H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

to: nurseako
hi, i'll start with the time i submitted my resume.. it was february this year, and contacted by cambridge on feb 20; signed the contract with the recruiter (cambridge) on march 8 and submitted my documents on march 20. they filed the petition on april 1st and receipted on april 22 and the approval came on may 7. i waited for the approval packet and it arrived to me on 12th of june, so i took an appointment with the american consulate here in new zealand and attended the interview on the 15th and visa was granted the following day june 16. that was my journey for my h1b.. i will be having my medical exams and vaccinations next week so i can come to the US before the start of my visa ( i was granted 3 yrs)..

congrats and good luck..... i'm also seriously weighing the pros and cons of going via the H1B route now that there seem to be no end in sight for retrogression.
hope things will work out for you. all the best!!

to: Salveapril

thanks for that info... I hope I can have mine in time before the H1b cap gets exhausted.

to SALVEAPRIL.

What facility will you be working in US? They're planning me to work in CT, how bout u?

to: nurseako
i will be working with fresenius, detroit michigan..

Hi salve,Congrats. It's really a good news.Bryan said something about lottery,have you undergone such process.Thanks

as far as i know, they always call it h1b lottery.. but because the quota has not been met, everybody has the chance to be chosen as an h1b recipient. they do the lottery selection when the applications exceed the allotted visa for each fiscal year (65,000). Gud luck and God Bless!

This year is the first year in a long time I have not seen all H1b visas go within 24 hours. This really shows what is happening currently in the US job market. Only certain establishments escape being capped so usually it is a lottery on who gets one and who doesn't

to CHRISMARK:

YUp, brian also mentioened about lottery when we had a talked. Actually I dont understand what's the lottery that he was saying then. Do you have your Notice of REciept? What is your status?
thanks.

Up until this year it was called a lottery because the demand was much higher than the amount of visas actually allocated and therefore a lottery to whether you got one or not