Your next veterinarian is already practicing. Just not here yet.
Every week a DVM role sits open is turned-away patients, burned-out staff, and lost revenue. We source licensed veterinarians in Mexico and Canada, verify their credentials, and run the U.S. licensing, TN visa and relocation process end to end. Every placement is backed by a 3-year replacement guarantee.
Create your clinic account in under a minute, posting a role is free.
Speed to placement
Two distinct pipelines. Both licensed, credentialed, and visa-eligible.
Placeable in weeks
Every Canadian veterinary college is AVMA-accredited, so these DVMs skip ECFVG entirely. They qualify for the TN visa issued at the border, and many are already NAVLE-passed. The path from offer letter to first shift can run in weeks, not quarters.
How hiring a Canadian veterinarian worksTypically 2-3 months from signed offer to first shift
Mexican DVMs who graduated from UNAM's FMVZ between 2011 and 2025 hold a degree from an AVMA-accredited program, so they skip ECFVG and go straight to state licensing and the TN visa. Graduates of other Mexican schools take the longer ECFVG route.
The TN visa, explained for clinic ownersIn New York? Your veterinarian can start working now.
ECFVG-certified international veterinarians qualify for a New York State limited permit, allowing them to practice immediately under the supervision of a NY-licensed veterinarian while they complete the NAVLE. The permit is valid for up to two years.
Practice under supervision the day the permit is issued.
Many ECFVG-pathway DVMs bring 7-15 years of experience, including running entire hospitals, with strong English.
Supervision as a benefit: your team onboards a licensed international DVM inside your standards, not in isolation.
Limited permits are issued by the NYSED Office of the Professions; eligibility is determined individually.
If your veterinarian leaves within 36 months, the guarantee covers a replacement.
What if the shortage isn't a shortage, just a border?
Licensed veterinarians in Mexico and Canada are ready to relocate right now. We handle the credentialing and TN visa; you just interview and choose.
What we handle end-to-end
You interview and choose. We handle the rest.
VetBridge USA is not a law firm and does not provide legal immigration advice.
How it works
Role, state, species focus, urgency.
Curated profiles that fit your clinic.
You interview. You decide.
TN visa, licensing, moving logistics.
Who's in the pipeline right now
Real candidates, anonymized. Most recruiters promise to start searching. We show you who's already on the way.
Anonymized snapshots of real candidates in our current pipeline. No names or contact details are shown publicly. Create your account to review full profiles matched to your clinic.
Recruiters charge $26,000-$40,000 per hire.
You pay nothing until you hire.
The average clinic takes 15 months to fill an associate DVM seat, while the seat bleeds roughly $46,000 a month in lost production. VetBridge works with independent, owner-operated clinics only, and the risk sits with us: posting, matching and interviewing cost you nothing.
Post the role in a minute. No card, no membership, no fee to list or to look.
We match veterinarians to your seat. You review anonymized profiles and interview the ones you like, at no cost.
Pricing goes in writing before you commit to anything. Until you sign a doctor, you have spent nothing.
Nothing is charged until you have chosen the doctor you want to hire.
- Free to post and reviewCreate your account, post the role, and review anonymized profiles of veterinarians matched to your seat. No card on file.
- Interviews are freeInterview as many matched candidates as you like. You decide who fits, and nothing is charged for looking or talking.
- You only pay when you hireThe placement fee is due only when you sign the doctor you chose, and it goes in writing before you commit to anything.
- Exclusive candidate holdsLock a candidate to your clinic while they finish licensing, months before a recruiter could even find them.
- Active search on your roleYour opening becomes a search mandate. We search against your species mix, state, and requirements in Mexico and Canada, instead of only matching from the existing pool.
- 3-year guaranteeEvery placement is covered for three years. The industry standard is 90 days.
Free to post, free to review, free to interview. Independent clinics only. Tell us about your role first if you would rather start with a conversation. Still comparing relief, recruiters and placement? See every veterinary staffing option side by side.
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Clinic FAQ
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Three honest reads on every way to fill the seat, including the ones we do not sell.
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