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update 1:
on june 6 dos ammended their june visabulletin by adding a new category for nurses (schedule - a) and making it as 'current'. that means, all wait is over for nurses now and gates are re-opened officially on june 6th.
- update by nyrntx june 2005
update 2 : - for new comers
as the regular readers of allnurses.com know, this thread can be connsidered as the continuation of the thread "worst news for rns from india, phili..." (click here to view that thread : https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87149). worst news thread was started when darkness and gloom hit intl. nurse community when dos announced (dec 11 2004) the retrogression for nurse immigration from these 3 countries.
- update by nyrntx aug 2005
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:balloons: :balloons: :melody: :balloons: :biggringi :yelclap:
its official now! president george w bush has signed the
appropriations bill in to a law :biggringiand henceforth , at
this very moment (may 11 2005 8:30 pm cst), additional 50,000 visas are available:melody:
for nurses:nurse: and their families.
:smiley_aa
see the pic and news here at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/images/20050511-5_w8n1483jpg-515h.html
:smiley_aa :santa3:
its just a matter to time when dos will officially
declare the pd as 'current'
:yelclap: :yelclap: :yelclap:
its the celebration time. :melody: lets party!
:melody: :balloons: :biggringi :yelclap: