Us lpn needs help

thanks alot fiona for your help and time for writing this.

it looks like that she has to do the bridge program from US instead of here if she cant get the job as an lpn in alberta or manitoba. she has been waiting to come here from before she was a lpn. this is the second reason she wanted to go to lpn school so she could come here but looks like its not easy as it looked. she will prefer to live in alberta anywhere even in rural area they only think she wants is to be able to work here.

we applied about 6 weeks ago hopefully we will find out anytime she called yesterday they said they have not gotten the forn from school rest they have it so hopefully in few days they should be able to tell her if she qualifies or she needs more classes.

it is very disapointing to know that no employer will like to ger hrdc letter for lpn (specially someone who graduated from US)even though they have a shortage for it. i have also research this site and few other nursing site and i have not find out single lpn from US or from elsewhere have mentioned they have gotten visa to work in canada from the health athourities.

but i have found some recruitment agencies they have said they know few employers they are looking to hire lpn and will get letter from hrdc which looks too good to be true but they are not charging us anything and will provide even financial assitance in relocating too .and they have asked her to e mail her resume and when i told then she should be getting her license from albeta soon they were very excited and they said they have few jobs in alberta as an lpn.they also mentioned it could take anywhere from 3 to 6 months. from getting the job to getting the visa. they want to take a phone interview first and then the emplyer will do the same and then they will go about the process of getting the letter and then visa from canadain immigration . crossing out our fingers on that one . if its true then it will solve all of our problem . she can come right now instead of waiting to do her RN.



Anyone else with similar experiance are able to help or share their experience or research on all this? and anyone with comment on online courses in US if its possible for ehr to lvie in canada and study in states online RN so she dont ahve to go to states alot perhaps only for her clinical ?
thanks

thanks again so its better to find emplyment on our own then a agency even though if they are willing to offer relocation help immigration help and the job. or it could be some kind of fraud sorry she is a newly graduate so not experienced in dealing with any agency

i guess no one else have undergone same experiences or anymore suggestions. if anyone else please post...............

thanks for your input rngrad2006. yes you are right about alberta i read it somewhere also that they will require two years of study for lpn and for rn you have to have a bsn. i heard its either 2010 or 2012 but i could be wrong. i think british columbia toronto, quebec are the only province they require 2 year lpn and bsn to be rn other then that all other provinces are still the same way.the reason we chose alberta and manitoba cause i am in bc so alberta will be very close from bc , secondly growing economy there and easy to find jobs as i mentioned in my early post we have gotten a good response talking to few agencies in canada they said once we obtain the lpn license (they prfered in alberta) they will be able to help us with finding employer , letter for hrdc etc.

manitoba was the second choice. we are basically looking.for any possible way for her to move here quickly if possible. main hazard is immigration.
right now all we can do is wait for the license from alberta and manitoba to finalize both provinces told us once they get all the paper work they will be able to asses it in few days its been a week they have gotten it but have not heard from them yet i guess time crawls when you wanna be quick. hopefully this week we will hear from them and according to them allthough their assesmaent is based on individual bases they said its likely that she will be granted the license if not she might have to take a some quick class hope it is like that.
then second step we are thinking is going through
the agency and see if they can help is find work and letter from hrdc.
if this dont work then third step we will take the study route perhaps in states on some border states or may be online on the border state so its easier for us to see each other. and she can also qualify for financial assistance this is a long process but if no other choice we will do it.
anyways thanks for your help anymore input will be helpfull if anyone wanna share anything i will keep posted on any progress from our side. perhaps it might help someone else going though same route .
thanks

jsut wanted to give a update alberta board called today and she will get a license once we pay for the registration she does not have to take anymore courses. and manitoba board will let her know in few days if she is qualified.
so next step si to cotact hospitals and recruiting companies and see if they can get her a job with letter from hrdc(lmo)
i will kepp posted incase someone else need the same info.
thanks
kenny