US residency after USMD as Canadian citizen
I am a Canadian who has been accepted to my dream USMD program, but I’m feeling hesitant about accepting it because I am not a US citizen. I have been hearing that it can be hard to match to residency programs in the US even as a USMD grad because they might not sponsor a visa for me. I can easily get a visa for med school, but since it is near impossible to match back to Canada (and I don’t really want to) I am worried about potentially having issues four years down the line, and I don’t want to regret this decision since I also have Canadian MD offers that I would be turning down. If this info helps, it’s a really strong US MD program, and I’d be happy to stay and practice in the US, assuming I can get a visa as an attending too.
Anyone have any insight? I feel like there’s got to be tons of Canadians who have done this and I never thought about this as an issue until recently??? Is there somewhere I can look to see what residency programs will sponsor visas for international/Canadian USMD grads?