HI,
I would like to ask you for your advice how to go about getting a permanent resident status in the US after finishing residency in NYC.
Short background: I am from Germany where I got my MD, and later PhD; I did research at Harvard for several years, as PhD student and postdoc, resulting in multiple first author publications. I used 18 months of my H1B time as a postdoc, and now I am doing my PGY1 Medicine year on H1B; I will start in July my specialty residency training at a prestigous University Hospital in NYC. At that point I will have 3 years and 8 months left on my H1B before reaching the 6 year mark.
Thus, I could finish the 3-year residency program before hitting the 6 year mark. However, the program is encouraging me to do an academic-track residency that is four years in duration (thus I would go beyond the 6 year limit).
My aim is to be able to practice medicine in NYC after residency, but in an academic Center, since I would like to stay in academic medicine and continue research as faculty.
What are the best ways to go about the permanent residency status?
Can I apply for GC during residency? I guess I could ask my program to sponsor my GC since they encourage me to do the academic-track residency. Or should I apply for an EB visa?
If everything fails, would you recommend to just do the regular 3 years of residency and then start work as a postdoc (9 months will be lleft on the 6 year mark then), and file for a GC as a researcher?
Thanks in advance!
Gobi
I would like to ask you for your advice how to go about getting a permanent resident status in the US after finishing residency in NYC.
Short background: I am from Germany where I got my MD, and later PhD; I did research at Harvard for several years, as PhD student and postdoc, resulting in multiple first author publications. I used 18 months of my H1B time as a postdoc, and now I am doing my PGY1 Medicine year on H1B; I will start in July my specialty residency training at a prestigous University Hospital in NYC. At that point I will have 3 years and 8 months left on my H1B before reaching the 6 year mark.
Thus, I could finish the 3-year residency program before hitting the 6 year mark. However, the program is encouraging me to do an academic-track residency that is four years in duration (thus I would go beyond the 6 year limit).
My aim is to be able to practice medicine in NYC after residency, but in an academic Center, since I would like to stay in academic medicine and continue research as faculty.
What are the best ways to go about the permanent residency status?
Can I apply for GC during residency? I guess I could ask my program to sponsor my GC since they encourage me to do the academic-track residency. Or should I apply for an EB visa?
If everything fails, would you recommend to just do the regular 3 years of residency and then start work as a postdoc (9 months will be lleft on the 6 year mark then), and file for a GC as a researcher?
Thanks in advance!
Gobi