F-1 Student Eligibility and Requirements:<\/strong><\/h4>\nForeign nationals who attended a U.S. medical school on a F-1 visa may apply for one year of Optional Practice Training (OPT) through their medical school. Processing typically takes 3 months. As part of this process, the student must obtain an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) card from the USCIS. Prior to the end of the 12-month OPT period, the trainee will need to apply for another type of visa in order to continue in the training program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The information herein represents the terms and conditions for visa sponsorship for applicants for residency\/fellowship positions in accredited training programs at the NYC Health and Hospital Corporation\u2019s Jacobi Medical Center (JMC). Jacobi Medical Center (JMC) accepts foreign national physicians who meet the eligibility and selection requirements of its accredited residency and fellowship programs. All foreign national physicians must review their visa sponsorship needs with the residency\/fellowship program representative before entering into the \u201cMatch.\u201d Candidates should clearly understand what visa sponsorship … Continue reading “Visa FAQ”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5539,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions\/5539"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobimed.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}