H-1. I can't get the first 3 b/c i am an intending immigrant and i can't get the latter becuase i am still doing the clinical intership, where i won't be getting paid. So, thats what i am thinking that pathway to US is closed for me until i get my GC. Now, the case with my dad is that he applied only 3 months ago and the priority date for F2B is 1995, which is almost like 10 years or 20 years in INS terms (according to the cases they process each year). Within 5 years if my dad obtains his citizenship, then my case would be processed faster, but then again i looked at F1 priority date and that is still 2000, which might get longer later on. So for 8-9 years, i am not even hoping that i am going to get a GC. That's why i was thinking that i could perhaps do my clinicals in US and probably keep my fingers crossed and obtain residency. But now, that looks next to impossible.

Hadron, you sound like a smart/ experienced individual....pls advice me something. I would really appreciate your help man.

Thanks
 
Ok, so that makes more sense. I guess he just became a citizen (corr: PR) himself then. You might indeed be better off without that pending I130, otoh, the question on the visa applications is actually 'has EVER an immigration petition been filed on your behalf ?'. You would still be stuck answering yes there. I am not sure if withdrawing the pending I130 will do you any good.

Is your dad in a professional position where he can hook you up with someone who has a company ? It might be faster to get your GC through the employment based route. I know a couple of MD's who are 'specialty cooks' in the books of CIS. (my local chinese wok has more approved labor certs than the Ivy league university in our state, go figure.)

Can you do your clinicals in the caribbean ?

Try to get an F1, they MIGHT not even care about the already filed I130. The question is whether you are a risk of overstaying the visa they are about to issue to you, not whether you have the dream of staying in the US at some point in your life (who doesn't). I do know someone who had a pending I130 and still got various F1s without problems.
 
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Hi Hadron,

Again thanks for the advice...perhaps i should just try getting my F-1 and see what happens...Anyway, my dad is mechanical engineer and he got his greencard thru his company so i don't have that option. Actually he didn't become a citizen yet...he just got his greencard...thats the terrible thing...b/c i have like 6-7 years before i get my greencard thru I-130 pending. I guess we should have waited till he became citizen, but unfortunately we did not. and we applied for my I-130 right now. But anyway, i will keep you guys posted.

thanks Hadron
 
> Anyway, my dad is mechanical engineer and he got his greencard
> thru his company

Not necessarily through the company he is working for. Rather people he knows on a social basis, small business owners etc. You don't have to be sponsored as a physician. 'Manager car-wash' or 'specialty cook chinese' are just as good, even better. What is your undergraduate degree ?
 
rotations i a community non teaching hospital will not help you in obtaining a residency. It may be better for you to do your rotations in a teaching hospital in the carribean and score well on the USMLEs and start residency on a H-1.
 
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