H-1B J-1 Waiver Transfer Approved for VA Physician Whose Physician Spouse Could Not Find Position Within Commuting Distance

October 13, 2011- We received an H-1B visa waiver transfer approval for a VA anesthesiologist who needed to transfer to a different VA facility because of her husband’s career.  Her husband, also a physician, sough employment extensively in the same city and state where the waiver service was required for his spouse. After several months of job search with no offer, he applied for employment in a different state.  After getting a position in a different state, we applied for a H-1B/J-1 waiver transfer for his wife in order to accept a position in a VA facility near the location where her husband found employment. We submitted extensive evidence of the fruitless job search of the husband in the waiver state, explained in sworn statements that both physicians had to work in order to support the family, as well as the negative effects of a separation on the physician couple and their young child. After review, the application which was filed on September 30, 2011 was approved fairly fast on October 13, 2011.