Medical Specialists May Be eligible for the physician national interest waiver.

Medical specialists who agree to practice in any area designated as a health care shortage area may be eligible for the physician national interest waiver.

SUBJECT: Matter of H-V-P-, Adopted Decision 2016-01 (AAO Feb. 9, 2016)
This policy memorandum (PM) designates the attached decision of the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) in Matter of H-V-P- as an Adopted Decision. Accordingly, this adopted decision establishes policy guidance that applies to and binds all USCIS employees. USCIS personnel are directed to follow the reasoning in this decision in similar cases.
Matter of H-V-P- clarifies that, in addition to primary care physicians, medical specialists who agree to practice in any area designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a shortage of health care professionals may be eligible for the physician national interest waiver under section 203(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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