Veterinarians credentialed and waiting
Stop recruiting.
Start interviewing.
Most recruiters start looking the day you call. We work backward — building relationships with veterinarians from AVMA-accredited universities long before your search begins, so the doctor you need is already credentialed, already committed, and already waiting for a practice like yours.
Our candidates
AVMA-accredited. NAVLE-passed. C1 English verified.
Already licensed
Every candidate has passed the NAVLE before you meet them
All 50 states
Clinics, government, corporate, and research roles
Flat fee
Per placement, never a percentage of salary
Years, not months
Sponsored doctors stay and build with you
The shortage is real
You are not short a job post.
You are short a doctor.
Practices across the country are running short-staffed, turning away patients, and burning out the doctors they still have. Meanwhile veterinarians change clinics for a signing bonus, and the recruiting fee you paid last year walks out the door with them.
The talent exists. It is simply not standing where everyone else is looking. There are exceptional veterinarians who graduated from AVMA-accredited universities outside the United States — the same accreditation standard as US veterinary schools — who want very much to practice here, and who need someone to navigate licensure and immigration with them.
That navigation is our entire business. You interview and decide. We handle everything on either side of that.
Why practices choose PVP
Four things most recruiters cannot say.
Guaranteed placement
We only accept positions we know we can fill. If we take your search, you get a veterinarian — not a maybe, not a shortlist, not another six months of posting.
Nothing until you hire
No retainers. No deposits to start looking. Nothing changes hands between your clinic and PVP until you have interviewed a candidate and decided to make an offer.
Immigration, handled
Licensure and immigration are where most international hires die. Our attorney does the heavy lifting on visas and paperwork, and we manage board testing and preparation.
Built to stay
A sponsored veterinarian is invested in your practice for years, not months. Your investment is protected in a market where doctors change clinics on a signing bonus.
In our own words
Meet PETS Vet Placement.
A short introduction to who we are, the veterinarians we work with, and why our approach looks nothing like traditional recruiting.
How it works
Nine steps. You are involved in three.
From your first message to your veterinarian's first day, the process is deliberate and transparent. Here is the shape of it.
Tell us you're hiring
One short message. Tell us you need an additional veterinarian and roughly what your practice looks like.
Meet our team
A zero-obligation conversation about how our method works, what your clinic needs, and when we can realistically deliver.
Sit down virtually
A scheduled video meeting so you and the candidate can start getting to know one another as people, not résumés.
Welcome your veterinarian
Your doctor arrives, licensed and ready, into a practice that has already met them.
Handled for you
The parts that stop everyone else.
Licensure and immigration are where most international hires quietly fall apart. They are the two things we do every single day.
Sourcing and vetting
We identify, screen, and build relationships with candidates long before your search begins.
Licensure already underway
Every candidate has passed the NAVLE before we present them. We coordinate the state board for your location and keep it moving.
English proficiency
Every candidate is verified at a C1 level by a professional language instructor before we accept them.
Visas and immigration
Our immigration attorney handles the filings. You'll provide information and signatures — not legwork.
Credential coordination
AVMA accreditation, transcripts, and equivalency documentation gathered and organized for you.
Communication throughout
You always know the next step, whose turn it is, and when your veterinarian is expected to start.
In their words
From both sides of the placement.
“We recently hired a new graduate from Mexico City and have been nothing but happy and impressed! This DVM is driven, motivated, engaged and is definitely surpassing expectations of what a new graduate can do! We are so thankful to have her onboard, and working with Leslie was so easy! She handled everything for us and for our DVM and we look forward to hopefully working with her in the future!”
“From the first moment I had interviews with her she was always willing to help me and guide me in all the procedures that included obtaining the DVM license and especially in immigration matters. Leslie was committed to finding the best place for me to work and live, ensuring that potential employers accommodated my needs. Leslie found 4 different hospitals and clinics in different cities in the state of my choice and with 3 of them I got a job offer, in the end I chose the best option for me. I have been working at the hospital of my choice for 6 months with much more pay than in my previous job and with a better quality of life.”
Questions
The things practices ask first.
PETS Vet Placement is a United States based recruitment and placement firm focused solely on veterinary medicine. We answer the demand for veterinarians in the US by working with international veterinarians who have graduated from AVMA-accredited universities outside the United States — meaning their education is on par with US veterinary students.
Every candidate we present has already passed the NAVLE — we do not accept or place veterinarians who haven't. From there, the remaining step is the state board for the location of the placement, which we coordinate and keep moving alongside you and the candidate.
Our candidates are graduates of AVMA-accredited universities. Many are bilingual. They range from recent graduates to experienced practitioners — all of them NAVLE-passed — and every one has chosen this path deliberately — they are highly motivated professionals who want very much to practice in the United States.
We only accept and place candidates who have already passed the NAVLE, so there is no scenario where you are asked to hire on the hope that an exam goes well. We are still glad to hear from new graduates who are preparing — we will happily recommend the study resources we have seen work, and we would welcome a conversation once the exam is behind them.
We require an English language proficiency of C1 to accept a candidate. Proficiency is administered by a professional language instructor using the same test used for the AVMA-accredited ECFVG program (the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates).
Start here
Ready to stop searching?
One conversation tells you whether this is a fit — what your timeline looks like, who is in the pipeline, and what happens next. There is no obligation and nothing to pay to find out.
No obligation
Nothing to sign, nothing to pay to talk.
A real timeline
You leave knowing when a doctor could start.
An honest read
If we can't fill it, we'll tell you in the meeting.