Relief for retrogression hope???

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See these links what do you all think?

http://hammondlawgroup.blogspot.com/

http://www.shusterman.com/

Does anyone know what the primary benificiary quota is all about?

you are right ms Suzanne I have years of experience 17 to be exact and most of my friends in the US have that much to. It is realy not right to do nursing just to go to the US. The girls that have gone, this was never their intention in nursing school either and some went through family petitions.I had no intention of leaving either untill one of my friends encouraged me to move on, I could work and study and my kids could have good educational opportunities.After all that I am hearing now, I am looking into the possibility of cancelling the petition. There is no place like home.

The Wallstreet Journal reported today the nursing shortage is easing and getting better due to a weak economy. Many part time US nurses are working extra.

http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Family_Health_210/When_Times_Are_Bad_Nursing_Looks_Good.shtml Bottom line as the economy gets worse more nurses will work more. No need for importing nurses

And if a spouse gets laid off or the couple get divorced, then you are going to see more nurses return to the field as well.

Things are not as bad here as you hear reported in other countries or from agencies that wish to place you.

And because of the lay-offs in different fields, many are being paid to go back to school for two years of training and they are taking up nursing and that is the same time that it used to take to get thru the immigration procedure. So add in the fact that there are many more that wish to work in the Us, so they are going to be assessing those that have the better skills and training and experience. Same thing that you would do if you were the one that is hiring.

And not sure where you live, but there are employers all over the country that contribute a sizable amount for tuition reimbursement. But again, money should be spent on helping Americans rather than spending $10,000 plus to import a nurse from another country first.

I live in Mass, we have so many nursing schools, the tutition reimbursement is geared tolds CNA going back to school, not RNs advancing their degree. Having a MSN has opened my doors and I am grateful.

I don't see the need to import nurses here in the Boston area, new grads have a hard time finding jobs in hosptials. We had 150 applications for 5 new nurse program.

We have many nursing unions, they do not welcome importing nurse either.

I think the bottom line is if you hear something that is too good to me true often it is a scam. I get many emails from Nigeria promising to make me a millionaire and I don't send them my money. In the Phillipine the students who wish to come to America need to check if there is a need before they enroll in a program that promises them a job in the USA or elsewhere.

Philippine RNs make note. There's no nursing shortage in the US. Maybe there's no more room for all of you here. No need to import any more nurses from the PI. :yeah:

philippine rns make note. there's no nursing shortage in the us. maybe there's no more room for all of you here. no need to import any more nurses from the pi. :yeah:

you cant stop these people on applying to go to work to the us, to work as a nurse, tell that to the indians, and also to the chinese. sooner or later they will be working here, 5 or more years they will be willing to wait. a 4 yr nursing course is no joke, unlike here in the us, most of the kids here are just happy to finish highschool.

thread edited to conform to the tos of this site suzanne4

There is still a limit as to the number of visas per year that the US government will issue so there is a restriction on the number of visas issued per year and it depends on country of birth as well. So there are always going to be more applicants than there are visas.

I love having others be able to come to the US, but I still do not believe in an open door policy, and the government here does not either.

When a country trains nurses specifically for export like a commodity, then they have to deal with their own internal issues and not rely on the US to hire everyone that wishes to come here.

(This is in response to a post that was edited for others that are reading here and wondering.)

For you Filipino Nurses getting frustrated in looking for jobs abroad.

Actually, it does not matter where you work anymore. Every place is the same, we are only a fraction of the entire population. While we Philippine nurses want to relocate to bigger and better opportunities, most of the Filipinos are just content to where they are and make the most out of it. I bet that is the same thing with some Americans, Europeans and etc... They want to retire here because their pension is bigger when converted to Philippine money. The problem is the Filipinos are just too hospitable and willing to accept just about anyone who migrates to this place because they call these people investors.

For me, I am just trying out my luck somewhere else aside from the Philippines. If I get to work abroad, nowhere specific, then good and if I don't this is okay too. That just proves that God has other purposes for you in your profession and you don't have to earn loads of money for it.

It is a beginning step, but be warned the bill may fall off the track at any time during the legislative process. However, it is worth noting that attention is being paid to the retrogression problem facing nurses from foreign countries. Mr. WEXLER and Mr. SENSENBRENNER) introduced the following bill

`Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act'.

Introduced in House: This is the original text of the bill as it was written by its sponsor and submitted to the House for consideration.

Text of Legislation

HR 5924 IH

110th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 5924To provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 29, 2008

Mr. WEXLER (for himself and Mr. SENSENBRENNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILLTo provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States, and for other purposes.

  • Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

  • This Act may be cited as the `Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act'.

SEC. 2. NURSING SHORTAGE RELIEF.

(a) Increasing Visa Numbers- Section 106 of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-313; 8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(e) Visa Shortage Relief for Nurses and Physical Therapists-

  • `(1) IN GENERAL- Subject to paragraph (2), for petitions filed during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act and ending on September 30, 2011, for employment-based immigrants (and their family members accompanying or following to join under section 203(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d)), which are or have been approved based on Schedule A, Group I as defined in section 656.5 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, as promulgated by the Secretary of Labor, the numerical limitations set forth in sections 201(d) and 202(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d) and 1152(a)) shall not apply.
    `(2) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF VISAS- The Secretary of State may not issue more than 20,000 immigrant visa numbers in any one fiscal year (plus any available visa numbers under this paragraph not used during the preceding fiscal year) to principal beneficiaries of petitions pursuant to paragraph (1).
    `(3) EXPEDITED REVIEW- The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a process for reviewing and acting upon petitions with respect to immigrants described in paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after the date on which a completed petition has been filed.

`(f) Fee for Use of Visas Under Subsection (a)-

  • `(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of Homeland Security shall impose a fee upon each petitioning employer who uses a visa provided under subsection (e) to provide employment for an alien as a professional nurse, except that--
    • `(A) such fee shall be in the amount of $1,500 for each such alien nurse (but not for dependents accompanying or following to join who are not professional nurses); and
      `(B) no fee shall be imposed for the use of such visas if the employer demonstrates to the Secretary that--
      • `(i) the employer is a health care facility that is located in a county or parish that received individual and public assistance pursuant to Major Disaster Declaration number 1603 or 1607; or
        `(ii) the employer is a health care facility that has been designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area facility by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as defined in section 332 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e).

    `(2) FEE COLLECTION- A fee imposed by the Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be collected by the Secretary as a condition of approval of an application for adjustment of status by the beneficiary of a petition or by the Secretary of State as a condition of issuance of a visa to such beneficiary.'.

    Full text of bill continues..... http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-5924

And we have already seen one come thru with the 20,000 for three years and not one thing has come of it. And 20,000 is only a drop in the bucket, will not make much of a difference at all if you figure that is for the world and not just one country.

The reason for the retrogression is that there are more applicants than there are visas available.

If I'm not mistaken I think this is the same one we posted a weeks ago as I see that it also ends on Sept. 30, 2011 and that dependents are not included on the visa counting on the 20,000 a year quota.

If I'm not mistaken I think this is the same one we posted a weeks ago as I see that it also ends on Sept. 30, 2011 and that dependents are not included on the visa counting on the 20,000 a year quota.

Yeah, the bill was introduced almost a month back, only change is the increase in the number of co-sponsors to 5.

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