The IHS is one of 8 agencies in the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS). DHHS regulations prohibit the IHS from sponsoring J-1 visa waivers
for direct care providers. For further inquiries, regarding this regulation, you may
contact DHHS Executive Secretary, Exchange Visitor Waiver Review Board at (202) 690-6174
or write to the Executive Secretary, Exchange Visitor Waiver Review Board, Room 627-H,
Humphrey Building, Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20201. We are only aware of one DHHS agency, the National Institutes of
Health (NIH), that is granting J-1 visa waivers only to those individuals involved in
research of national and/or international importance. You may contact NIH at (301)
496-6166.
You may want to explore opportunities for employment with the Appalachian
Regional Commission (ARC) at (202) 884-7680; for federal employment with the Department of
Veterans Affairs (DVA) through your local VA office by checking your local listings for
telephone number, the Department of Agriculture (DA) at (301) 504-5605, and the Department
of Housing and Urban Development (DHUD) at (202) 708-0030; or for state employment through
the Department of Public Health or the Department of Rural Health in each of the 50
states, Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, or Washington, DC., by checking your local
listings for telephone numbers.
The following Internet sites may also offer assistance:
More information for physicians with J-1 visas. 
http://www.3rnet.org/aboutus/J1Visas.aspx
J-1 Visa Waiver Information for the State of Minnesota.
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/j1main.htm
Alabama Office of Rural Health.
http://www.alapubhealth.org/opcrh/
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