[xrockstheheart]

The American Organization of Nurse Executives and Foreign Nurse Task Force have gotten speedier immigation for nurses. In fact they can have one in country in 60 days, that's two months people. That's why you should join a union, write your senators, congressman. They will have you training them, although, according to these guys, they are highly qualified. Yes they will pad their resumes. The American Hospital Association is asking to meet with the US dept of STate and Homeland security, to alliviate the nsg shortage. Nurses are given preferential tx in immigation matters and will be processed as a priority. so if you think you didn't get any respect before, just remember I told you so.

NurseImmigrationUSA
NurseZone.com
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)
www.twmlaw.com

The "Coalition", American Organization of Nurse Executive and Foreign Nurse Task Force, Secretary of Labor, International Commission on Healthcare Personnel.

Now you know where your tax dollars are going, it's your bread and butter.

[fergus51]

Do you have any links to this? I find this extremely hard to believe or at the very least misleading since the visascreen alone usually takes longer than that (and we're not even talking about the time it takes to get ATT, write the NCLEX, get lisenced, etc).

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by xrockstheheart

The American Organization of Nurse Executives and Foreign Nurse Task Force have gotten speedier immigation for nurses. In fact they can have one in country in 60 days, that's two months people. That's why you should join a union, write your senators, congressman. They will have you training them, although, according to these guys, they are highly qualified. Yes they will pad their resumes. The American Hospital Association is asking to meet with the US dept of STate and Homeland security, to alliviate the nsg shortage. Nurses are given preferential tx in immigation matters and will be processed as a priority. so if you think you didn't get any respect before, just remember I told you so.

I would like to see a link to this. The only visa available is the green card, and it doesn't work that first. The fastest that I have seen is about six monhts, and that is after exams have been done, Certificates issued, etc.

[fergus51]

I still don't see the link. The only visas I know of that are issued quickly are NAFTA visas for Canadian nurses. Since everyone else needs a greencard, I'm not really worried.

[control]

If anyone has any info on immigrating from US to Canada, please pm me or post it here. Thanks!

[fergus51]

Originally Posted by control

If anyone has any info on immigrating from US to Canada, please pm me or post it here. Thanks!

If you are a RN you can work in Canada thanks to a NAFTA visa just like they can work here. You do need your BSN to register as a nurse in several provinces. You would need to contact the board of nursing for the province you are interested in (www.rnabc.ca for BC, they have links to other provinces). They will evaluate your education before giving you permission to write the Canadian RN exam. Once you have written the exam, you would pay to get lisenced. Then you can start looking for work. Once you find an employer, you can get your visa at the border and start working in Canada. While you're there on a NAFTA visa you can choose to apply for permanent immigration. If not, you just renew your visa yearly.

[control]

Originally Posted by fergus51

If you are a RN you can work in Canada thanks to a NAFTA visa just like they can work here. You do need your BSN to register as a nurse in several provinces. You would need to contact the board of nursing for the province you are interested in (www.rnabc.ca for BC, they have links to other provinces). They will evaluate your education before giving you permission to write the Canadian RN exam. Once you have written the exam, you would pay to get lisenced. Then you can start looking for work. Once you find an employer, you can get your visa at the border and start working in Canada. While you're there on a NAFTA visa you can choose to apply for permanent immigration. If not, you just renew your visa yearly.

This helps me alot. Thank you for taking the time to post this information! I feel a bit better, like I know where to begin now. Immigrating seems like such a daunting task!

I do have a BSN. I guess I should start by sending an email to Ontario's board of nursing! Thanks again!

[fergus51]

Originally Posted by control

This helps me alot. Thank you for taking the time to post this information! I feel a bit better, like I know where to begin now. Immigrating seems like such a daunting task!

I do have a BSN. I guess I should start by sending an email to Ontario's board of nursing! Thanks again!

Good luck. Speaking from personal experience, CNO is pretty slow moving sometimes www.cno.org is their site I think

[user123]

Originally Posted by control

If anyone has any info on immigrating from US to Canada, please pm me or post it here. Thanks!

Hi, i am currently a RN working in the united states. I am planning on moving to canada and was wondering if I need to take the canadian rn exam, in order for me to work there.

[fergus51]

Originally Posted by user123

Hi, i am currently a RN working in the united states. I am planning on moving to canada and was wondering if I need to take the canadian rn exam, in order for me to work there.

You do need to write the Canadian RN exam to work as a nurse in Canada. You sign up to do this by contacting the board of nursing in the province you are interested in. They will evaluate you and give you permission to write the exam. It is only written a few times a year (4 I think) and has to be written in Canada. Quebec has a separate exam and also requires a french language exam to be written.