Thursday, August 21, 2014

Visa sponsor letter for Step 2 CS

Find below a sample visa sponsor letter. You can you it to build your own and make it better.

Generally the Notary knows how to do it. But it always better to have your own for backup in case the Notary is a newbie.

DECLARATION

August 21, 2014

I, DAD NAME, S/o Mr GRAND FATHER, aged 62 years, residing at ADDRESS, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows:

My son, Neil Dominic Fernandes, Passport No. 12345, issued from XXX, India, intends to attend USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills examination to be held at Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. I do hereby give free consent and No objection to my son to attend the above mentioned examination at Atlanta, U.S.A.

Furthermore, I do hereby agree to bear all the expenses incurred during his visit to U.S.A. I have attached my bank statements and income tax certificates to show that I have sufficient resources for the same.

The above stated facts are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.



Father’s Name
F/o Neil Dominic Fernandes

Letter link

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

How to get an ERAS token in order to apply for the MATCH

This was a question that may sound dumb at first, but when actually faced it, looks like a real serious one. Anyways just listing out the procedure below.

ERAS token is a way through which one can start one's application for residency. For IMGs (International Medical Graduates) one can get the token in the following way.

  1. Open your OASIS account from the ECFMG portal.
  2. On the left hand side there will be the following option - ERAS® Support Services, click on it
  3.  Next click on  ERAS Residency Token NOT THE ERAS Fellowship Token
  4. Once you complete the request and make the payment you will be directed to your ERAS token number. 
  5. Do note it down since if not mistaken I do not think they send you your number or anything, so either print the page or write it down on a sheet of paper. You will not need this token number once you create an account in myeras FYI
  6. Then go to the myeras page - https://services.aamc.org/eras/myeras2015/ and then click register token and do as the instructions are told, which are pretty simple and straight forward.
Best of luck