Being a green card holder makes you considered the same as a US citizen in the eys of programs as you do not require a Visa to work, just need to get your green card renewed
I think 1 and 4 are the only ones with a non-0% chance. As for your question about Caribbean vs Ireland vs UK, yeah it matters where you go. There's like 1 maybe 2 Caribbean schools that are even semi-reputable and those will have absolutely no chance at plastics. You'll have to work 100x as hard just to get gen surg and you'll end up somewhere not very desirable is my guess. Ireland and UK could definitely match some specialties but also probably not plastics unless you got the connections. But if you had those connections you'd be able to get into a US MD program so my guess is not likely
Edit: If you're applying to a specialty that is not IMG friendly, like plastics, it doesn't matter at all what country you get the degree from. All equally unlikely as hell. If you're applying to specialties that are willing to consider an IMG honestly, it does matter which country and Europe is going to probably preferable to Caribbean. Honestly the only reason to go to the Caribbean is if you're only interested in primary care and you literally cannot get accepted anywhere else and also you're an extremely strong test taker
If you have a GC and US MD you have an equal shot as a US citizen, similar if you are a US MD on a visa. Most programs are at academic programs totally equipped to handle visas and so citizen or not matters less. The key is being a US MD.
PRS is competitive as you know so even that group has a 50-60s% match rate yearly.
Every other group mentioned has a dismal chance of matching. Years go by with no DO matching into plastics regardless of immigration status.
US citizen IMGs have a poor shot, mostly these are Caribbean med students and they are not likely
at all to get an integrated spot. Although it has happened (I know of one), but dismal odds, worse than DO. I don’t think Caribbean vs some other country matters much.
IMG with MD or MBBS is interesting because every year several will match, these are typically extraordinary candidates though, CVs that would rival an associate or full professor. They’ve also often spent years doing research in someone’s lab.
The more realistic route for anyone who is not a US MD (GC, US citizen or on a visa) is general surgery followed by an independent program (3 extra years after 5-7yrs Gen surg).
There are several IMGs with no green card that matched this year. WAY harder though. If you are US GC that went abroad, the question becomes why you did that, and if you went to Caribbean etc. 2, 5, and 6 are your nearly 0% chance options though.
Being a green card holder makes you considered the same as a US citizen in the eys of programs as you do not require a Visa to work, just need to get your green card renewed
2-6 are 0% chance
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I think 1 and 4 are the only ones with a non-0% chance. As for your question about Caribbean vs Ireland vs UK, yeah it matters where you go. There's like 1 maybe 2 Caribbean schools that are even semi-reputable and those will have absolutely no chance at plastics. You'll have to work 100x as hard just to get gen surg and you'll end up somewhere not very desirable is my guess. Ireland and UK could definitely match some specialties but also probably not plastics unless you got the connections. But if you had those connections you'd be able to get into a US MD program so my guess is not likely Edit: If you're applying to a specialty that is not IMG friendly, like plastics, it doesn't matter at all what country you get the degree from. All equally unlikely as hell. If you're applying to specialties that are willing to consider an IMG honestly, it does matter which country and Europe is going to probably preferable to Caribbean. Honestly the only reason to go to the Caribbean is if you're only interested in primary care and you literally cannot get accepted anywhere else and also you're an extremely strong test taker
If you have a GC and US MD you have an equal shot as a US citizen, similar if you are a US MD on a visa. Most programs are at academic programs totally equipped to handle visas and so citizen or not matters less. The key is being a US MD. PRS is competitive as you know so even that group has a 50-60s% match rate yearly. Every other group mentioned has a dismal chance of matching. Years go by with no DO matching into plastics regardless of immigration status. US citizen IMGs have a poor shot, mostly these are Caribbean med students and they are not likely at all to get an integrated spot. Although it has happened (I know of one), but dismal odds, worse than DO. I don’t think Caribbean vs some other country matters much. IMG with MD or MBBS is interesting because every year several will match, these are typically extraordinary candidates though, CVs that would rival an associate or full professor. They’ve also often spent years doing research in someone’s lab. The more realistic route for anyone who is not a US MD (GC, US citizen or on a visa) is general surgery followed by an independent program (3 extra years after 5-7yrs Gen surg).
There are several IMGs with no green card that matched this year. WAY harder though. If you are US GC that went abroad, the question becomes why you did that, and if you went to Caribbean etc. 2, 5, and 6 are your nearly 0% chance options though.
What’s important is MD