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Hiring Overseas Healthcare Professionals

In the U.S., the shortage of healthcare professionals (HCPs) and the dependence on international medical graduates (IMGs) to fill gaps in the healthcare workforce is expected to increase in the future. Understanding immigration and the visa system is crucial to hiring international graduates. These HCPs typically come to complete their training on J-1 visas and in some select instances, on H-1B visas. The J-1 visa is a basic medical training visa. It enables IMGs to join U.S.-based residency an...