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Feb 07, 2007 01:03 AM

2 other children not given a visa....

by tsuyaks
Updated Feb 07, 2007 at 01:06 AM by tsuyaks

Hello everyone I need your opinion on something, my cousin was petitioned by an agency and is already here (USA). She came here (USA) ahead of her family but the thing is not everyone were given a visa. Only her (a nurse), her husband and one child were given a visa. The other two visas were held for the reason that she need to pass her NCLEX. She came here (USA) as an immigrant in November took the exam and passed. When she sent her result to her husband to show it to the consul they said that they can no longer give the visas to her other two children because of the retrogression.

Should they have all been given a visa when they were interviewed? if not it should have been issued once she has shown proof of passing the exam. Please anyone share some light on this matter...

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from Silverdragon102
Old Feb 07, 2007, 01:32 AM

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to me it sounds very strange that they only gave 1 of 3 children visas, I can't say I have ever heard of visas being withheld on account of needs to pass NCLEX first
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from mpoova
Old Feb 07, 2007, 01:46 AM

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In fact, who held the other children visa? Is it your agnecy?? or consulate?
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from suzanne4
Old Feb 07, 2007, 08:23 AM

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Something sounds fishy, is this what USCIS told her, or her agency? Were the other children actually on the DS-230? If they were, they would nave been assigned a visa number at the same time as the rest of the family.

Something is not adding up here, and I do not think that you have all of the information. And how old are the children?
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No. 4
from tsuyaks
Old Feb 07, 2007, 09:14 AM

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It was the embassy who withheld their visas. Their reason for doing so was that she still havent passed her NCLEX and her fee for training will only be $10/hr which they (embassy) said would not be enough to support them if they will all go. Training is for 3 mos and will only be getting the contracted pay after accomplishing the training. The children were included in the DS-230.
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from Rep
Old Feb 07, 2007, 11:20 AM

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I heard a story about a nurse whose visas were put on hold because she has a big family to tag along and is not a NCLEX passer yet. The consul told her to pass first the NCLEX before he will release the visa. It seems the consul mentioned to her that the salary offered is not enough to sustain a family..
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No. 6
from downshift
Old Feb 08, 2007, 09:12 AM

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Is the agency WESTWAYS Staffing?Ive attended their seminar and thats what they give... $10 an hour "3 months training" even if you are an nclex passer. But after training you get the rate that you signed on. But frankly .its the first time I"ve heard something like this...giving selective visas!
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No. 7
from bealehanna
Old Feb 08, 2007, 11:03 AM

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Yup, WESTWAYS staffing gives $10/hour on 3 months training and I am now on a training under them. This really surprised me about the visas being withheld by the USCIS. I'm just hoping that it won't happen with my 2 kids. It scares me to hell!
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No. 8
from suzanne4
Old Feb 08, 2007, 02:31 PM

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Sorry, but the the US Embassy is beign smart on this. That is the wage that you can get working at McDonald's and shame on the agency for that.

If the nurse has passed the NCLEX exam and has a license to work, why in the world would they agree to work for a contract like that. Makes abolutely no sense at all.

That wage is not enough to feed and house a family of five in the US. It may sound like alot to you, but it will not get you anything here. It is almost at the pverty level, especially if you are getting taxes out on top of that.

And in CA, that is outrageous. Why would someone agree to work like that? The agency is getting paid much more than that be any facility.
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No. 9
from bealehanna
Old Feb 08, 2007, 03:28 PM

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you're right suzanne, but it just happened that when I did pass my nclex, retrogression is about to start and I don't want to wait for another months or years to be able to be sponsored. I tried going to the hospitals for direct hiring but unfortunately it's so far away on our place and I did compute all my expenses if I'll be working on them and it turned out that it's not enough especially my 1 kid is here with me. The hospitals that are near on our location are accepting nurses only with 2 years experience which I don't have. Time is running out so I decided to sign up on an agency. With that salary, we have free housing privileges and our training is MED-SURG and TELEMETRY. I am willing to take this option for the betterment of my family. Anyways, 3 months is okay and time flies so fast.

Thank you so much for the info and I hope that other readers and members of allnurses.com will be enlightened.
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