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Los Angeles
County+University of Southern California Medical Center
VISA INFORMATION FOR POSTGRADUATE TRAINING APPLICANTS
Applicants for postgraduate training (GY1-GY7) should be aware
of the following visa information for County paid postgraduate
physicians.
J-1 Visa:
Those applicants needing to obtain or renew your
visa should be aware that the only visa status that is acceptable
by the LAC+USC Medical Center for appointment as a postgraduate
physician is the J-1 visa.
If you are an Exchange Visitor, it is your personal
responsibility to obtain and maintain a lawful J-1 visa prior
to the start of training and continuously throughout the period
of postgraduate training. Failure to have a valid visa and
work authorization by the first day of your training is grounds
for dismissal from your training program. If your J-1 visa
lapses during your training, your training will be interrupted.
LAC+USC Medical Center will sponsor resident physicians on
the J-1 Visa. The Medical Center sponsors the initial application
and applications for continuing a J-1 Visa for promotions.
It is the postgraduate physician’s responsibility to
obtain the necessary documentation to have a valid J-1 visa
and work authorization upon inception of training. This documentation
is required before the physician will be allowed to start
training at the LAC+USC Medical Center. Failure to have a
valid J-1 visa and work authorization by the first day of
training is grounds for dismissal from your training program.
The ECFMG maintains a Website
where the initial application or application for continuation
of the J-1 visa may be accessed.
The completed initial application must be submitted for processing
to the ECFMG six to eight weeks prior to the beginning of
training. Physicians wishing to continue on their J-1 visa
must submit a completed renewal application to ECFMG six to
eight weeks prior to the expiration of the present visa. Physicians
who fail to have a valid visa and work authorization are placed
on a leave of absence without pay and their training interrupted
until the visa is renewed. This extends the physicians training
period.
H-1B Visa:
The LAC+USC Medical Center does NOT sponsor applications
for H-1B visas.
O-1 Visa:
Under no circumstance does the LAC+USC Medical Center sponsor
postgraduate physicians on an O-1 visa.
VISAS FOR USC PAID POSTGRADUATE PHYSICIANS
(GY1-GY7)
J-1 VISAS or H-1B VISAS FOR USC PAID RESIDENT PHYSICIANS
(GY-1 THROUGH GY-7) must be processed through the TPL
at the Keck School of Medicine who is: Cecelia Melendres,
telephone number: (323) 442-1841. Access to the application
is the same as noted above.0-1 VISAS:USC paid postgraduate
physicians are not eligible to be placed on an O-1 Visa
while in training.
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