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IMG-friendly Transitional Year residency programs

As of October 25, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 43 Transitional Year residency programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates (H-1B sponsors: 6; J-1 sponsors: 23). Each program's page quotes its statement.

  • 43Programs
  • 6Sponsor H-1B
  • 23Sponsor J-1
  • 16States

Transitional Year residency programs for international graduates

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Which Transitional Year residency programs sponsor H-1B visas?

As of October 25, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 6 Transitional Year residency programs whose own website says they sponsor H-1B visas. Among them: Transitional Year Residency Program, HCA Florida Capital Hospital; Transitional Year Residency Program, Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago; Transitional Year Residency Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Residency in Transitional Year Program at Plainview Hospital, Northwell Health; Residency in Transitional Year Program at South Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health. Each program's page quotes its statement.

Which Transitional Year residency programs sponsor J-1 visas?

As of October 25, 2026, ResidencySpot lists 23 Transitional Year residency programs whose own website says they sponsor or accept the J-1 visa, which ECFMG sponsors for physicians in training. Among them: Transitional Year Residency Program, HCA Florida Capital Hospital; Transitional Year Residency Program, Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago; Transitional Year Residency Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Residency in Transitional Year Program at Plainview Hospital, Northwell Health; Residency in Transitional Year Program at South Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health.

Do Transitional Year residency programs accept international medical graduates?

ResidencySpot lists 43 Transitional Year residency programs whose own website says they sponsor visas or consider international medical graduates, many requiring an ECFMG certificate. Where a program states a graduation-year limit or a USMLE score, its page quotes that too.

How is this list made, and how current is it?

From each program's own website, which ResidencySpot reads regularly. A program is listed when its page says it sponsors a J-1 or H-1B visa or considers international graduates, and the sentence that says so is quoted on its page. Policies change, so confirm with the program before you apply.