[Kaplan ADN student]

My friend has been attending school here in the US for a long time although her F-1 Visa is expired. It expired three years ago..she will be graduationg some tome next year. How can she get the opportuunity to work in the hospital? She is working now but on her social only which I thin is dangerous; if caught she can be deported. How can she nake things right here by geting her green card?

[Silverdragon102]

Originally Posted by Kaplan ADN student

My friend has been attending school here in the US for a long time although her F-1 Visa is expired. It expired three years ago..she will be graduationg some tome next year. How can she get the opportuunity to work in the hospital? She is working now but on her social only which I thin is dangerous; if caught she can be deported. How can she nake things right here by geting her green card?

She really needs to speak to a immigration lawyer. Retrogression means she can't stay and get a visa and even is retrogression was not ongoing to go the AOS route her visa must be current and valid. Not sure how she has managed to stay studying when F1 has expired. She really needs to speak to someone who has experience

[Kaplan ADN student]

Can a person do the NCLEX here without a green card? My other friend told me that she is a registered nurse which is true but she does not have a green card. She is working presently but no one knows but me that she does not have a green card.

[ghillbert]

How do these people get hired without a valid work visa?

[Silverdragon102]

Does not need green card to sit NCLEX but to work as RN then needs to pass NCLEX and I too am curious to how they have a job without a valid work permit. They are at risk of getting deported for 3-10 years and also employer will get a heavy fine

[Erika38]

Everybody,

I'm a new member to this community. I may not know all the rules which you guys are talking about. I need some advice on my situation. I'm here in US since 2005 on H4-B visa. I've received B. Pharm degree from my home country. Once I found out that I need to study all over again due to Pharmacy rules, I decided to pursue into Nursing field as I wanted to stick with healthcare filed.

Currently I'm enrolled into BSN program at St. Louis, MO school. I've changed my status from H4-B to F1 as I wanted to take an advantage of OPT. I'll finish my degree in May'09(hopefully). According to this forum I was able to find out below details :

1. I'll be eligible to work on OPT for 1 year and meanwhile try to get a sponsorship from hospital after finishing NCLEX & Visa Screen.
2. I can always go back to H4-B status if I don't want to take any risk to extend my F1 status while I140 is in pending status. Clearly F1 has no intention to stay in US.
3. While on H4-B, I can enroll into Master program (Particularly I want to pursue into Family Nurse Practi. field).

Did I understand it correct or not..?? If not, than please spread some shine on my understanding.

If yes, than It'll take about 3 months to clear NCLEX exam and I'll be able to work as a RN for just 9 months on my OPT. Most of the schools require to have atleast 1 year of exp. as a RN in able to apply for Master program.. How can I enroll into Master program than..??

Is there any chance to get H1-B with BSN degree..?? I don't want to do H1-C as job locations stinks..

Thanks a lot in advance for all your help..

[helloworld]

Originally Posted by Silverdragon102

She really needs to speak to a immigration lawyer. Retrogression means she can't stay and get a visa and even is retrogression was not ongoing to go the AOS route her visa must be current and valid. Not sure how she has managed to stay studying when F1 has expired. She really needs to speak to someone who has experience

You can stay in school with an expired visa as long as your I-20 is current. The visa only becomes an issue if you want to leave and return, but as long as your I94 references your I-20 you're legal to stay as long as your I-20 is current.

[Silverdragon102]

To stay in the US they need a legal status which it sounds like she hasn't because it mention deportion in one the other posts and to adjust status in the US status has to be legal plus visas also need to be current which at the moment they are not and doubt they will be for a few years. They may even have to consider leaving and trying consular processing but either way if caught I think they are looking at 3-10 year ban if overstay starting from 180 days

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by Kaplan ADN student

My friend has been attending school here in the US for a long time although her F-1 Visa is expired. It expired three years ago..she will be graduationg some tome next year. How can she get the opportuunity to work in the hospital? She is working now but on her social only which I thin is dangerous; if caught she can be deported. How can she nake things right here by geting her green card?

F-1 visas do not expire as long as one has maintained full-time student status. The issue comes up if they try to leave the US for anything, they will not be permitted to reenter without having a new I-20 and getting a new I-94. But as long as the I-94 that she has states D/S, then she is okay.

But if she is working now, but does not have the documentation to be able to work and she would not have that with the F-1, that makes her subject to being deported for ten years and makes things much worse for her with immigration. She is breaking the laws here and that is much worse than anything else and will cause her great problems when and if she would attempt to apply for the green card. They are going to check her records and if they find that she has been working but without the proper documentation, then they will have her picked up and deported.
And her employer is subject to fines as well as SSN# alone is not proof that one can work here and it states right on the card that legal work document must also be supplied. And it has not been.

[lamapt1]

Dear Suzanne

First of all, I would like to thank you for your valuable time and information. I am currently waiting to give NCLEX examination. I am thinking of applying for Visa Screen. I have already graduated from a university here in US but have not received the official diploma certificate yet. I do have the transcript.
I wanted to know if I can apply for visa screen with just the transcript. I also wanted to know if I need to wait until I get the license to apply. I remember reading somewhere in the forum where one of the moderators had said that it would be a good idea to wait after getting license. I thought I could just apply now.

Finally, I am trying to get a RN license for NY state. Do I need to apply for Credential Verification Service for New York State (CVS)? The staffs at CGFNS told me that I would need to complete this application as well. I am very doubtful if this is true. This costs me like $400 and another $400 for visa screen. Too expensive!!

Any other information on applying for visa screen would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks