hello there fellow kababayan and fellow nurses....I have a question....is it ok to have 2 employer proceessing your visa documents at the same time....???

No, it is not possible. You will have signed a contract with one agency before they begin the documenting, so when you back out of one, you will have a cancellation fee of about $20,000 US to pay.

I do not know what else to say to you, but immigration will also pick up on it, and cancel out your documents and applications.

And please do not even consider it, you will find more trouble that you know what to do with in the court systems.

No, it is not possible. You will have signed a contract with one agency before they begin the documenting, so when you back out of one, you will have a cancellation fee of about $20,000 US to pay.

I do not know what else to say to you, but immigration will also pick up on it, and cancel out your documents and applications.

And please do not even consider it, you will find more trouble that you know what to do with in the court systems.

Hello Suzanne:wink2:.I signed a contract to 1 of the employer(staffing) although,they haven't process my documents yet because I still have to pass my cgfns cert.(photocopy) to them.Do you think its okei to tell them that I'm backing out and do you think there is a fee for the cancellation even they haven't start the processing??? I just signed a contract first week of December.The other employer is a direct hospital employment,and I would like to signed-up with them..

Anyway..thank you suzanne for the info..it helps me a lot:wink2: :wink2:...Happy Holiday.

Did they pay for your exam? Again, you need to check your contract veryt, very closely. It will depend on what specifics that are directly in your contract.

Have you actually passed CGFNS yet? Not sure which hospital that you have signed with or want to, but most are now requiring that the nurse actually pass NCLEX before they will commit to anything.

Did they pay for your exam? Again, you need to check your contract veryt, very closely. It will depend on what specifics that are directly in your contract.

Have you actually passed CGFNS yet? Not sure which hospital that you have signed with or want to, but most are now requiring that the nurse actually pass NCLEX before they will commit to anything.

Hello There Suzanne...before I signed up with them, I completed all the exams including cgfns...so they will just process my papers but still it will not move because 1 of the important document (photocopied NCLEX cert) is still with me.

I would not advice you on that. It will bring you more troubles later. Although it will bring not cause problem with immigrations as per experience of a friend of mine but it will cause problems between your agencies and you. And it is not right.

Wow, the risk seems to high. Good luck to you.

I would not advice you on that. It will bring you more troubles later. Although it will bring not cause problem with immigrations as per experience of a friend of mine but it will cause problems between your agencies and you. And it is not right.

It actually can cause problems with immigration if one application is not cancelled out first. It is considered against the law to have more than one application pending with US immigration. Even in the US, if the nurse has applied for an extension, legally they cannot file for the AOS until after they have received actual approval from immigration. And this is from all of the immigration lawyers that I deal with.

And if a contract has been signed, and the agency has started the process, then you will owe them a cancellation penalty. And that can be a very large sum.

It actually can cause problems with immigration if one application is not cancelled out first. It is considered against the law to have more than one application pending with US immigration. Even in the US, if the nurse has applied for an extension, legally they cannot file for the AOS until after they have received actual approval from immigration. And this is from all of the immigration lawyers that I deal with.

Yes, I do agree with you but I'm talking about consular processing which is different form AOS.

The friend I mentioned above had this experience when he was interviewed at the US Embassy here in Manila. He had two agencies, both were processed at the NVC and when the time came for the interview, he encountered a problem because of lack of documents. The consul pulled out another sheet of documents and asked him, " How about this one? With this you can have your visa." This was what he told me.

I have also a couple of friends who have their petitions ( by two different agencies) approved and worked on the agency that offered the best deal. They are now in the states.

I do not agree with their doing because it will bring troubles if the other agency will run after and sue them. And also it is not right.

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there is an agency here offering me an immigrant visa to US?they want to consider me these option. we all know that there is a huge backlog on visa, that is why im hesitant to accept it. they say that the processing is long so, i will be allowed to work in other agency while my papers are ongoing. i can work abroad if i want as long as i would let them know. what really is the working condition for nurses in the US right now? they are verbal telling us that there is a shortage of nurses in USA. that is why they are eager to replace it.is retrogression got to take long 4 years? because i wanted to accepted the offer and while they are processing, il be working in other country?what do you think? can you forsee any problems in the future?

Just for clarity, pinoyRNako, may we know your reason for having 2 employers process your visa documents, when you can obviously work for only one? It also seems that you're consciously witholding the submission of the photocopied CGFNS results so that the processing will be stalled. When an employer begins work on your visa, it starts incurring administrative and legal costs. Is it fair to allow this to happen, when you know that all the work and expense (of one of them) will simply go to waste? Is this ethical? Lawsuits and hefty penalties aside, do you feel right about this? Please remember that we're in a profession that demands the highest ethical standards. The manner with which you conduct yourself will reflect on Filipino nurses in general. Let's be mindful of that fact in our dealings within and outside of our profession.

Just for clarity, pinoyRNako, may we know your reason for having 2 employers process your visa documents, when you can obviously work for only one? It also seems that you're consciously witholding the submission of the photocopied CGFNS results so that the processing will be stalled. When an employer begins work on your visa, it starts incurring administrative and legal costs. Is it fair to allow this to happen, when you know that all the work and expense (of one of them) will simply go to waste? Is this ethical? Lawsuits and hefty penalties aside, do you feel right about this? Please remember that we're in a profession that demands the highest ethical standards. The manner with which you conduct yourself will reflect on Filipino nurses in general. Let's be mindful of that fact in our dealings within and outside of our profession.

This thread is over 2 years old and the OP now has a visa