ZT七年啦，国庆节终于绿了
I finally got approved of my green card today on our National day after
coming to States for more than 7 years. I am post call today and slept till
just now and checked my email, and, man, I can't beleive I saw the long
anticipated magic approval email from USCIS! I have been expecting this
email daily for almost 4 months. I am finally relieved. I am so happy it
worked out.
I just want to share my happiness and my GC story with friends here without
GC. I had my Phd in 2005 and matched to a IM program with OPT. I started to
apply for GC right after in the residency with NIW in August 2005 and was
approved right away in 2 months. Then, the long wait for 485 approval
started. I did some research with the Chair in the program and he and the PD
wrote a letter to back me up for continued research.
When I applied to fellowship last year, I checked green card for status.
Luckily I got it before next June. The only reason I had the gut to do all
of these is because a CMG has done this before. I met a CMG as cardiology
fellow exactly did the same thing: Phd-opt-NIW in residency and green card
in fellowship. For residency or fellowship program, nobody wants you to show
your green card, as long as you can work legally. One of my seniors was
even more aggressive. Before there was no ERAS, he just told PD during
fellowship match that he said he "has no problem with visa" when he was
actually on H1. The PD assumed he had GC. When he matched to Yale, they had
to sponsor h1 for him because it was too late to find someone to replace him
, true story.
I am too happy to be articulate at this moment. The point I want to make is;
you can use OPT or EAD to start residency; you can appy for GC during
residency with oning research work.
Good luck with match,guys. I am going out to celebrate now.