Canadian citizens:Timeline for residency

[grapz]

what does the term moonlight mean

[KennethToronto]

Originally Posted by grapz

what does the term moonlight mean

From what I gather, it's like filling in for someone else / working extra hours.

Would any current Canadian citizens (w/o US citizenship/PR) care to fill in on how they are dealing with residency issues? Problems matching to US spots?

[mdby2012]

does this simply mean that if i want a competitive specialty i'll have to go the J1 route, but the H1B is the better all around visa because I can get a green card faster and moonlight??

If i got this right, to both do a competitive specialty and after completing it, live and work in the states, the best way to accomplish this is to get the J1, get a J1 waiver for 3 years in an underserved/VA hospital, and then apply for an H1B. Is this the easiest way to accomplish this?

[Alastriss]

Originally Posted by mdby2012

does this simply mean that if i want a competitive specialty i'll have to go the J1 route, but the H1B is the better all around visa because I can get a green card faster and moonlight??

If i got this right, to both do a competitive specialty and after completing it, live and work in the states, the best way to accomplish this is to get the J1, get a J1 waiver for 3 years in an underserved/VA hospital, and then apply for an H1B. Is this the easiest way to accomplish this?

In response to this..can you not do a chief resident year with the J-1 visa to get ur residency year numbers = to canada's standards and then go back for 2 years? Im sure this wouldve been thought of before, so I figure it comes down to either:
a) you can't do a cheif resident year on a J-1
b) doing cheif residency isn't a good enough compensation

[hippie]

Originally Posted by Alastriss

In response to this..can you not do a chief resident year with the J-1 visa to get ur residency year numbers = to canada's standards and then go back for 2 years? Im sure this wouldve been thought of before, so I figure it comes down to either:
a) you can't do a cheif resident year on a J-1
b) doing cheif residency isn't a good enough compensation

You definitely can do Chief residency on a j-1 and this year can be added to the total number of year needed to have a training equivalent to the Canadian one.
As a US graduate you will find many competitive programs willing to sponsor you for a H1B.
And also even that you are not allowed to moonlight on a J-1 in principle, many people get away with it as hospitals tnd not to be so peculiar about it.

[Alastriss]

If you can do chief residency years to then get the right number of residencies..why is a J-1 soo bad? I'm definitely missing something here but Im not sure what

[hippie]

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[Alastriss]

oooooooooh that isss bad. Ok so its not so much the "2 year return to canada" as much as it is what you just mentioned?

Just to get this straight - you do a few additional chief residency years/fellowships and u are on par with canada's residency years. After that you need to be Canadian board certified right? Anything else you need to do before you can start practicing in canada?

[hippie]

Originally Posted by Alastriss

oooooooooh that isss bad. Ok so its not so much the "2 year return to canada" as much as it is what you just mentioned?

Just to get this straight - you do a few additional chief residency years/fellowships and u are on par with canada's residency years. After that you need to be Canadian board certified right? Anything else you need to do before you can start practicing in canada?

That's true.
It depends on the province, in ontario I know they needed clerkships in Canada, Don't know how many though and I don't know if there is a way around it (I think there is)
In quebec you will need to pass a french test. Another thing you can do is to become board certified in Maine which has reciprocity with new brunswick...

[clive]

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