How should one plan MLE steps date wise when taking steps outside USA?
A. Each year residency interviews start in september or October and Residency Match comes in March , If you plan to come to USA on visit visa to get your interviews done then you should take your steps in your country and should be eligible to take CSA by September or October each year, I mean plan your step dates accordingly. Then you can come to USA in Septemeber or October, take your CSA and do your interviews in November/December or January and then the Match result comes in March. If you match get your paper ork like Contract from program and go back to get the Ministry of health letter (NOC) from your country. you can ask ECFMG to send your IAP -66 to send to your home country, so that you can apply for j-1 visa and then come here by July 1st, when you start your residency.
