re ob gyn residency in article r bv e terminator rs itd umich edu donald mackie med umich edu donald mackie writes fmgs who are not citizens are like all aliens in a difficult situation only citizens get to vote here so non citizens are of little or no interest to legislators also the non citizen may well be in the middle of processing for resident alien status there is a stron sense that rocking the boat eg suing a residency program will delay the granting of that status perhaps for ever one should be aware that foreign doctors admitted for training are ineligible to apply for resident alien status in order to get the green card they have to return to their country and apply at the embassy there of course many somehow get around this problem often it is by agreeing to practice in a town with a need and then the congressman from that district tacks a rider onto a bill saying dr x will be allowed to have permanent residency in the us a lot of bills in congress have such riders attached to them marrying a us citizen is the most common although now they are even cracking down on that and trying to tell us citizens they must follow their spouse back to the phillipines or whereever gordon banks n jxp skepticism is the chastity of the intellect and geb cadre dsl pitt edu it is shameful to surrender it too soon
