Immigration News and Updates

suzanne4, RN · May 19, 2007

And there are major protests going on all over the US right now over what was in the CIR bill that is being discussed. It is still far from getting approval as it is in the Senate, and the House of Representatives is not in favor of all of it either. There have been some major drug wars just south of the US border, and many are worried of increased drugs in the US because of this and the supposed "amnesty" that is being talked about.

Until this issue with illegal immigrants in the US is settled, you are not going to see one thing being done about the nurses. And again, most of the delays that have been going on were because of issues with the agency and/or attorney in the first place. When things are filed correctly in the first place and there is no retrogression in place, wait time should only be about a year at the most, not this two and three years that we hear about. That is definitely not the fault of US immigration.

owura143 · May 21, 2007

What happens when a nurse completes his/her contract and have still not recieved the green card. Can she move on to another facility? Is the hospital obligated to honor their part of the contract by not withdrawing the application?

english_nurse · May 21, 2007

if your contract is a long one i would ask why you havent had your greencard?????

it belongs to you not an agency/facility!!

rozmaril · May 23, 2007

Just read HLG blog: they call to vote AGAINST CIR! One of the reasons is that Schedule A occupations are excluded from this reform.

karolina · May 23, 2007

hi everybody,

it has been while and no news yet about ending retrogression . I quess it is gonna take a while. if anybody needs to work on Opt in NYC. i can suggest one hospital that is hiring right now.

Lawrence and Suzanne, I talked to my lawyer in regards to being sponsored by my husband, and they told me to wait few months for relieve of retrogression. if not, i can always do it. but thank y for y input.

thank y

lawrence01 · May 23, 2007

hi everybody,
it has been while and no news yet about ending retrogression . I quess it is gonna take a while. if anybody needs to work on Opt in NYC. i can suggest one hospital that is hiring right now.
Lawrence and Suzanne, I talked to my lawyer in regards to being sponsored by my husband, and they told me to wait few months for relieve of retrogression. if not, i can always do it. but thank y for y input.
thank y

Best of luck to you and your husband. Keep us updated.

greko · May 23, 2007

Dear Susanne and Lawrence,

We are waiting to your suggestions about the published draft of CIR.

Many nurses, like me, that have their approved (or pending) petitions would like to know: what will hapen to the petitions?As the reform become a law, are we supposed to start the immigration process from zero or the petitions will be "grandfathered"? In the last case, is the progress of EB3 visas processing influeced by the new reform?

Thank you, in advance

FutureUSRN · May 23, 2007

From my reading of the draft bill, pending or approved petitions will use the old system and will continue to be processed. These cases will have to get visa numbers from the 90,000 per year alloted.

If this bill passes with current provisions, the retrogression will be cut into just one year, meaning beginning October 2008, the current retrogression will end using the 90,000 visas per year. However, this does not prevent encountering future retrogressions. The good thing about this is that all employment-based petition will use only one pool of visa numbers, meaning the existing EB3 will get to share EB1 and EB2 numbers as well.

suzanne4, RN · May 23, 2007

Dear Susanne and Lawrence,
We are waiting to your suggestions about the published draft of CIR.
Many nurses, like me, that have their approved (or pending) petitions would like to know: what will hapen to the petitions?As the reform become a law, are we supposed to start the immigration process from zero or the petitions will be "grandfathered"? In the last case, is the progress of EB3 visas processing influeced by the new reform?
Thank you, in advance

EB-3 petitions are not going to be stopped in their tracks. They will go under what ever is created, same as they have done in the past. Do not worry about losing out on what was done and completed for you already.

suzanne4, RN · May 23, 2007

From my reading of the draft bill, pending or approved petitions will use the old system and will continue to be processed. These cases will have to get visa numbers from the 90,000 per year alloted.
If this bill passes with current provisions, the retrogression will be cut into just one year, meaning beginning October 2008, the current retrogression will end using the 90,000 visas per year. However, this does not prevent encountering future retrogressions. The good thing about this is that all employment-based petition will use only one pool of visa numbers, meaning the existing EB3 will get to share EB1 and EB2 numbers as well.

Only 400 pages have been posted, there is still 600 more that we have not even seen. And not sure where you are coming up with this 90,000. That is about something completely separate from what is being discussed in the CIR. You are combining two completely different things.

And again, they are talking about a priority system, and in that case, the points that someone gets to make them qualify for the EB-1 and the EB-2, far exceeds the normal classifications of bedside nurses. These were for those with Master's degrees and PhDs, and special skills. A new grad coming to the US does not possess that. So please keep things in context.

dlsk · May 23, 2007

From my reading of the draft bill, pending or approved petitions will use the old system and will continue to be processed. These cases will have to get visa numbers from the 90,000 per year alloted.
If this bill passes with current provisions, the retrogression will be cut into just one year, meaning beginning October 2008, the current retrogression will end using the 90,000 visas per year. However, this does not prevent encountering future retrogressions. The good thing about this is that all employment-based petition will use only one pool of visa numbers, meaning the existing EB3 will get to share EB1 and EB2 numbers as well.

I don't think it's enough for everybody. As we have discussed, remember, there are lots and lots of people waiting in line for years. It'll probably take 4 to 5 years, at the very least, oh yeah don't forget their spouses and kids. And in the next five to six years, Z visa holders will be eligible to apply for GCs, guess what, I don't want to imagine the backlog. I'll leave it to you.

4floridabound · May 24, 2007

90,000 visas every year under the proposed law for EB1toEB3 is way down from the 120,120 visas under the current law.If passed, this law will not help retrogression at all but will only worsen it.I think the countries that will be hit hard by this are China and India considering only their EB1 is the only current category and their EB2 and EB3 is retrogressed a couple of years behind the others.

I hope there will be an amendment that will exempt the dependents from the 90,000 quota or exempt from the quota all shortage occupations(which includes nursing) listed on the Dept. of Labor.