Message from the AAMC Dear Doctor: While Executive Order 13769 (EO) may change or expand, the 90-day suspension of the issuance of entry visas to individuals from the seven identified countries remains temporarily stayed as of today, February 7, 2017. If reinstated, it could be lifted permanently in late April or modified at any time. Even as this situation remains dynamic and there are no guarantees, foreign national physicians with newly matched residency contracts should have sufficient time to apply for and secure an appropriate visa status to enter the United States and report to their training programs on time. Additionally, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) currently indicates that it will continue to “adjudicate applications and petitions filed for or on behalf of individuals in the United States regardless of their country of origin” (see www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-implementation-jan-27-executive-order). Therefore, foreign national physicians who currently hold valid nonimmigrant visa status in the United States (for example, B-1 or F-1) may be eligible to seek a change in status through USCIS to a visa classification that allows for residency training. Feel free to contact eras-support@ecfmg.org with questions. ECFMG will continue to provide updates, as they become available, via our website, Twitter feed, and Facebook page. William W. Pinsky, MD President and CEO ECFMG Chair, Board of Directors FAIMER