P. UCSF Visa Policy

• Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) J-1 visa
  
  The ECFMG sponsored J-1 visa has been designed exclusively to facilitate and document entry of a Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG) physician into this country for purposes of postgraduate training. The ECFMG establishes and implements educational standards and credentialing mechanisms for FMGs. . UCSF’s oversight organizations (the ACGME, AMA and the ECFMG) uniformly encourage training institutions to adhere to the ECFMG J-1 program as the visa standard. For more information about ECFMG J-1 requirements, standards and timelines, please contact the International Students and Scholars office at 415-476-1773 or http://student.ucsf.edu/siss/.
  
  
• H1 (and H1-B) Visas
  
  The University of California, San Francisco does not allow medical training in H-1 status for medical Residents/Clinical Fellows with the following exceptions:
  • The applicant is not a citizen or permanent resident of the US but is attending US medical school under an F-1 visa. We will allow the person to do an internship at UCSF under F-1 optional practical training, when possible, during which time an H-1 petition will be submitted to the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the remaining time of their training, assuming all other requirements of the H-1 visa have been met. Please contact Services to International Students & Scholars for details.
  • The applicant is already in the US in a training program under an H-1 visa. We will consider (on a case by case basis) transferring the existing H-1 visa to UCSF sponsorship in this situation, assuming all other requirements of the H-1 visa have been met.
    
    UCSF WILL NOT ALLOW RESIDENTS/CLINCAL FELLOWS TO TRAIN IN H-1 VISA STATUS IF THEY DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ONE OF THE TWO EXCEPTIONS LISTED ABOVE!
    
    
• UCSF Sponsored J-1 Visas
  
  Housestaff are not permitted to do medical training under this visa.