BennyBear

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1. USA Government Shutdown affecting visa processing!

   BennyBear replied to love2read-rn's topic in Immigration

   Hey Esme12 totally agree. Ridiculous responses but inflammatory topic I suppose. I hate arguments about immigration! I wonder if ppl realise how hard it is to become a citizen of a country which is not your birth country! Here in the UK, foreigners a...

2. USA Government Shutdown affecting visa processing!

   BennyBear replied to love2read-rn's topic in Immigration

   Please take care everyone when posting! Love2readRN I totally empathise with your plight but you've gotta expect some anger when you post things like that about being the only nurse in the world affected by the shutdown, come on. Listen I am in the s...

3. circulating nurse = "go-fer" with no use for "real" nursing skills?

   BennyBear replied to RunnerRN2015's topic in Operating Room

   I know you've already made your mind up but I just read your post and wanted to throw my 2 cents in. I generally find that those who discourage you from working in the OR are the ones who have the least, or no experience at all, of the actual OR. Sta...

4. Take-home salary after taxes, etc, in TX?

   BennyBear replied to BennyBear's topic in Texas

   Thanks. I'm a non-USA nurse so I am not familiar with the terminology. What does 'with-holding' mean. What am I holding back lol. It's a tad frustrating as it is difficult to communicate to others something we are extremely familiar with, so I am hav...

5. Take-home salary after taxes, etc, in TX?

   BennyBear posted a topic in Texas

   Hi all... Could anyone give me an idea how much is generally taken from an RNs salary per month in Texas? I know TX has no state tax. My annual salary will be $65,000 per annum. I am finding it pretty hard to do any planning for my budget when I do s...

6. Nurse Salary in Texas

   BennyBear replied to BennyBear's topic in Immigration

   Gingers' Mom, for some reason I didn't see your last response to this thread ^ until today, thank you it's very helpful. My husband has had an American Express credit card here in the UK for a couple of years, he is quite convinced that this will cou...

7. How long after interview before being contacted ??

   BennyBear replied to BennyBear's topic in Job Hunt

   Well I have a 3-4 week wait to ensure my visa has been approved (I'm a non-USA nurse) but the recruiter sees no reason why it would be rejected as I meet all the criteria. So as soon as the visa is cleared I can hnd my notice in my current job and fi...

8. How long after interview before being contacted ??

   BennyBear replied to BennyBear's topic in Job Hunt

   OMG been offered a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo! Happy tears x

9. How long after interview before being contacted ??

   BennyBear replied to BennyBear's topic in Job Hunt

   Wow....months later? I will have pulled out every hair in my head by then haha. Thanks so much for your advice it really helps. I am going to wait until either tomorrow evening or Friday morning and call them both if I still haven't heard anything. T...

10. How long after interview before being contacted ??

    BennyBear replied to BennyBear's topic in Job Hunt

    Thanks. It is TOTALLY excruciating. I still haven't heard anything I will call em on Friday if there's still no word. Good luck with your job.x

11. Hospitals sponsoring RNs for a H1b visa - help!!!

    BennyBear replied to BennyBear's topic in Immigration

    No I just used the normal service the quick service costs double the $$. It took a couple of months, they already had the documentation they required from the CES report. They mostly used the same information

12. International Educated Nurse seeking info on relocation and sponsorship

    BennyBear replied to cairoasar's topic in Immigration

    You seem a bit vague, where overseas precisely? Is it definitely the USA you are aiming for? Because if you just generally want to go ''overseas' you would be well advised to go to Australia/NZ instead the process is much simpler and visas are easier...

13. How long after interview before being contacted ??

    BennyBear replied to BennyBear's topic in Job Hunt

    Thanks.....I got an email on Friday from one hospital saying they are still interested in me and are 'looking into things' with a view to making an offer. Talk about suspense!!! At least they're still interested though so I'm keeping everything cross...

14. Hospitals sponsoring RNs for a H1b visa - help!!!

    BennyBear replied to BennyBear's topic in Immigration

    I don't meet the criteria for a EB2/3 as I only have 4 years expereince not 5. So I am going through the H1b route. As I said in my original post I already have my CES repoort and VisaScreen certificate from CGFNS. But thanks for your reply anyway x

15. How long after interview before being contacted ??

    BennyBear posted a topic in Job Hunt

    Hi all.....I am aware that this question has been asked before but I am going crazy here and need some advice. Please! I had two interviews last week (Wed & Thurs) and haven't heard from either of them yet. One of them said 'I really like what I ...