Can International Students with Associate of Nursing and RN license work in USA

On which visa do you plan to enter the US?

l don't think so. l migrated from London, England April last year and l passed my Nclex in Jan. 2009. l am on my first job as a Registered Nurse in USA and l am loving it. l don't have a BSN but the hospital l am working at is going to sponsor me to go for my BSN. Actually, l only have a diploma, l even got a got at National institute of Health and another big hospital . l picked the big hospital.

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As mentioned what visa are you going to apply for? If GC then you will be affected by retrogression and if trained in the US you will have to maintain your student visa to stay in the US as retrogression is taking years and many are already ahead of you in the queue. As an Associate you will not meet H1b requirements plus you need to be a specialist nurse and a new grad will not meet that requirement.

You need to maintain full time at school to be able to stay in the US and even then expect retrogression to still be in play so may need to look at leaving the US whilst waiting. You may be able to work under CPT but you really need to discuss this with your international advisor.

Im also an international student. I will get into nursing school next semester, the community college Im attending right now is offering an AA degree in nursing, then I have the oppertunity to take the NCLEX.

Are you guys saying that there is no point of getting my AA degree at all? As an international student, its pretty expensive to attend a university, so having a college offering an AA degree is great.

it kind of scared me now, I have worked so hard to get into nursing school and now there is no chance of working in the US if I dont have a BSN?

That's correct. Unless you have another method of immigration, such as marriage to a USC or via family, you cannot immigrate to the US either temporarily or permanently with only an associates degree.

I dont get it, it doesnt make any sense. Why havent my school counselor said anything about this or even stopped me from applying to the program when you apparently cant work in the US with an ADN even though you have taken your RN license. I dont really believe in this.. I have read a lot about people getting sponsored, so I guess, that is what I have to do after getting my license..

Maybe I didnt make my self clear, im studying here in the US.