A "must-read" article...RETROGRESSION UPDATE

[azil2010]

i got this article from pinoyrn...

for more information....just click the link...

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:h.r.1001.ih:

a bill has been filed in the u.s. congress seeking to create a special non-immigrant visa category for filipino nurses and other foreign registered nurses.

the proposed legislation dubbed, "the nursing relief act of 2009" (h.r. 1001), will create a temporary w visa category for registered nurses. it will work in a very similar way as the h-1b visa except that the category is exclusive to registered nurses.

the proposed w visa cateogory will have a yearly numerical limit of 50,000. however, the cap may be increased depending on the demand for foreign nurses. a w visa will be valid for three (3) years at a time.

[azil2010]

"I couldn't get the link to work, but, regardless of what the article says, I am strongly opposed to increasing the # of nurses imported into the US from other countries. There are far too many unemployed (and underemployed) US nurses for the time being. Fortunately, I agree with NRSKaren that the bill will never pass"

You may copy/paste the “link” into the search bar, it will lead you to that article…

no worries for American Nurses that IEN’s (specially the Filipino Nurses) will take away the jobs which are now quite elusive especially to the newly graduates (according to the many who couldn’t find jobs from the other posts) as retrogression is currently going on and will still for long years I think.

And if one could qualify for a “specialist visa”, an employer may still proved they can’t employ a resident in your country.

hmm, why am I posting such topic?...to somehow update anyone here that there are legislators have these interests but yeah, it will surely never pass as it is illogical that such kind of bill may favorable to the IEN’s while your own people are struggling for that decent job.

But I must admit, am one of the thousand Filipinos who have that American dream…

but in the right time….I will fulfill my dreams, when things would go okay…amen.

[Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN]

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/obama-for-reducing-dependence-on-foreign-nurses_100163581.html

Here is the link.

[lamazeteacher]

Halleluyah!