There are many Korean practitioners who are interested in immigrating to the United States but are unsure where and how to begin the process.<\/p>\n
The first barrier that graduates of medical schools abroad, such as Korea, must overcome is entering a training program at a hospital in the United States. This training is mandatory for anyone to obtain a medical license in the United States. The problem is that there are many hospitals that do not accept foreign medical students as residents at all.<\/p>\n
Most importantly, you must pass the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 (Basic Medicine Test) and Step 2 (Clinical Medicine Knowledge Test). In addition, the results of the clinical practice test or OET (a type of English test) must be submitted to the ECFMG, which is in charge of the residency application for foreign medical students, to receive approval.<\/p>\n
People who graduated from medical school abroad usually reside on a J-1 visa. You may be able to obtain a short-term professional work visa (H-1B) for residency. However, it is common for hospitals to issue J-1 visas to foreign residents. This J visa has a proviso that you must return to your home country and reside there for two years before changing to a work visa (H and L) or acquiring permanent residence.<\/p>\n
The most common waiver used by foreign medical graduates is the Conrad 30 and federal waiver referral program. With the Conrad 30, each state can recommend a two-year home stay exemption for up to 30 residents with J-1 visas. The condition is to work as a clinician for three years in a place designated by the Federal Ministry of Health as a medically underdeveloped area.<\/p>\n
Not only the state government, but also federal government agencies can recommend exemptions from the two-year home stay rule for J-1 visa holders who contract to work as clinicians for three years in medically underdeveloped areas. J-1 visa holders must obtain a recommendation from these agencies and submit an application for exemption from stay in their home country to the State Department, and then follow the procedure of requesting USCIS to change their status to H-1B.<\/p>\n
It is through the Physician National Interest Waiver Program (The Physician NIW), which grants permanent residency if you work for 5 years in a medically underdeveloped area where there is a shortage of doctors. You must submit an employment contract stating that you will work full-time for five years as a clinician in a medically underserved area or veterans hospital designated by the Department of Health. In this case, a recommendation from the federal or state government is required.<\/p>\n
Nominations must be obtained from the state or federal agencies, such as the Department of Veterans and Welfare. This is the same as the exemption from the J-1 two-year home country stay rule. If the recommendation letter of the recommending organization states that you can exempt J-1 from staying in your home country for the sake of national interest and apply for permanent residence through the national interest exemption procedure, you can apply for permanent residency exemption for J-1 home country stay and pseudo-national interest exemption with this one letter at the same time. can proceed.<\/p>\n
If it is a medical institution in a place designated as a medically underdeveloped area, it can become a permanent residence sponsor without distinction. If a doctor pays an office and provides medical treatment in that area, he or she can proceed with his\/her permanent residence even without a separate permanent residence sponsor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"