Trump administration exempts foreign doctors from 39-country travel ban
The Trump administration has exempted foreign doctors from its travel ban affecting citizens of 39 countries, allowing them to apply for U.S. visas and work permits. The change, implemented without formal announcement, reverses a January policy that halted processing of immigration applications from those nations. The move comes amid growing concerns over a projected shortage of over 140,000 doctors in the U.S. by 2038.
- ▪The Department of Homeland Security updated its website to allow visa processing for foreign medical physicians from banned countries.
- ▪The policy reversal affects only foreign medical workers applying from outside the U.S., not those already inside the country.
- ▪The U.S. faces a projected shortage of more than 113,000 doctors by 2028, increasing to over 141,000 by 2038.
- ▪The travel ban includes full restrictions on 20 countries and partial restrictions on 19 others.
- ▪The change was made quietly, without a formal public announcement from the administration.
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The Trump administration has exempted foreign doctors from its travel ban against citizens of more than three dozen countries, a move that will allow medical professionals outside the United States to obtain visas, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Late last week, the DHS agency U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its website to reflect the reversal of a January policy that had barred government employees from making decisions on green cards, visa extensions, and work permits for citizens from 39 countries included in the travel ban.
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