IMMIGRATION AND THE INTERNET – THE VISALAW PHYSICIAN INFO CENTER

We are pleased to announce an important new addition to our web site intended to assist immigrant physicians and their attorneys with the immigration process. The site is located at http://www.visalaw.com/IMG/resources.html.

The page is divided into the following areas:

- Health Professional Shortage Areas

- US Government Agencies that Sponsor Physician Waivers

- State 20 Waivers

- Agencies that Adjudicate Physician Waivers

- Medical Schools, Residency, Licensing, Credentials, etc.

- Employment of J-1 Resources

- Forms, Statutes and Regulations

- International Medical Graduate Web Sites

- Physician-related Stories from Siskind’s Immigration Bulletin

- Other Resources

With the debut of the physician page, we have also started a physician e-mail list. If you are interested in getting on that free list, go to http://www.visalaw.com/IMG/email.html.

Efforts to mitigate the harsher effects of the 1996 immigration legislation are widespread and growing.  One of the latest is spearheaded by the International Immigrants Foundation, a nonprofit organization that is affiliated with the United Nations division of Economic and Social Development.  They have written a petition urging Congress to legalize the status of people who were in the US before September 30, 1996, the date the 1996 law went into effect.  The International Immigrants Foundation webpage is http://www.10.org, and the petition is available for printing at http://www.10.org/Petition.html.

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