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1. Help! GA license by endorsement with non immigrant visa

   visamaster replied to maomao's topic in Georgia

   Since you are in the US under H-4 visa category, that means your spouse or parent is the main beneficiary of a work visa (specifically, H-1B). Now, what form are you referring to -- an application form for licensing or for the school? In any case, yo...

2. Visa Screen Certificate / CGFNS

   visamaster replied to suzanne4's topic in Registration

   ---------------------------- I know of four applicants who had the same problem with CGFNS. I suggest you do the following: 1) Inform ICHP (that special branch under CGFNS) of your concerns via email, clearly rectifying the erroneous data. 2) Send vi...

3. student visa in US

   visamaster replied to de_g's topic in International

   -------------------- If you have been included in the actual immigration petition, then you or your petitioner should have requested expedited processing of your case before you were about to turn 21 -- on the assumption that your priority date is in...

4. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

   visamaster replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration

   ---------------- Hi, As regards your concerns: 1) Your MSN will be definitely crucial in the EB-2 application. But it must be certified to possess US equivalency (I presume that you are a Filipino). There are academic equivalency certification firms ...

5. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

   visamaster replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration

   H-1B visa does not require a master's degree. Although EB-2 visa may be approved at the USCIS level on the basis of the MA degree, there is less probability of approval at the consular level. Same thing with H-1B: The visa application may be approved...

6. What are your plans as a RN?

   visamaster replied to gemini_star's topic in Philippines

   As a nurse who has educated himself about the ins and outs of US and UK nursing opportunities, I can offer these personal strategies: 1. Our primary short-term goal is to earn money, while keeping an eye on any nursing opportunity that appears by the...

7. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

   visamaster replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration

   Also, both H1-B and immigrant visa petitions require a PETITIONER (hospital, for instance) and a BENEFICIARY of the petition (the nurse). It takes two to tango. And there is the process. One does not simply fly to the US, look for a hospital or nurs...

8. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

   visamaster replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration

   ----------------- Asking nurses "to pay for their own way to the USA" is possible or allowed by law ONLY IF the visa used is immigrant visa (or green card). If the visa is H1-B, nurses may pay for their plane tickets but not for the petition-related...

9. Green card of nurses

   visamaster replied to cucukebede's topic in International

   ============= A more frank -- and accurate -- statement would be: Is the student visa a way of sneaking into the USA and trying to work illegally in the US? :imbar

10. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    visamaster replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration

    ========== There are requirements to satisfy. If the job itself justifies the use of the H-1B visa, and both the hospital as petitioner and the foreign RN as petition beneficiary qualify, then there is a possibility of the granting of the H-1B visa. ...

11. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    visamaster replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration

    ========= By Department of Labor approval, your agency must have meant the issuance of the Labor Condition Application. The next step would be the filing of the petition at the USCIS. Let's assume that the petition has been approved. The next step th...

12. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    visamaster replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration

    ========================= Bravo to your little remark that deflates the illusions of most nurses! (We feel sorry for them, though.) H-1B is only for workers whose intended work in the US requires a bachelor's degree. In this case, the only nursing wo...

13. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    visamaster replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration

    ============================= h-1b requirements have to be followed in either good times or bad times -- or during shortage or no-shortage times. h-1b rules are still in place whether the actual work site is in a city or in the boondocks. consistenc...

14. H1b Visa for nurses under FY 2010

    visamaster replied to LemuelRN's topic in Immigration

    ================= Silverdragon is correct. Just because the H-1B visa petition has been approved by the USCIS does not mean that the visa application at the Consular level will be approved as well. Petition approval by the USCIS does not guarantee vi...