Eschew Obfuscation

mopsi · Dec 7, 2001

looks like the subject was well covered on the FORIEGN TRAINED NURSES POSTS.....quick fix for a much deeper problem...Why not educate AMERICANS that are here...speak the language and need a career......BOO HISS.to imports...by the way ..I also drive an AMERICAN vehicle....wear am AMERICAN coat....and know a little about American history.....I am not..an AMERICAN snot..even if i sort of came across likeone..LOL...JUST SAY NO TO IMPORTS!!!

betts · Dec 7, 2001

PERMANENT RESIDENCY PROCESS FOR FOREIGN NURSES CURRENTLY RESIDING ABROAD

Most foreign workers who wish to become United States Legal Resident Aliens (Permanent Residents) must go through a lengthy process involving the U.S. Department of Labor referred to as the "alien labor certification process".

However, the "alien labor certification" process is not required for certain occupations that have been identified by the United States Department of Labor as ones for which a shortage of labor exists. These shortage occupations are referred to as "Schedule A" occupations. Nursing and Physical Therapist positions are both currently considered to be "Schedule A" occupations.

Several large national healthcare companies are now accepting foreign nurses for positions in the United States.

Our company,has a network of people in place to expedite your move to the United States.

Our clients offer all legal fees to be paid, a plane ticket to the U.S. and TOP PAY $$$$$$$

betts · Dec 7, 2001

Opportunities For Nurses

We strive to make employee and placement matches best suited for the applicant. Focusing on your needs and desires, we work hard to find the right location and professional environment for you.

All applications are confidential. Through our firm you avoid endless searches. We make the contacts for you, negotiate the best possible pay rate, benefit package and working environment.

With your needs in mind, we avoid employers who offer an unfriendly work setting or have a history of issues with immigrant workers.

Orientation

Upon your arrival in the United States we will give you time to rest up and get acquainted with you new home. We will meet you at the airport of your assignment and transport you to your new living accommodations, as well as introduce you to your new employer. Our professional staff will:

Greet you and help you get settled.

Locate housing convenient to your work

Assist you with finding local transportation.

Assist you in securing your Social Security Card, an identification card needed to work in the United States.

Assist you obtain a pre-employment physical.

Orient you to the new facility and unit where you will work.

Family

In addition, under your visa benefits, your spouse and unmarried, under age dependent children can receive "Derivative Status" meaning they can immigrate with you. However, please be aware that no dependant or spouse can seek employment while you are on a non-immigrant work visa in the United States.

Hasn't been my experience too have an employer do this for American educated Nurses.

wildtime88 · Dec 7, 2001

Just another company, amoung many, who are looking to make a buck off of nurses. While nursing salaries in general do not advance. It seems that in general, the only people who are not taking a financial and other advantages off the nursing shortage are the nurses themselves. :confused:

semstr · Dec 7, 2001

What I don't understand... don't these imported nurses have to take a board-exam or something like that?

I know from a few friends who wanted to go to the USA, they had to take these exams and they were really hard!!

Although all of them speak and write English pretty well (like moi here), and they were RN's in the Netherlands, so their training wasn't that bad either.

This is a few years ago though, have the times changed that much? Are you so desperate for nurses now? I've got 20 students graduating in Febrary and about 10 of them are looking for jobs abroad................................

Take care, Renee

betts · Dec 7, 2001

Dear Betts:

Thank you for contacting the American Nurses Associations.

I would like to take a moment to clarify ANA's position with

regard to immigration.

ANA's position builds upon the position established by the

International Council of Nurses (ICN), an international

organization with 125 member countries. ICN and ANA

recognize the right of individual nurses to migrate. However,

ICN and ANA condemn the practice of recruiting nurses to

countries where authorities have failed to address human

resource planning and problems which cause nurses to leave

the profession and discourage them from returning to nursing.

ANA believes that the U. S. health care industry has failed to

maintain a work environment that is conducive to safe, quality

nursing practice and that retains experienced U.S. nurses

within patient care. Therefore, the practice of changing

immigration law to facilitate the use of foreign educated

nurses is a short term solution that serves only the interests

of the hospital industry, not the interests of patients,

domestic nurses or foreign educated nurses.

In 1996, ANA successfully supported the inclusion of a

provision within the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant

Responsibility Act. This provision created a prescreening

process for all foreign educated health care professionals,

including nurses, who wish to apply for an

occupational/employment visa. For nursing, the

Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools

(CGFNS) was designated as the prescreening authority. The

prescreening process includes a predictor examination;

English proficiency testing, both written and spoken; review of

education to ensure comparability with U.S. nursing

curriculum; and a check of their home country license to

ensure that it is valid and unencumbered. This process is

tied to obtaining a visa and is separate from the state

licensure process which must also be completed.

Finally, ANA strongly opposes two pieces of federal

legislation that would dramatically open U.S. immigration law

to allow for a substantial increase in the number of foreign

educated nurses who could enter the country.

While your concern focuses on foreign educated nurses,

ANA's primary concern lies with a health care industry here in

the U.S. that is abusive to all nurses, foreign and domestic.

ANA seeks to greatly improve the overall working conditions

for all nurses and to ensure that there are adequate

protections in our immigration laws that allow for appropriate

immigration of foreign nurses who are paid and treated the

same as U.S. nurses and do not undermine the U.S. nursing

workforce.

I hope that this information is helpful to you.

Sincerely,

Cheryl Peterson, MSN, RN

Senior Policy Fellow

American Nurses Association

betts · Dec 7, 2001

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betts · Dec 7, 2001

http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/98/98-60340-CV0.HTM

ok...ok...my final post on this subject.....