Snowstorm

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1. New grad moving to Boston from CA

   Snowstorm replied to labfreak's topic in Massachusetts

   If I saw your post in May, I would discourage you from moving from CA to MA. For the reason that you stated above "the cost of living in Boston is equal to the bay area, yet nurses are paid about half what they are paid in the Bay area."

2. International nursing students in the US

   Snowstorm replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

   CPT time is not subtracted from OPT. There is no EAD card for CPT.

3. first I-485 denied and filed second I-485 in US

   Snowstorm replied to wbd's topic in International

   One can remain in F-1 status even after I-485 was filed. There is no law that says that once AOS filed F-1 becomes invalid.

4. first I-485 denied and filed second I-485 in US

   Snowstorm replied to wbd's topic in International

   This is not true. As long as one maintains valid student status by complying with requirements for F-1 and does not use EAD/AP he/she should be OK. Could you name some of those schools? Filing for AOS is not a valid reason for termination of studen...

5. AOS filers from July 2007

   Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

   Schedule "A" did not start in June 2005. They just changed the law in 2005 and made 50,000 visas available exclusively for schedule "A" professionals. http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/news/2005,0718-crs.pdfCan you give me any reference about "nursing ...

6. AOS filers from July 2007

   Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

   OK guys, read the data please. 36,367 visas were isued in FY2005-2006 for schedule "A" applicants including spouses and children. That's for AOS and CP together and that's according to the DHS. Do you want to say they issued 14,000 visas in Octo...

7. AOS filers from July 2007

   Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

   There should be no deadline for schedule "A" if visas are available. They set a deadline based on the prediction that schedule "A" 50,000 limit would be exhausted by Nov. 2006. Schedule "A" quota has nothing to do with annual limits for EB category.

8. AOS filers from July 2007

   Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

   "At a recent AILA Conference, Michael Ayetes (USCIS Associate Director, Operations) announced...." That information is not official. It's not posted anywhere on the official web site. Dependents file their own I-485. So I don't see why you decided th...

9. AOS filers from July 2007

   Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

   if you follow links in my posts #13 and #24 it will give you detailed statistics about family members that received their visas along with primary applicants. 36,367 visas were isued in FY2005-2006 for schedule "A" applicants including spouses and ...

10. AOS filers from July 2007

    Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

    According to USCIS they received 68,498 I-485 applications to adjust status in July 2007 http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/APPLICATIONS%20FOR%20IMMIGRATION%20BENEFITS_July07.pdf and 116,177 I-485 applications to adjust status in August 2007. http://...

11. AOS filers from July 2007

    Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

    Suzanne, did you read my post? Any comments about were 14,363 Schedule "A" visas have gone? Schedule "A" visas can be used for schedule "A" professionals only and has nothing to do with 800,000 (I doubt it's a correct number) programmers, enginee...

12. AOS filers from July 2007

    Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

    You are right! :cheers: So for FY2006 (Oct 1st, 2005 - Sep 30, 2006) a total of 30,512 Schedule "A" visas were used. Now Schedule "A" was current from June 1, 2005 till October 31, 2006 According to DHS statistics 5,125 schedule "A" visas were ...

13. AOS filers from July 2007

    Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

    I corrected the address http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2006/table07d.xls In FY2006 7,742 applicants and their family members applied for AOS, while the majority 30,952 applied from overseas. That's a fact)

14. History of the ADN in Canada

    Snowstorm replied to sunnydaydream's topic in International

    As I read your answers I have more questions How difficult was a written exam? How difficult to find a job for a new grad? What is the pay rate?

15. AOS filers from July 2007

    Snowstorm replied to RNGrad2006's topic in International

    As I mentioned above in FY2006 7,742 applicants and their family members applied for AOS, while the majority 30,952 applied from overseas. 2-3K is my prediction based on the above figures.