Work Visa for Foreign Nurses: Is there such a thing?

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Or its just immigrant visa, which of course arent available because of the retrogression?

Work visas are not affected by retrogression right? Are nurses qualified for work visa?

Why not wait? My friend's PD was January 06 and she just left for the US.

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Specializes in Medical surgical nursing.
H1-C visas are only available thru about 15 hospitals in the entire US, so it is not all over. Add into that the fact the H1-C visas are set to expire totally in the next couple of years and we do not know if they will be renewed past their time of demise as they call it.

Hospitals have not petitioned under the H1-B in more than three years due to the paperwork involved with them, and again, the fact that the unions do not permit it. Most university based hospitals have very strong unions, and we have not seen any get approved either in these past few yearsa.

Just attorneys that get more money in their pockets.

Hi, Suzanne! I'm NZ resident and would like to work in US temporarily (working visa?) in the future. Do you think that's possible? A lot said that there's no working visa but immigrant visa.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Hi, Suzanne! I'm NZ resident and would like to work in US temporarily (working visa?) in the future. Do you think that's possible? A lot said that there's no working visa but immigrant visa.

The main visa is GC and that is being affected by retrogression, if you are prepared to wait then go for it. You could go the H1b route but need to be a BSN and specialist. H1c is only for about 14 hospitals and up for review in 2010 with no indication it will be extended

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Hi everyone!!Just bump into this thread and wanna ask some things...

Does anybody know how many years of experience would be a better chance in getting H1B?

I don't intend to live in US for good so i won't mind going back in my home country (PHIL) in case time's up. Please enlighten me and advise on other requirements of this type of visa. Thank you so much!:)

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Hi everyone!!Just bump into this thread and wanna ask some things...

Does anybody know how many years of experience would be a better chance in getting H1B?

I don't intend to live in US for good so i won't mind going back in my home country (PHIL) in case time's up. Please enlighten me and advise on other requirements of this type of visa. Thank you so much!:)

as mentioned in other post and thread, if you are a nurse it will be difficult for you to get an H1b visa regardless of the number of years experience. Your hospital has to prove that the position you are being hired for is highly specialized that it's making hard for the hospital to find an american to fill up the position. With layoffs, higher number of new nurse grad and a lot of RN who are looking for a second nursing job, there will be less open position and highly unjustiable to be granted an h1b visa.

Just think of this, even Bill Gates, the richest american person and employer, with a highly specialized company is having difficulty to get more H1b visas...what more the hospitals or healthcare.

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as mentioned in other post and thread, if you are a nurse it will be difficult for you to get an H1b visa regardless of the number of years experience. Your hospital has to prove that the position you are being hired for is highly specialized that it's making hard for the hospital to find an american to fill up the position. With layoffs, higher number of new nurse grad and a lot of RN who are looking for a second nursing job, there will be less open position and highly unjustiable to be granted an h1b visa.

Just think of this, even Bill Gates, the richest american person and employer, with a highly specialized company is having difficulty to get more H1b visas...what more the hospitals or healthcare.

Thank you!!:yeah:

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Specializes in Hemodialysis.

My colleague in a dialysis clinic was issued an H1b visa and will be going to Illinois first week of October. She had barely 4 months experience in the unit...how did her agency do that?

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My colleague in a dialysis clinic was issued an H1b visa and will be going to Illinois first week of October. She had barely 4 months experience in the unit...how did her agency do that?

Whatever and however the agency did, it's scary...

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The H1-B visas are being investigated by the US government now as they are to be going to those that are specialists; with only a couple of months of experience, one is far from being a specialist.

Just because they received one, does not mean that they will be able to keep it. This is considered a temporary visa and can be cancelled at anytime.

And with nurses in Illinois having issues with finding jobs, do not expect this to last long for this nurse. The company will have explaining to do as to why they could not hire an American nurse.

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this working visa really confuses me.i am now in US and i just passed the NCLEX i just like to ask if there is a working visa available right now?cause i've talked some of the lawyers and they said it is still close for GC and they heard there might be an opening of 65,000 nurses for visa this year is this true?another thing is, my tourist visa will expire on april 30 so i'm applying for student visa to extend my stay here while waiting for the visa to be open..do i get a chance to be denied by US immigration regarding that student visa?i plan to study english i'm just bit scared if they will deny me..

can a nursing home petition me while i am under working visa?or is working visa is still close?please i need replies here it gets me more anxious and depressed cause i badly needed to work as a nurse here...thanks

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
this working visa really confuses me.i am now in US and i just passed the NCLEX i just like to ask if there is a working visa available right now?cause i've talked some of the lawyers and they said it is still close for GC and they heard there might be an opening of 65,000 nurses for visa this year is this true?another thing is, my tourist visa will expire on april 30 so i'm applying for student visa to extend my stay here while waiting for the visa to be open..do i get a chance to be denied by US immigration regarding that student visa?i plan to study english i'm just bit scared if they will deny me..

can a nursing home petition me while i am under working visa?or is working visa is still close?please i need replies here it gets me more anxious and depressed cause i badly needed to work as a nurse here...thanks

Nurses in general come under the umbrella of GC unless you are a specialist nurse and meet requirements for H1b. I seriously doubt things will open up in the US this year taking into account the current US recession and job issues. A nursing home can petition you but you will not be able to stay in the US and work. There are thousands of people already waiting in the queue a head of you and I am sure the ones already in the queue will be processed before you if visas are made available. Be prepared that your student visa may be denied and you have to think about returning home

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Specializes in intensive care, recovery, anesthetics.

Visa screen doesn't take 2 years, it's a service that you will need eventually to qualify for a visa, offered by CGFNS only and once issued it's good for 5 years.

For every one of those visas you'll need an employer first, there's no way to apply directly for a US working visa, it has to be sponsored by an US employer.

For H1B you need to be a specialist, but apparantly many people even newly grads got it. I suspect employers falsified the papers, but anyhow, so strictly spoken you will need at least 2 years experience in a specialized area.

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