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Mississippi Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program

Sponsor
Mississippi Office of Rural Health
Deadlines
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Contact
Purpose

The Mississippi Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Mississippi, waiving the foreign medical residency requirement and allowing them to remain in the United States. The program is intended to provide physician services in areas that typically have difficulty attracting and retaining physicians.

Eligibility

Primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and sub-specialty trained physicians are eligible to apply.

Medical facilities located in counties within the service area of the Appalachian Regional Commission are not eligible to recruit primary care J-1 physicians through this program, with the exception of psychiatrists and specialists.

Geographic coverage
Mississippi
Amount of funding

This is an incentive program that offers foreign physicians a visa waiver, allowing them to work in the U.S.

A non-refundable fee of $2,000 is required to process each application.

Application process

Links to program guidelines and the application packet are available on the program website.

Completed applications should be mailed/delivered to:

Judy Newton, Director
Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Mississippi State Department of Health
Post Office Box 1700
Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1700

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Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · J-1 Visa Waiver · Maternal health and prenatal care · Physicians · Primary care · Specialty care · Mississippi

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