[anwar]

Suzanne4,

So currently there are no prospects to get a green card and/or job in the US for me even with OPT and NCLEX license on F2 visa status, other than wait.

question though:
1. What about Schedule A if it gets approved by Congress, how does it apply to me, will I be elligible, how long is the wait. any chance for me.
I am under E3-E2 category, under all countries category.

Thanks,

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by tiurichard

Hi Miss Suzanne,

I have read in some threads that you are only given a DS230 form if your PD becomes current? Please Help me on this.....

You see when I was approved last 2006, the hospital attached a DS230 form right away on the e.mail that they have sent me. Unfortunately at that time, I am still waiting for my VISA SCREEN to be approved.. Once it was approved, I sent the form already to the hospital and to the immigration lawyer...

Last year the lawyer told me that he received a letter from NVC asking to reconstitute the papers and asked me to send a new DS230 filled up form...what does this mean? I thought DS230 is asked to be filled up once my PD becomes current?

I just want this to be clarified, for right now, I am married and since my PD is not yet current, could I still bring my wife with me?
I informed the lawyer of my ongoing marriage the time he asked me to send a new set of DS230....

Miss Suzanne, I'm really not well versed on immigration and I don't want to leave my wife behind for she have been through a lot last year(tragic circumstances)...

Could I still bring my wife with me? If I change the new DS230 now and include her in my petition? I have read in some threads that it will be possible that she won't be included if I have filled up the DS230 form already....
But I thought it will be filled up once the PD is current?

Hope to hear your response on this.....

Thanks a lot...

The DS-230 is sent out when visas are current, it has nothing to do with when the PD is current. When your PD is current, and you have approval on both the I-140 and then the DS-230, then you are in-line for a green card.

Hospitals do not send out the DS-230, it is sent out by US immigration only after the visa bill is paid. And it must contain a barcode on it for them to even accept it being sent in.

If you wish to have her included, you will be submitting a new DS-230 and then waiting for that to be approved before you will be able to get a visa for the US, she could then be included with one as well.

[nursemich]

Hi Suzanne, Im an Rn here in the Philippines..i just want to ask if what visa i would apply if im planning to migrate in Australia.. Is it student visa, since most of the nurses from the Philippines require to undergo bridging course or through a skilled migrant?
There are a lot of pathways to choose from but i dont know which is the most appropriate and most efficient way..

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by anwar

Suzanne4,

So currently there are no prospects to get a green card and/or job in the US for me even with OPT and NCLEX license on F2 visa status, other than wait.

question though:
1. What about Schedule A if it gets approved by Congress, how does it apply to me, will I be elligible, how long is the wait. any chance for me.
I am under E3-E2 category, under all countries category.

Thanks,

F-2 does not permit you to work, so even if you get an employer to petition you, there are no visas available so you are not going to be able to work at this time as we are under a retrogression.

Schedule A has been gone since February 2007 and do not know when it will return and if ever. We are in an election year so do not expect anything to happen with this Congress at this time or anytime soon after.
As much as may be written, the shortages are not as severe as one would want, and with all of the Americans that are actually in nursing school at this time, the need is going to go down, and not go up. With the number that are in line and ahead of you with petitions submitted and approved, chances of getting anything are going to be slim at best. There are many more applicants than there have been visas for sometime and that is why we have the retrogression. Visas are going to go to those that have been waiting, and they would be gone in a poof. Same way the 61,000 last spring were gone in no time at all.

You are under the EB-3 category, you are not under the EB-2 as you do not hold a Master's degree as well as have a job offer that requires that for the minimum entry level for the job.

E-3 category is actually a treaty visa for those from Australia.

You are unable to get the OPT with F-2 status, only with F-1.

[tiurichard]

Originally Posted by suzanne4

The DS-230 is sent out when visas are current, it has nothing to do with when the PD is current. When your PD is current, and you have approval on both the I-140 and then the DS-230, then you are in-line for a green card.

Hospitals do not send out the DS-230, it is sent out by US immigration only after the visa bill is paid. And it must contain a barcode on it for them to even accept it being sent in.

If you wish to have her included, you will be submitting a new DS-230 and then waiting for that to be approved before you will be able to get a visa for the US, she could then be included with one as well.

Miss Suzanne,

Thanks a lot for the response....

How would I know if my previous DS230 is approve? Yes, the hospital informed me that my I140 was approved and they sent me my case number and along with it they asked me to fill up the DS230 form...

