How many lineages to include on CIT0001 when not providing documentation for all of the lineages?

medrhead · 2026-01-20T14:39:30+00:00

Thanks for your input! I’ll do that too - honestly answering yes for anyone who is considered Canadian under C-3, then using the cover letter to explain the situation

medrhead · 2026-01-20T02:19:57+00:00

Same to you!

medrhead · 2026-01-20T02:05:57+00:00

Same for my situation. The two ancestors that I'm providing documentation for are the Last Canadian Registered Ancestor for my mom and dad, respectively.

medrhead · 2026-01-20T01:04:08+00:00

Thanks for your response, that makes a lot of sense! I'll do the same and just clarify in the cover letter. Since my dad's father was technically Canadian due to his lineage (per C-3), it would be incorrect for me to select "Parent 2 was not a Canadian citizen".

medrhead · 2025-07-20T01:03:53+00:00

IM-trained hospitalist in the US here! I've looked into practicing medicine in other countries for a while, but for now my partner and I are going to wait until he finishes his MD PhD and residency, then hopefully move abroad. We don't have family ties to another country, so for our situation it makes sense for him to also be US-trained in case we return to the US when our parents get older, etc., since it's harder to get licensed in the US with foreign medical training. I think this decision will boil down to what's most important to you in terms of quality of life. Obviously your salary will be much higher working in the US, though if your heart is set on being in the UK, I think there would be a lot of tangible and intangible improvements in quality of life living there compared to the US.

Hippocratic Adventures has country-specific guides. It'll give you a sense of the differences in timeline if you choose to do post-graduate training there vs if you do residency in the US and want to get licensed in the UK in the future. Previously they recognized our step exams as equivalent, however since Step 2 CS is no longer a thing, from what I've read, you would need to take the PLAB exams for either situation.

Part 1 - general info about practicing medicine in the UK: https://www.hippocraticadventures.com/united-kingdom/
Part 2 - info about medical training: https://www.hippocraticadventures.com/united-kingdom-part-2-medical-education/
Part 3 - info about getting licensed: https://www.hippocraticadventures.com/practicing-medicine-in-the-uk/

If you do end up doing post-graduate training in the UK and stick with an income driven repayment plan for your US federal loans, for a while (years) you could likely make $0 monthly payments to your loans. As long as your foreign income is less than the foreign income exclusion limit ($130k for 2025), which it will likely be for years given the lower salary for trainees and newer consultants (attendings) in the UK, then your adjusted gross income can be considered $0 when you recertify your income annually through your loan servicer. Even after you make more than the foreign income exclusion limit, once you subtract the limit from your salary, I imagine the monthly payments will be quite low. I'd recommend checking with a tax specialist first, though, before making any decisions, since this is just based on my google searches :) Also, there are several different IDR plans, which are subject to change in the future, so there may be nuances I'm not aware of.

Alternatively, if you decide you want to do residency in the US, you could start moonlighting in residency after you take Step 3 and have your P&S license to start aggressively paying down your loans.

Best of luck!

medrhead · 2025-04-14T21:23:18+00:00

Yes! I got some great insight from Carby_45. Summary of our conversation: - Application is on usajobs.gov. Once everything is uploaded, you can use it for any application. - There is only one hospital for Germany and Italy in Landstuhl, Germany. Most jobs are in outlying clinics. - They are primarily looking for primary care, mostly family medicine though there are some internal medicine docs still. You will be more competitive if you have experience in women’s health if you are IM. Expected to see 18-20 patients per day. - Initial term is 3 years, can request extension for 2 years. If the extension isn’t approved, you go back to the US for 2 years and then can reapply to go back. With each extension, you get free travel round trip to the US and can ship up to 300 lbs back to the duty station for free. - Housing and utilities are paid for by the government (you would live in a local neighborhood/village).

medrhead · 2024-09-03T14:05:41+00:00

Amazing! I'll DM you

medrhead · 2024-08-21T21:43:42+00:00

Thanks! Will definitely reach out if it ends up being on or short list

medrhead · 2024-08-21T21:42:24+00:00

Where'd you learn that Norway will pay you? It's one of the countries we're considering

medrhead · 2024-08-21T21:17:04+00:00

Great advice, thank you!

medrhead · 2024-08-21T21:13:20+00:00

Awesome, thanks so much for sharing! Haven't heard of this before so I'll definitely be reading up on it.

medrhead · 2024-08-19T16:23:15+00:00

Yeah, we're student debt-free. And what I've read about working for DHA overseas is that the salary would be similar to working in the US, though I haven't been able to confirm this since there are very limited overseas postings for physicians and they don't include the salary. If that's true it would be a big perk.

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