Massey Law Associates assists small, medium and large healthcare providers with their U.S. immigration matters. Our North Carolina attorneys and board-certified specialists have decades of combined experience representing healthcare clients throughout the U.S.
Common visas solutions for the healthcare and biotechnology industries include:
- Cap exempt H-1B for physicians and researchers: We assist foreign national physicians seeking visa solutions.
- J-1 visa and obtaining a waiver of 212(e): Physicians pursuing a graduate medical education in J-1 status must return to their home country for two years after completing a clinical J-1 program before seeking permanent residency status here unless they qualify for a waiver.
- O-1 extraordinary ability visa: The physician must be considered extraordinary in his or her medical field in terms of knowledge, ability, expertise, and accomplishments.
- TN for nurses and teaching/research doctors: The TN visa is commonly available to Canadian and Mexican nurses and research professionals.
- National interest waiver: The requirement that a physician must have an indefinite full-time job offer from a U.S. employer may be waived under certain circumstances.
- Foreign medical graduates/physicians Conrad 30 program: Physicians subject to 212(e) due to entering the U.S. to gain graduate medical education may require an IGA waiver (i.e., through the Conrad 30 program).
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We invite you to contact one of our attorneys for more information regarding visa solutions for healthcare and biotechnology. Call our lawyers at 80800 33800. Alternately, you may reach us by email.