01-26-2009, 08:15 AM
Indian MBBS Equivalent to American M.D.
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In a non-precedent decision issued in January 2009, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), through the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), held that an Indian Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree is the equivalent of a U.S. Medical Doctor (M.D.) degree. This AAO decision reverses a trend by the USCIS to deny employment-based, second preference (EB2) I-140 petitions filed on behalf of certain doctors, claiming that the MBBS was simply a bachelor's degree and not a master's degree. The Murthy Law Firm has challenged this same issue for other doctors and this decision should be helpful. Our firm was not involved with the particular case before the AAO. The AAO's decision, though not binding under law, is certainly helpful for MBBS medical graduates from India.
©MurthyDotCom
In a non-precedent decision issued in January 2009, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), through the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), held that an Indian Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree is the equivalent of a U.S. Medical Doctor (M.D.) degree. This AAO decision reverses a trend by the USCIS to deny employment-based, second preference (EB2) I-140 petitions filed on behalf of certain doctors, claiming that the MBBS was simply a bachelor's degree and not a master's degree. The Murthy Law Firm has challenged this same issue for other doctors and this decision should be helpful. Our firm was not involved with the particular case before the AAO. The AAO's decision, though not binding under law, is certainly helpful for MBBS medical graduates from India.