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Immigration firms in Virginia offering J-1 applications, State
30, national interest waivers, permanent residency, and Canadian
doctors and physicians.
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Immigration attorneys offering representation to obtain
H-1B work visas, labor certifications and J-1
waiver applications for foreign medical graduates and physicians.
Physicians who receive
clinical medical residency training in the U.S. pursuant to a J-1 exchange
visitor visa are required to return to their home country for two years
before they are eligible to apply for an H-1B visa or permanent
residency. J-1 visa physicians need not complete this two-year home
requirement if they are approved for a waiver to deliver medical services
in a designated underserved area or at a VA hospital. In addition, the
United States Congress, under the leadership of Senator Conrad, has
mandated that all states (as well as the District of Columbia and certain
territories, such as Puerto Rico and Guam) may act as interested state
agencies (State 30
Program), recommending up to thirty (30) national
interest waivers for J-1 physicians per state each fiscal year.
These waiver recommendations are available in addition to any VA, ARC
or DHHS waivers that may be issued for locations within that state.
Most J-1 Visa Waivers typically require a three year service obligation.
However, certain states, such as West Virginia, require a four-year
contractfrom a immigration
firm in Virginia. All waiver programs require a showing that the
employer has made efforts to recruit a U.S. physician and a Canadian
doctor prior to offering a position to a J-1 physician. |
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Robert Lubin offers work visas, Appalachian regional commission,
Conrad waivers, naturalization of business immigration, and law
firms in Washington DC area.
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Robert
Lubin & Associates, P.C. (formerly known as The Law Offices of Robert
Lubin, P.C.) was founded in 1988 and the firm focuses exclusively on
work visas, Conrad
waivers, and immigration
law firm issues (with some business
immigration law services provided to immigration clients only).
Naturalization
is the process by which permanent residents can obtain U.S. citizenship
status. In some cases, dual citizenship may be retained. Since naturalized
citizens share practically all of the same rights as citizens born in
the United States, this is an important step to take to complete the
immigration process. Obtaining a J-1 waiver is a three-step process.
The first step is to obtain a recommendation for a waiver from an interested
government agency (IGA), like HHS or Appalachian
Regional Commission. This recommendation is then forwarded to the
United States Department of State Waiver Review Division in Washington,
D.C. (formerly known as the USIA), which in turn issues its recommendation
to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which provides
approval of an Application to Waive Foreign Residence Requirements (Form
I-612). |
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Immigration information for H-1b visas, foreign medical graduates,
Conrad 30, hardship waivers, nonimmigrant doctors, and adjustment
of status.
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The H-1B is a nonimmigrant
visa classification used by an applicant who will be employed temporarily
in a specialty occupation. Requirements include a job offer in a qualifying
occupation, a bachelor's degree or equivalent at a minimum, and an offered
salary that meets prevailing wage requirements. The H-1B
visa is a popular tool for temporary employment of foreign
medical graduates. Hardship
waiver if the U.S. citizen or permanent resident spouse and/or child
accompanies the J-1 visa holder back to the home country for two years.
Therefore, a hardship waiver application must establish that the U.S.
citizen or permanent resident spouse and/or child will suffer exceptionally
as a result of returning to the J-1 visa holder's home country and remaining
in the U.S. without the J-1 visa holder for two years. The ARC program
is limited to doctors who
have completed residency training in a primary care field, which is
generally defined as internal medicine, family practice, general practice,
pediatrics, general psychiatry or obstetrics and gynecology, and the
physician must agree to practice such primary care. We also offer information
on Conrad 30 and adjustments
of status. |
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Immigration attorneys offering J-1 waivers, O-1 visas, and labor
certifications for international medical graduates, and foreign
doctors.
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Our immigration
attorneys offer O-1
visas are temporary nonimmigrant visas, available for highly talented
or acclaimed individuals in the sciences, education, business or athletics.
To qualify for an O-1 visa, the applicant must have extraordinary ability
"demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim." Extraordinary
ability means a "level of expertise indicating that the person is one
of that small percentage who has risen to the very top of the field
of endeavor." The O-1 category is especially helpful to medical researchers
such as foreign doctors,
athletes, and business people who may lack the qualifications or salary
required for the J-1 waiver
program. In addition, to date, there have been no numerical limitations
reached on the J-1 program, thereby allowing any number of international
medical graduate applicants to qualify each fiscal year. In order
to apply for Labor
Certification (LC), an applicant must obtain an employer to sponsor
him/her through a job offer. The LC process consists of three phases
leading to permanent residency. The first phase involves obtaining a
Labor Certification from the Department of Labor (DOL). The second phase
involves obtaining an immigrant
visa petition approval from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) based on the DOL Labor Certification. The third phase
involves the applicant's application to either adjust status from non-immigrant
to permanent resident here in the U.S., or obtain an immigrant visa
at an American Consulate in the home country. |
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