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You Are Not Applying to Residency.
You Are Applying to a System.
An IMG file is screened before it is ever read. Filters on visa status, year of graduation, exam attempts, and country of training decide who reaches a program director's desk. We map the route you actually qualify for in the United States or the United Kingdom, then build the application to clear each gate in order.
Choose the Route Before You Build the File
ECFMG Certification and the NRMP Match
Entry to an ACGME-accredited residency runs through ECFMG certification, then a single annual Match cycle that you get one clean attempt at each year.
GMC Registration and Specialty Training
The UK separates the right to practise from the right to train. You register with the GMC first, then compete for a training number, and most IMGs work in the NHS in between.
Where IMG Applications Quietly Fail
Applying Into Filters You Do Not Clear
Sending a hundred US applications to programs that do not sponsor your visa, or that screen out your graduation year, buys nothing but fees. The list has to be built against what each program will actually consider.
Observerships Treated as the Goal
Months of watching produce a letter that says you attended. Hands-on rotations and sustained contact with one supervising physician produce a letter that says how you practise.
A Personal Statement Written for the Wrong Country
The US wants a specialty-specific narrative and a reason you are credible in it. UK specialty applications want scored evidence against a published person specification. The same essay cannot do both jobs.
Unexplained Gaps and Exam Attempts
Time away from clinical work and repeated exam attempts are read as risk unless the file answers them directly. Silence lets a screener write their own explanation.
What We Do, Hour by Hour
Billed Hourly. No Package Required.
Hourly Consulting
The same rate as every other hourly line we run. Buy one hour to sort out the pathway, or a block to carry a full cycle. Hours are yours to spend on whatever the application needs that week.
What an Hour Buys
Payment by Zelle, Venmo, cash, or check. A deposit starts the work. Applicants outside the United States should ask about transfer options when booking.
Three Steps, Starting With One Hour
Send the File
Your CV, exam history including attempts, graduation year, visa or immigration status, and the country you are aiming for.
One Diagnostic Hour
We tell you which route is open to you, what it will take, and how long it realistically runs. If the honest answer is that you do not need us yet, we will say so.
Buy Hours as You Need Them
Some applicants need four hours to fix a personal statement and a list. Others carry a block across a whole cycle. You are never locked into a package.
What We Do Not Do
We do not place applicants into observerships or training posts, sponsor visas, sit exams, or promise a match or a training number. Nobody honest can. We advise on strategy and we work on the application itself. Immigration questions should go to a qualified immigration lawyer, and registration questions to the ECFMG or the GMC directly.
Work Out the Route Before You Spend Another Cycle
One hour with a physician advisor is usually enough to tell whether your current plan is going to work, and what to change if it is not.
Book an IMG Pathway Consultation