NIW: specifics HPSA/MUA?

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littletwig

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Hi,
Two specific questions...

(1)
For an NIW Physician, I have the state providing a letter of necessity, but the PLACE of work is located one block away from a census tract which IS designated in the HPSA/MUA database.

I serve a HPSA/MUA population; does the office have to be physically located in a designated census tract? It's only a block away!!!

(2)
I have just completed residency... do I have to have my Board Certification, or is Board Eligible ok. Cannot find anything that says either way.

Thanks.
 
> For an NIW Physician, I have the state providing a letter of necessity,
> but the PLACE of work is located one block away from a census tract
> which IS designated in the HPSA/MUA database.

Until last year you would have been SOL (s#$% out of luck). However, with the new Conrad30 law, there are 5 positions per state for physicians serving an underserved clientele even if their practice is not in the census tract. BUT, of course the politically powerful hospitals in each state (which are often not underserved themselves) will be vying for these 5 slots to recruit people like transplant surgeons or anesthesiologists.


> I have just completed residency... do I have to have my
> Board Certification, or is Board Eligible ok. Cannot find anything
> that says either way.

BE is fine, only few people are BC when they graduate residency. They want you to practice medicine, theoretically 'physican general practice (medschool + 2 years of some sort of residency training + medical license) would do.

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Sorry, didn't catch the obvious 'I am an NIW physician' intro.

It is up to the state to issue the letter and they might not care. But the law on NIW is pretty clear and states 'practice medicine in an area determined by the secretary of health and human services to be in need of physicians....' . So in that sense I don't think it would help you for an NIW if you practiced close to a HPSA (one of the places I did residency at had a small office right accross the street from the main hospital/clinic complex. That way all the J1s could have their office in the adjoining census tract which was underserved)
 
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Dear all,
I am in research J1 visa now doing my MPH.I have just passed the USMLE steps and have the ECFMG certificate.Can I apply for a J1 wiaver or should I have the american board certificate.
 
If you are looking for a waiver of the two year home requirement, you do not need to be Board Certified in a medical speciality in order to receive the waiver; you must be at least Board Eligible.
 
littletwig said:
If you are looking for a waiver of the two year home requirement, you do not need to be Board Certified in a medical speciality in order to receive the waiver; you must be at least Board Eligible.
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I am guessing that Laithalrubaiy has not done a residency and is not here as a physician. So the waiver he is looking for has nothing to do with a US degree, and is nothing like the J1 waivers that physicians look for. The paperwork for that is separate, and needs his home government to approve it. He does not need to work in an underserved area.

He will not be doing research in an underserved area !
 
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