Originally Posted by Unregistered

Honestly, if you are someone who can get into US med schools as a foreigner, then you probably would have easily gotten into residencies locally. Its extremely difficult to get into med school in the states as a foreigner from what I have heard. Know of people who didn't even get a single interview...

The US residency route (either as an IMG or foreign US MD grad) is no easier than we have it locally... in fact may be even more arduous. But the pay is better after all the training. In residency i would say we have better pay and welfare than US residents.