International nursing students in the US

Thanks for your reply...Suzanne. I really appreciate it!

Any success stories of Nursing International students getting jobs after graduation from Nursing scholl in the U,S?

Any International Students you know that got the green card after 1 year of OPT Trainning?

I heard from my friends saying that it would be hard to get the hospital (employer) to petition a green card for an international student (fresh grad) in a short period of time, is this true?

Do you think there might have a big posibility that International student could get the green card?

Thx for your time...hope I didn't take your time...I'm sorry

Thx

Yes it is possible, you will apply for OPT if you are F1, and take it from there. The hospital where you will be doing your clinicals may be able to help. Talk to them.

Hello suzanne4,

First of all, thank you so much for helping all of us out and answering our questions. I do have couple more:

I graduated from US university with BSN degree last May and just got my RN license in NY. Currently I am on a A2 visa and live in NY. I do understand that my best choice will be applying for a green card (once I will find an employer). Now can you please clarify it for me:
Do I need to apply for a Visa Screen and credential verification in NY or just the visa screen?
- should I take any English proficiency tests?
- should I be looking for a hospital before I get that visa screen certificate or only once I got it?
- Do you have any idea how long is the process from the minute you get your visa screen done till you get you green card?
-what are my options for working in the meantime?
- are you familiar with any hospitals in NY area that will hire nurses in my situation?

Thank you in advance,

I am going to apply for a green card. I heard that there is a new immigration policy, which is that I 140 and I 458 can not file together. I 458 can only be filed after the approval of I 458. Does it affect a nurse who belong to schedule A? How fast will be the process?

Thank you.

Vicky