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| Suspend Premium Processing Of Work Visas For Foreign Doctors: US Senators
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 11-March-2017
4:13:54 AM |
| Three influential American Senators have sought lifting of the suspension of premium processing of work visas of foreign doctors, including from India, who commit to work in rural areas in the US.
The little known Conrad 30 J-11 visa waiver programme attracts a large number of Indian doctors to the US every year.
The recently announced suspension of premium processing for H-1B visa petitions by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would exacerbate physician shortages, particularly in rural areas that depend on doctors who participate in the Conrad 30 J-1 visa waiver programme, the Senators said.
In a letter to USCIS, the Senators -- Amy Klobuchar, Susan Collins and Heidi Heitkamp - said the suspension of premium processing will delay when these doctors can begin to practice medicine and harm patients and communities that rely on them.
The recently announced suspension of premium processing for H1-B visa petitions beginning April 3 would exacerbate physician shortages, particularly in rural areas that depend on doctors who participate in the Conrad 30 J-1 visa waiver programme, they said
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