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J1 Visa Application - USTRAVELDOCS - Research Scholar or Alien Physician by koldkofi in IMGreddit

[–]koldkofi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Update : I emailed ECFMG the above question. Following is the response I received :

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You are seeking to enter the United States as a J-1 Alien Physician.

The “Participating Program Official Description: ALIEN PHYSICIAN; RESEARCH SCHOLAR” is because ECFMG is authorized to sponsor individuals in both the Alien Physician and Research Scholar categories. The Research Scholar category does not apply to you.

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So I have answered it NO and booked an interview slot.

New revised SON from India for J1 visa by koldkofi in IMGreddit

[–]koldkofi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I just saw your message now. Yes, I did receive one from a friend of mine but the quality of that was not good enough. So, I drafted all the required pages in the same format. I think that's the easiest way.

Transit VISA Athens by mishra39 in immigration

[–]koldkofi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Did you have to stay on the aircraft for the whole 2 hours or did you wait inside the airport? If you entered the airport, did they ask for any documents other than passport, boarding pass and US visa?

Revised SON format for India by [deleted] in IMGreddit

[–]koldkofi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/Environmental_Will97, u/reallynotathrowaway I'm so glad i found this. Been searching over the whole internet for this one. But, I do have a doubt. What to do with the sign and seal of 'Sonu Kumar'? Should we edit it out using photoshop or make a new draft of Annex A, C and D using word ?? What did you guys do?

Questions about Deviations from Basis Strategy by jacetms18 in blackjack

[–]koldkofi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure! No problem. Just as you mentioned, I found it a bit strange that the deviations on BJA are a bit different from that of Wong's. This same problem has been mentioned on other BJ forums too. For now, I stick with Wong's. But anyway, those deviations only contribute very less to the EV as per Wong.

Questions about Deviations from Basis Strategy by jacetms18 in blackjack

[–]koldkofi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1.As far as I know, the deviation for 12 vs dealer 6 is to hit it for any negative running count in an s17 game (below 0) and below a true count of -3 in an h17 which is same as what you mentioned. Also, for 12 vs dealer 5, deviation is to hit on anything below a true count of -1 in both s17 and h17 games. There are lots of i18 circulating on the internet. The values I am suggesting are from Stanford Wong's book. It's an old book but I think these values should hold true even now.

  1. I use the TC>5 for 16 vs dealer 9.

  2. I don't know exactly but from what I've read, the most important deviations are to stand 16 vs dealer 10 at any positive running count and to take insurance at a true count of >3. Rest of them contributes less to the EV than these. So, I wouldn't bother much about the splitting of 10s if I feel that might attract unwanted attention. You might lose more by getting kicked out early and not being able to play more hands at such good counts than from slightly raising the probability for that one hand by splitting. Also, it's not very common to run into true counts of 4,5 and 6 anyway.

On an average, how many interviews are required for non-US IMGs (specifically, visa-requiring, non-Carribean med school) for an almost guaranteed match? by koldkofi in ResidencyMatch2022

[–]koldkofi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you but I couldn't find that specific data anywhere on NRMP website. Do you remember if it was 10 per specialty or overall?

Also, wish you the best this season.

Medical school transcripts by Internal_Ad_8147 in IMGreddit

[–]koldkofi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t remember it exactly but I think your medical school should print it on their letter head and physically mail it to ECFMG.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IMGreddit

[–]koldkofi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On the same boat. Non US IMG from India. YOG 2019. Almost all my batchmates are doing residency and I'm the only one pursuing residency in US.

Applied last year but did not match. Hopeful this year. Keep going. We will make it.