5 year J1-Waiver For IMGs becomes Law ?
My Apologies (blush - blush ) I had previously misinterpreted this to mean an extension of required waiver-job years from three years to five years - BUT after Nitin's comment below, I re-read the bill text details (rather than just the summary like I did before), I realize I erred.
Do accept my apologies and thanks Nitin.
I had blogged about this earlier and found that the bill status updated.Check the bill status here. The last I checked, it read:
Do accept my apologies and thanks Nitin.
I had blogged about this earlier and found that the bill status updated.Check the bill status here. The last I checked, it read:
H.R. 5571: To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence.
"Signed by President Oct 8, 2008 : This bill has become law. [Last Updated: Nov 17, 2008]"
Basically, The bill basically extends to another five years the 1994 amendment to continue the CONRAD-30 J1-waiver program instead of terminating in 2009, since the United States continues to fall short of primary care docs - which is certainly a good thing for J1 IMGs
Peace!
Peace!
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posted by Digitaldoc, MD at 5:10 PM
Comments on "5 year J1-Waiver For IMGs becomes Law ?"
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nitin said ... (December 5, 2008 10:36 PM) :
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superdoc said ... (December 6, 2008 12:20 PM) :
Post Your Comment !hey I was going through the link and it seems they are extending the waiver program for another 5 yrs,rather than the time period a doctor has to work.so some one who finshes his/her resident in coming 5yrs can look for waiver program. Lemme know if i misinterprited it.
thank God! First I thought that they have made the waiver to be 5 yrs instead of !