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Virginia Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program

Sponsor
Virginia Department of Health
Deadlines
Aug 31, 2025
Contact

Olivette Burroughs
804.864.7431
olivette.burroughs@vdh.virginia.gov

Valencia Hines
804.659.3861
valencia.hines@vdh.virginia.gov

Purpose

The Virginia Conrad 30 Visa Waiver Program offers a J-1 Visa waiver to foreign physicians who commit to serving for 3 years in an underserved area of Virginia, 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

Eligible applicants are primary care physicians trained in family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and general psychiatry. Non-primary care physicians who fill a documented community healthcare need will also be considered.

Geographic coverage
Virginia
Amount of funding

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

Application process

Links to additional guidance and required forms are available on the program website.

Submit completed applications through the online form.

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

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