Medical license dilema;please advice fellow docs - uzidoc

[ArchivalUser]

Hi guys. i have been trying to figure out what this requirement of state license for H1 visa application is about. I passed step 3 from connecticut board and matched in NJ. I applied for the H1 thru a lawyer and after 10 days i get a fax from the USCIS that they require a copy of the license from me which was not submitted . Before this, i had no idea that there was such a thing required and neither my lawyer nor my program had mentioned anything about it. Now i called up a few of the old grads who were matched year before , and they told me that u cant have the license before u start ur residency and for at least an year of work. during that time u work on the hospitals license. And in the forum, i am seeing that lot of guys are applying for theire licenses and getting em too. Has the rules changed recently and if so, where do i apply for my license. NJ board or connecticut board.. and what website . any info on this issue will be most appreciated .thanks

[ArchivalUser]

hey uzidoc,

Some states requires medical grads to have training permits (licenses) where as others don't. To my knowledge, NY does not require this.

I don't know the exact answer to your question, but I'll try to point you in the right direction: your goal is to give this USCIS what they want...or something similar to that...

Try this:
1. Call up older grads at your program who are also on a H1B and find out what they did. Did they send a letter from the program to the USCIS stating that you are training under the program's license??

2. Call up the program secretary...maybe s/he knows the answer (I'm sure you're not the only one faced with this program). Also, the PC should be the one to write a letter stating that you are training under the auspices of the program

3. Call up your Lawyer. s/he should definitely know the answer to that.

GL

[ArchivalUser]

thanks a lot vitriol. U r quite right about asking the older gradfs at my program. i will get down to it. thanks again for the prompt and sincere advice..