Hi there. I am posting this for a relative. Apparently he had participated in the residency match 2016 and did not match. He also applied through soap. However, a practising US physician friend of him, not familiar with SOAP rules, emailed a program out of good will to recommend him for which he has gotten reported to NRMP. Now this gentleman who was hoping to apply for 2017 match is being investigated and is supposed to respond to NRMP for this allegation within one week. What approach should he adopt to get minimal damage ( his name may be red flagged in the R3 as a match violator and faces match sanctions frm one to three year). This is mentally very stressful and please advise if somebody has had similar experience and how they dealt wiith it.
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