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J-1 Waiver granted to Pulmonary Physician to serve a Medically Underserved Community in San Antonio, Texas

February 27, 2014 - This Ecuadorian physician entered the United States in 2009 on a J-1 visa in order to complete his residency training in Internal Medicine. Upon completion of his training, he began his fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Because a healthcare clinic needed this physician’s employment to serve their community in San Antonio, Texas, they retained our firm to prepare the physician’s J-1 visa waiver in order to waive the 2-year foreign residence requirement.

As such, we completed this physician’s J-1 visa waiver file and filed it on December 23, 2013, stating that this healthcare clinic needed the physician’s services to treat the underserved people of San Antonio and nearby communities that do not have access to healthcare. In addition, we also stated that waiving the 2-year foreign residence requirement is in furtherance of the goals of the Texas Department of State Health Services and the national interest because the program will reduce the cost of health care. His J-1 visa waiver was granted on February 27, 2014.

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