A few months back the hospital e.mailed me that they have spoken to the lawyer and he said I will just be waiting for the interview...
Could I still bring my wife on this note?
You see here, acquiring a marriage certificate takes months and our marriage was delayed because of death of family and traditions dictate not to marry...
Now that we are, could I bring her with me?

Thanks again.....

[Jenova's Angel]

Good day, suzanne4.

I am really confused now these days. First of all, I am a pure American citizen who was born in California. I am also a fresh BSN graduate, but I am a graduate in the Philippines. However, I have retained my pure citizenship althroughout my stay.

The confusing part is the term "foreign graduate". Am I considered to be a "foreign graduate"? Am I still able to directly apply for the NCLEX exam without the CGFNS, VSC, or TOEFL? I'm planning to apply for licensure in California. I would really appreciate the help. Thank you in advance.

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by nursemich

Hi Suzanne, Im an Rn here in the Philippines..i just want to ask if what visa i would apply if im planning to migrate in Australia.. Is it student visa, since most of the nurses from the Philippines require to undergo bridging course or through a skilled migrant?
There are a lot of pathways to choose from but i dont know which is the most appropriate and most efficient way..

You have to be set up in a bridging program before you can apply for the student visa. Whether or not you need the bridging program will also depend on the experience that you have completed as a paid employee.

Check out the other threads on working in Australia as much has been written on this very topic. Unless you get thru that bridging program and meet their requirements, they will not let one apply for skilled immigrant status.

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by tiurichard

Miss Suzanne,

Thanks a lot for the response....

How would I know if my previous DS230 is approve? Yes, the hospital informed me that my I140 was approved and they sent me my case number and along with it they asked me to fill up the DS230 form...

A few months back the hospital e.mailed me that they have spoken to the lawyer and he said I will just be waiting for the interview...
Could I still bring my wife on this note?
You see here, acquiring a marriage certificate takes months and our marriage was delayed because of death of family and traditions dictate not to marry...
Now that we are, could I bring her with me?

Thanks again.....

If the wife was not included on the previous DS-230, then she cannot be added to your petition at this time for you to be in-line for a visa now if there is one for you.

There are never any exceptions to this rule for whatever reason, sorry for whatever you are going thru, but you will have to submit a DS-230 now for her and wait for that to get approval, and then will have to wait until there is a visa number again for you.

Again, if the DS-230 did not have a barcode on it, then it was not accepted. Contact about immigration items should be thru the attorney and not the hospital in the first place, so not sure what it going on with things with you.

You also cannot even start to get her a DS-230 to complete without having a copy of the marriage certificate to include with it. No way around that and the government will not even look at it without the marriage license included.

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by Jenova's Angel

Good day, suzanne4.

I am really confused now these days. First of all, I am a pure American citizen who was born in California. I am also a fresh BSN graduate, but I am a graduate in the Philippines. However, I have retained my pure citizenship althroughout my stay.

The confusing part is the term "foreign graduate". Am I considered to be a "foreign graduate"? Am I still able to directly apply for the NCLEX exam without the CGFNS, VSC, or TOEFL? I'm planning to apply for licensure in California. I would really appreciate the help. Thank you in advance.

Does not matter what citizenship status that you have, licensure and immigration are two very different things and you will always be considered a foreign trained RN and have to meet those additional requirements for licensure.

You will be able to sit for the NCLEX exam and do not need the other exams, but it is going to take you months to get approval to sit for the exam, as they will not look at your application without a completed transcript being submitted from your school of nursing. You are looking at four months before you will be able to test.

Then add in the fact that the majority of new grad programs only start two to three times per year and more than likely you will be looking at next year to start.

Four months plus from now and that will take you past the August start date, and then chances are you are looking at next February in most cases. It is not going to be anything quick and you will need to have completed the NCLEX exam first, very unlikely that you will get hired with the IP and that also takes months to get. And then you have only one chance of passing or it gets cancelled as well.

Things are not going to be the same for you as if you went to school here.

[stephenstill]

Hi Suzanne! I'm from the Philippines and would like to take up B.S. Nursing in the U.S. (UNF, JAX, FL), I'm considering if I get late admission-wise with UNF, I'll go to a community college in JAX to take ASN, will that work?, if I pass the test after ASN can it get me a work visa then I can continue with BSN? Or should I just make sure to just get BSN and not waste my time and money with ASN?