By the sounds of it, OP’s friend’s husband seems to be giving medical exams.
Here is the problem facing newbie docs which girls now really need to quit daydreaming about bling dresses and diamonds and really understand.
In the US, past 5-10 yrs of planning has increased # of American medical school seats. In my old state alone, 4 new med schools each with avg 100 seats.
US government has not invested in expanding residency spots to accommodate all new med students.
This is critical.
In the past, girls’ families imported doctors from Pakistan regularly - they were seen as a secure investment. Boy has MD equiv from Pakistan, done by a younger age, comes here, does residency here, voila in 3-5 yrs he is practicing. Since he is a man, and has no domestic obligations and freedom to move (wife will go anywhere for a 500K salary for husband!) guy trains further → more bling.
End result: the doctor dawats we are all too familiar with - average dress : HSY Jora costing hundreds of dollars and fashion shows etc.
Now, this is going to be a diminishing reality. The same guy who came over and got a residency spot here because there were x # of seats in residency leftover (previously residency spots exceeded # of American med seats), now will not get residency.
Pakistani grads with average USMLE scores now aren’t getting in and you hear stories of people pulling social connections to get a residency interview, except these are board decisions so the interview offer is usually a pleasantry, they are never serious.
Unfortunately in the past year it’s gotten so tough that American grads now aren’t matching to residency spots.
Girls need to understand that importing a doctor is no longer a viable option, you might be stuck paying his exam costs and he may never get a job in medicine.
Now back to work ethic. With an MBBS from Pakistan, it doesn’t qualify you for many jobs in the US, all medical field jobs involve specific training and licensing exams down to a lab tech. So it’s not like these guys can get part time jobs easily. They usually end up researching in their spare time to boost the resume and 90% of the time those positions are not paid.
And unless you come from a well known med school in Pakistan, coming to America is a huge risk.
A risk that is now becoming a noose to many American desi women whose families were more interested in marrying a “doctor” instead of a guy who is actually employable.