[Ethan_mike]

Anybody know anything about CAREX consulting agency? Many of by RN friends are being recruited and Id like some feedback. Thanks in advance.

[NYerkes]

Are recruiters still charging fees to nurses in the Philippines or has it finally stopped?

[suzanne4]

Still charging and to the tune of about $9600 for each year of the contract, and that does not include what they are also gettign from the hospital, and the bonus, if any is paid.

More like extortion. 700% loan is illegal in the US.

[NYerkes]

I suspected as much. Several years ago I was involved in a start up that paid all expenses for nurses seeking to immigrate. CGFNS drove the final nail into our coffin. They either refused or were incapable of processing applications on anything resembling a timely and accurate basis. Since we were unable toprocess our nurses the overhead destroyed us. We were sufficiently capitalized too.

In 2004 the Philadelphia Inguirer did a Sunday front page story on the CGFNS situation. I can still be found on the interet. Do a Google search using the terms, "Foreign Nurses Decry".

Unfortunately Senator Arlen Specter had allowed a lobbyist for CGFNS to insert language into an immigration bill giving them a virtual monopoly on deciding whose credentials were accepted and whose weren't. Despite the evidence uncovered by the Inquirer reporter, Homeland Security rubber stamped their approval on CGFNS' operation. Too bad. Those requiring large fees survived while those trying to ethically recruit were largely destroyed.

There are a few ethical recruiters still in business. Since I cannot name them here I suggest that nurses in the Philippines spend some time researching recruiters on the internet before signing any contract. With a little work you can find one who will assist you in an ethical manner.

[Ethan_mike]

700% loan?! can you break it down into specifics please suzanne? i knew it bordered on extortion but i couldnt stop my friends from wanting to sign up with this guy (man was a con artist even selling the fingerprint cards at US 30 bucks each!, because that was what it supposedly cost him to get them). What a load of bovine excrement! I feel bad about my friends right now because they think I'm the one trying to keep them from their dreams. I gave all my friends fingerprint cards...that totally ****** him off. I told him it was free...and that if he wanted more, he could "buy" them from me at half the price he got his from wherever that is. The sad thing is...they still dont care if he's conning them or not...dont care how much it costs...dont care if they dont get a copy of the contract...dont care to read the fine print...as long as they get there...Man, talk about selling your mother...

Im thinking about calling the cops...trouble is, im not even sure if what he's doing is illegal...

[suzanne4]

You do the math.
The recruiters are essentially taking $5 from every hour that the nurse works, that comes out to about $9600 per year of the contract. Plus what they get from the faility, or charge the nurse for rent, etc.

If you take into account that the immigration fees and exams come to the total of about $4000 per nurse, and most contracts are about three years now, look at what is being charged to that nurse, for the original $4000 that they did not have.

Government bodies need to put an end to this. Sure, agencies have expenses, but not at the expense of the nurse who does not know any better. They get promised the moon, and do not do their homework, so they have to deal with it.

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by Ethan_mike

700% loan?! can you break it down into specifics please suzanne? i knew it bordered on extortion but i couldnt stop my friends from wanting to sign up with this guy (man was a con artist even selling the fingerprint cards at US 30 bucks each!, because that was what it supposedly cost him to get them). What a load of bovine excrement! I feel bad about my friends right now because they think I'm the one trying to keep them from their dreams. I gave all my friends fingerprint cards...that totally ****** him off. I told him it was free...and that if he wanted more, he could "buy" them from me at half the price he got his from wherever that is. The sad thing is...they still dont care if he's conning them or not...dont care how much it costs...dont care if they dont get a copy of the contract...dont care to read the fine print...as long as they get there...Man, talk about selling your mother...

Im thinking about calling the cops...trouble is, im not even sure if what he's doing is illegal...

Shame on that guy, fingerprint cards are free from the licensing body.

[rosesun]

Ethan _mike

hey! what about carex consultants? i have heard about them..but i think they are okay. how's your friends doing with carex now?

[suzanne4]

This thread is about a year old, have not seen him post in months. Suggest that you do your homework and research quite well any agency before signing with them, and I mean any agency, this one included.