which category of visa for CSA

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amird

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Hello,
I am a foreign physician(neurologist) living outside US (in Iran).As part of certification for ECFMG, I must travel to US and take the last exam called CSA. I have passsed other exams(USMLE 1&2).I am a citizen of Iran.
Can you help me and tell me to what category of visa I must apply
to take this exam?

Amir.
 
As far as I know B1 is for persons coming to US for business.
Do you mean I tell them that I want to go to US as amember of a business firm or something like that and do not tell about CSA, or I tell about my exam and they apply for B1?

Amir.
 
The worst thing that you can do is to lie at the US Consulate about the purpose of the trip. Just tell them the truth. They'll choose a visa category.
 
amird said:
Hello,
I am a foreign physician(neurologist) living outside US (in Iran).As part of certification for ECFMG, I must travel to US and take the last exam called CSA. I have passsed other exams(USMLE 1&2).I am a citizen of Iran.
Can you help me and tell me to what category of visa I must apply
to take this exam?

Amir.
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Hi ,

I am Damoun from IRAN
.I also passed usmle step 1...what can i do for CSA???

what did you do??

IT is hard to be iranian!!!!!!!!!
 
B1/b2

B1/B2 visa is for tourism/business purposes only. For CSA/Step2CS exam the US emabssy (anywhere in the world for that matter) will ONLY give B1/B2 visa, and no other visa. so no point in wasting time applying for other categories if you are going to say that you are going for Step 2 CS in your visa interview. And I completely agree with the previous post that the worst thing to do is to lie to the Visa counsellor.

The important conditions for B1/B2 visa will be that you can only stay in US for a maximum of 6 months (that final date gets stamped on your passport at the city where you enter US) and that you cannot take up any form of employment, be it working in a hotel or gas station (that is if you want to remain legally in US).

B1/B2 visa can be given for up to 6 months as a single entry visa OR as a multiple entry visa for 1 year, 2 years or even 10 years!

Try to focus on showing the visa counsellor during your interview that you have compelling reasons to come back to your country after you finish the Step2CS/CSA exam. this could be in the form of a letter from your employer stating that you will get say only 2 weeks leave for the exam and thereafter you are expected to resume your duties back home etc. etc. Be creative!

hope this helps!
 
B1/B2

Apparently, the US consulates are extremely restrictive with B1/B2 visas for nationals of Iran. Make sure you have your biography very well documented, they are very curious about issues like military service, membership in paramilitary branches of the goverment or work for 'goverment agencies'.

As you probably know, the US is full of iranian/persian physicians. You guys even have your own organization:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_American_Medical_Association

www.iama.org

They might or might not be able/willing to be of assistance.
 
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