[suzanne4]

I still do not recommend CA for initial licensure. You will not find out your result for several weeks, etc. Even with the SSN#, I do not recommend it. You are much better off going for another state and then just endorsing which can be done in one day.

[EvePooh]

Originally Posted by suzanne4

I still do not recommend CA for initial licensure. You will not find out your result for several weeks, etc. Even with the SSN#, I do not recommend it. You are much better off going for another state and then just endorsing which can be done in one day.

Hi Suzanne,

Thanks for your information. I understand it's not a good choice to apply licence in CA initially. But my family(citizens) and my boyfriend are all there, and I don't wanna stay alone in a city that I don't have many friends even after I graduate.

Eve

[suzanne4]

You just take the exam for another state, and then endorse. A very dear friend of mine is living here in CA, but she went the route of NY, took the exam on Thursday out here, and found out this monring that she passed, and now she can endorse to CA right away.

I do not mean that you need to work in another state, but you should get your license in another state, then just endorse to CA. You will have your results in two days, and not three weeks, and you can endorse right away.

Where you go for initial licensure has absolutely nothing to do with where you will work. They are completely unrelated. I hope that you are aware that you will need to get a Visa Screen Certificate as well, and this cannot be done until after you have a final set of transcripts in hand. I suggest that you make sure that you get the OPT before you graduate from your program.

[anfe]

Syzanne4

My friend and i are both F1 nursing students and confused about one aspect of the OPT. We want to work as externs during summer next year. That is, use 3 months of the months and continue the other 7 months after we graduate the following summer 2007. The international student office at our college told us that we can apply for OPT to work next summer, but our 12 months will be running while we are back in school during the 2nd year. Which means by the time we graduate in 2007, our 12 months OPT will have expired. In other words, we can't work on OPT for 3 months and save the other 7 mths for after graduation.
They said we can only apply after we graduate and the OPt will run for 12 consecutive months.
Can you clarify, pls? What options do we have, if any?

Originally Posted by suzanne4

You just take the exam for another state, and then endorse. A very dear friend of mine is living here in CA, but she went the route of NY, took the exam on Thursday out here, and found out this monring that she passed, and now she can endorse to CA right away.

I do not mean that you need to work in another state, but you should get your license in another state, then just endorse to CA. You will have your results in two days, and not three weeks, and you can endorse right away.

Where you go for initial licensure has absolutely nothing to do with where you will work. They are completely unrelated. I hope that you are aware that you will need to get a Visa Screen Certificate as well, and this cannot be done until after you have a final set of transcripts in hand. I suggest that you make sure that you get the OPT before you graduate from your program.

[suzanne4]

With the OPT that is true, however, you can get special permission from immigration at times to work for the summer. Ask your school about it. Usually it not the norm, but it is available. Just do your homework on the topic.

[EvePooh]

Originally Posted by suzanne4

With the OPT that is true, however, you can get special permission from immigration at times to work for the summer. Ask your school about it. Usually it not the norm, but it is available. Just do your homework on the topic.

Suzanne is absolutely correct. There's something called CPT(I'm not postive) which is similar to OPT which can be used when u are still in school, and OPT is used when u finish school. If u use three months of CPT, then u only have 9 months left for OPT. I once saw some information about that in the international student office at my previous school. U should do more research. Good luck!

BTW, thank you Suzanne for giving me advice on my question of licensure.

Eve

[suzanne4]

You are very welcome.

[anfe]

If we work fulltime during the summer on OPT and continue to work 1 weekend day( after the summer) during our 2nd and final year of NS, do you know how the part-time hours are calculated?

Originally Posted by suzanne4

With the OPT that is true, however, you can get special permission from immigration at times to work for the summer. Ask your school about it. Usually it not the norm, but it is available. Just do your homework on the topic.

[suzanne4]

It is based on months, not hours. If you are working during the school year, that will be part of your months. You have one calender year total.

If you do three months during the summer, then you will get the other 9 months at the end of the year, if not, those months are going to be decreased. It is not worth it in my opinion. You are going to need the time at the end, especially the way that immigration is headed.

[MikeChou-UAB]

Hi Im Mike Chou , studying in UAB Alabama...

I'm just fascinated with nursing 9its not boring of course, though I'm a guy!

I was just wondering what are the chances of getting a job as a nurse after graduating with a BSN-RN and an international student?

Would it possible to work as a nurse in a hospital with a working permit after graduation from university without getting a green card?

Is it possible for the hospital (my employer) to apply for me a green card ...?

Hope for your reply...asap Suzanne4 :hatparty: