H-1B Visa

[matheuscarneir0]

Hello,

I'm an IMG from Brazil. There are some residency programs that requires a preliminary or transitional year (PGY-1), for example radiology or anesthesiology. In the majority of cases, at the end of this year, you'll move to your new residency program (PGY-2), which is located in another hospital. In a possible scenario where you got a match in the same year for preliminary/transitional (PGY-1) in a hospital H-1B Sponsor and radiology (PGY-2) in a non-H1B sponsor, If I get the h-1b visa sponsored by the first hospital (PGY-1), will I lose it when I change to the PGY-2 Hospital which is a non-H1B sponsor?
I know the H-1B Visa works for 3 years and could be renewed, but in order to maintain the Visa the two hospitals need to sponsor or only one is necessary?


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[Animalcules]

Yes, you can have different visas. You can have an H1B and transition to J1. If you have a 2 year requirement, you cannot move from J1 to H1B without leaving the country for 2 years. You cannot keep the same H1B. It's a new application, but maybe the second hospital would be more willing to offer an H1B if you already had it.

 

[matheuscarneir0]

Yes, you can have different visas. You can have an H1B and transition to J1. If you have a 2 year requirement, you cannot move from J1 to H1B without leaving the country for 2 years. You cannot keep the same H1B. It's a new application, but maybe the second hospital would be more willing to offer an H1B if you already had it.

So, In order to maintain the H-1B visa until I finish my residency I need to match two sponsor programs of H-1B? (PGY-1 and PGY-2)

 

[Animalcules]

Yes

 

[matheuscarneir0]

Yes

Thank you so much!!