[nhlkyn]

Originally Posted by suzanne4

You are going to need to pass the English exams to get a visa to be able to work in the US. I would focus on passing of the exam before you do anything. You need a good, solid English to be able to have a better chance of passing the NCLEX exam as well.

And are you aware that as a foreign trained nurse, you are going to find it quite difficult to get an employer in NY? Actually average wait time for NY is about 8 months or so before you will be able to test, and that still will not get you a license where you want as you will need to meet their requirements as well for endorsement.

If you are not going to be working in NY, then there was no reason to go thru there for licensure. Actually, there are many states that do not require the language exam for licensure as they know that you are going to need to pass it to get the visa. No way around that at all, but you may have spent alot of money and it will not benefit you at all.

hi suzanne thank you so much

i am already a greencard holder in US . i don't have to go through visa process. do you i still need a score for toefl? could you tell me what other states don't require the english score?so, i can apply for if it is more earlier than NY. i appreciate your help. it will be so helpfull.

[jore from RP]

Originally Posted by jore from RP

Hi Suzanne,

Please, please, please answer my question... I would really, really appreciate it.

Thank you and more power!

Originally Posted by jore from RP

Hi Suzanne!

Thank you so much for all the information you've shared with us. You just don't know how much I value all the things I've learned from you.

I just have a question that I hope you would gladly reply.

My question is... I'm currently under petition for a Family Sponsored Immigrant Visa or I-130. I received a notice from the Dept. of Homeland Security in January 2005, stating that the petition has been approved. My priority date is May 2002. I have been monitoring the Visa Bulletin under my category which is 2A. I think I may just have been interpreting the data by mistake. As far as I can understand of what's being posted is that sometime July of 2007 or last year, I believe my priority was already current. I'm just bothered by the thought that how come I have not received up to now any letter from the Dept. of Homeland Security or the Embassy for my immigrant visa to be issued. What should be the approriate thing for me to do? When I had the chance to consult an immigration lawyer in the US, he said exactly what I understand with regards to my current situation. He said to just wait and not even try to have a working visa while waiting as my Family Sponsored Immigrant Visa will be jeopardized. Please enlighten me more on this. I would greatly appreciate it.

Once again, thank you and more power!

Hi Suzanne

Thank you so much for helping all of us here. We trully value the effort you have made to answer our questions. You have been a great help to all of us here.

I just have some clarifications with the replies you have made on this original post I made. I guess there was some confusion. I just want to clear that I have an I-130 petition not an I-140. But that's ok, I completely understand. With all the questions around here it is not easy to set things clearly.

Again, thank you so much. I hope that you can also read my post on page 408 on this thread. I got additional questions there.

More power and God bless you.

[jore from RP]

Originally Posted by jore from RP

Oh by the way, I have this USCIS Online Portfolio. There it showed that on October 2007 my case was updated. Below I copied what they meant about it.
* Note on "Last Updated" date:
Your case may have a new "Last Updated" date and you may receive an Email Notification of your case being updated, without the status of the case changing. This is due to internal USCIS processing being performed on your Case. This will be reflected in the "Last Updated" date, but may not result in a different status message.

I presume that nothing really changed with the status of my case. Am I right on this one? Since up until the present (April 2008) I haven't got a word from them yet through the mail. Yes, I'm really depressed and sad that I cannot go there yet. Although I have a tourist visa and from time to time I would visit my family there. It's just sad for me that it took me this long.

Thank you so much for hearing me out. Sometimes I just need an ear to listen to me and somehow assure me that everything is fine.

Hi Suzanne,

Here's that additional question I was talking about.

Hope to hear from you...

Thank you so much.

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by nhlkyn

hi suzanne thank you so much

i am already a greencard holder in US . i don't have to go through visa process. do you i still need a score for toefl? could you tell me what other states don't require the english score?so, i can apply for if it is more earlier than NY. i appreciate your help. it will be so helpfull.

Licensure and immigration are two very different things, and if the state requires the English, then that is what you are going to need to do if you wish to work there.

Massachusetts requires the English exams even if you hold a US passport already, but trained out of the US.

You need excellent English skills to be able to work in the US; you need to be able to chart properly and provide communication skills both with your patients as well as other staff members. I would focus on passing of the English exams, so that you can work where you wish to work. If they are required, then you cannot endorse without having them passed as well. And employers want to see excellent communication skills, you need to write a cover letter to a resume, etc. And language skills have kept people from getting jobs.

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by jore from RP

Hi Suzanne

Thank you so much for helping all of us here. We trully value the effort you have made to answer our questions. You have been a great help to all of us here.

I just have some clarifications with the replies you have made on this original post I made. I guess there was some confusion. I just want to clear that I have an I-130 petition not an I-140. But that's ok, I completely understand. With all the questions around here it is not easy to set things clearly.

Again, thank you so much. I hope that you can also read my post on page 408 on this thread. I got additional questions there.

More power and God bless you.

Family sponsored petitions have a different schedule, they are not under the ones for the employer-driven petitions.

So unless you were petitioned years ago, there is no way that you have approval on it at this time as far as being in-line to get the green card.

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by jore from RP

Hi Suzanne,

Here's that additional question I was talking about.

Hope to hear from you...

Thank you so much.

When was your petition submitted for the family based petitioning? That would be my first question and who is petitioning you would be the next?

Cannot give you a reasonable idea without knowing that.

[suzanne4]

Forgot to add;

Thank you for the lovely note, it is truly appreciated.

[mine2mine]

is it okay if i sent my application form to the California board of Registered nursing earlier than my Fingerprint card(hard card form), i always email the brn of california to confirm my status but i didn't receive any response. i am waiting for my eligibility since november 2007,what should i do? thanks

[lost_stranger]

Hi suzanne ,
One quick question; in immigration terminology, what does the phrase "immigrant worker with approved petition" mean?
appoved i-140/approved DS-230/ case at embassy????
Thanks in advance.

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by mine2mine

is it okay if i sent my application form to the California board of Registered nursing earlier than my Fingerprint card(hard card form), i always email the brn of california to confirm my status but i didn't receive any response. i am waiting for my eligibility since november 2007,what should i do? thanks

I responded to the separate thread that you made on this same topic. Look for my response there.

And in the future, please post in only one place. Thank you. And you never send things at different times, or they will not even look at your file until it is complete.