Lawmakers Urge US to Speed-up Visa Approvals for Physicians

  Two U.S. lawmakers, a Democrat and a Republican, have introduced legislation in Congress urging the State Department to speed-up J-1 visa approvals for international physicians. Entitled the Grant Residency for Additional Doctors (GRAD) Act of 2015,  introduced April 23 by Reps. Grace Meng, D-NY and Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, is expected to end the logjam…