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J-1 Visa Waiver Granted to Neonatologist to Serve in Gary, Indiana

April 23, 2014 - This neonatologist entered the United States on a J-1 visa in 2008 to complete her residency training in Pediatrics. After completing her residency, she began her fellowship training in neonatology. Per the 2-year foreign residence requirement, once a J-1 visa has expired, the physician must leave the United States for a two year period. In this physician’s case, however, a hospital in Indiana needed her employment in order to serve an underserved community in Gary, Indiana, in which the people of the community have very limited access to healthcare. Because the hospital needed this physician’s employment, the hospital retained our firm to file this physician’s J-1 visa waiver to waive the 2-year foreign residence requirement.

Once we were retained, we filed the J-1 visa waive on behalf of the hospital, stating that the offered employment and the approval of the J-1 visa waiver are in furtherance of the goals of the state of Illinois and the national interests because the program will reduce the cost of health care. We filed the petition on March 31, 2014 and the J-1 visa waiver was approved on April 23, 2014.

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