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No renumeration at all. It is purely observation under the supervision of licensed physicians.

wuki:
Is your clinical OBSERVATION ONLY? You cannot receive funds under B1/B2 — that would be contrary to the immigration laws.

Clinical rotations for caribbean students rotating in US hospitals are done on a tourist visa.This is the reference in the foreign affairs manual.As a matter of fact, a few of my nigerian classmates succesfully had their renewals.They already had B1/B2 visas and it makes no sense applying for a b1/b2 visa specifically for rotations when you already have a valid one.

9 FAM 402.2-5(E)(3) sets forth the rules for using a B1 visa to engage in a medical clerkship.

The medical clerkship exception applies to an alien who is studying at a foreign medical school. Such an alien may seek to enter the United States temporarily in B1 status in order to take an elective clerkship at a U.S. medical school's hospital. Such an alien may not receive remuneration from the hospital. The FAM explains that an “elective clerkship” is defined as “afford[ing] practical experience and instructions in the various disciplines of medicine under the supervision and direction of faculty physicians at a U.S. medical school's hospital as an approved part of the alien's foreign medical school education.”

The FAM makes clear that the medical clerkship is only for foreign “medical students pursuing their normal third or fourth year internship in a U.S. medical school as part of a foreign medical degree.”
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Same B1/B2. That is the visa required for these clinical rotations, and it is even in their foreign affairs manual.

wuki:
Sorry to hear. In nutshell, what the V.O is saying is that you abused your tourist visa (whether or not you intended to do so when you applied.) What visa category are you now applying for?

Visa denied today.
Medical Student in west indies.
Applied for my US Visa 2 years ago originally to visit sibling at an Ivy League University in the USA, However during my visit, I passed the exams necessary to start clinical rotations in USA teaching hospitals (The medical schools on the west indies islands do their clinical rotations in USA). upon successful completion of that exam,I came back to Nigeria and returned back to USA after one and half month to resume rotations and I have been back and forth a couple of times doing my rotations with only 12 more weeks to go to becoming a doctor now. V/Officer asked me why i have been making frequent visits to USA which i explained(due to clinical rotations) and she told me that i said i was going to visit my sister on my first interview which I seconded, she said that I wanted the visa for my clinical rotations and was afraid I might be denied which is why I said i was visiting my sister, i argued that was not the case but she insisted.

I had not even passed the exams to begin rotations at the time of application, I was indeed going to visit my sister and to also study for the exams with my classmates , which I did and passed successfully. I was born in an EU country with a nigerian passport and have been to about 10 EU countries including UK,norway,sweden,holland,france. I really dont know what to do. Just paid another fee for a new appointment, supposed to resume the next rotation in a week, this was so devastating and overwhelming.any advice house.