I am a canadian soon to be MS4 at a USMD. Lord willing I will be doing a residency in usa (either FM or psych) and interested in coming back to Canada for practice. My question is for residency, I will be on a J1 visa, how do I go about getting this?
How to get a J1 visa
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You will get into residency and the liaison person at the hospital GME will submit an application to ECFMG. You will log in to ECFMG website (OASIS), do the paperwork, and eventually receive a DS-2019 form, and that's it. Pretty straight forward.
A word of advice, though: stay away from J1. Do everything you can to get H1B (this you can do as a USMD). It will make your life much easier years from now. You will thank me then, but I'll just say: "buy me a beer!"
A word of advice, though: stay away from J1. Do everything you can to get H1B (this you can do as a USMD). It will make your life much easier years from now. You will thank me then, but I'll just say: "buy me a beer!"
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Why were you on a J1 when you are a dual US/CAN citizen?
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Please elaborate on why a J! visa "destroyed your life"
Please explain why? I am interested in working in Canada, and FM.
Why stay away from J1, Ive never heard any problems with it.
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The J1 has a stipulation:
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J-1 Status: Two-Year Home Residency Requirement & Two-Year Repeat Bar | The Office of International Affairs | The University of Chicago
One of the major issues with J-1 status is determining whether or not you are subject to the two-year home residency requirement, and if so, what options are available. Please read the following information carefully, and contact your adviser at OIA if you have any questions.
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Plenty of people get around that stipulation, you just have to apply early and go to an "underserved" area - multiple Canadians from my residency stayed in the US after J1 visas.The J1 has a stipulation:
J-1 Status: Two-Year Home Residency Requirement & Two-Year Repeat Bar | The Office of International Affairs | The University of Chicago
One of the major issues with J-1 status is determining whether or not you are subject to the two-year home residency requirement, and if so, what options are available. Please read the following information carefully, and contact your adviser at OIA if you have any questions.
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You can only get the H1B if you've finished Step 3 and you can't register for step 3 until you've graduated. Not possible if you're matching straight out of med school, only if you've got a year off.
If you're planning on going home to Canada after, a J1 is just fine. I had a J1 with no issues and returned home to Canada, could have also stayed in the state I trained in which had "underserved" communities, including the one I trained in. Many of my canadian co-residents stayed after their J1s with no issues.
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OP says he intends to go back to Canada after training. In that case, no problem with J1
