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has anyone received one of these??????

Ive had a couple of emails from people about this, it sounds horrendous.

opinions please

Specializes in Mostly Surgical.

I hate to bring this up again, but has anyone not signed the amendment? I have my visa appointment in two weeks time and they are saying they will not petition me without me signing it....

Im so stressed out about it!

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Specializes in renal,peritoneal dialysis, medicine.

take from me they mean it although i do wonder how legal this is....

saying that, if you intend to work out your contract then it shouldnt be an issue

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To Bongsau,

Up to now, i haven't signed the contract. They told me that my application was put on hold because of it. My instinct is telling me not to sign it. I am bothered as well.

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Specializes in renal,peritoneal dialysis, medicine.

had a discussion with a friend recently about this who is in the same position, their ceo in the UK had spoken to her about it, she asked what had happened to the nurses who hadnt signed and he said that he was happy to let them go anyway, and i dont mean go to the USA.

It will be interesting to see what they do in your case they need the nurses to go out there or they wont make any money, but are pushing for this new contract, if you called their bluff and didnt sign, i wonder what would really happen??

plus surely the uscis would be interested im sure....

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ogp international are only a very small part of one of the largest health care organisations in america. they operate in a large part of the world. uk nurses are easy to bring to the states as they already speak english and do a three year course which if its got the correct hours in it, is easy to get verified for the education requirements for the states.

i dont agree with the new contract, but in the same position, i would sign it to get here and just believe enough in myself that everything will be fine and its just a piece of paper.

letting you go at this stage of the game just means that they will concentrate on bringing someone else over.

the name of the companyis amn healthcare, google it and you will see just how big they are. they bring all sorts of healthcare workers over here and run several travel nursing companies.

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Specializes in renal,peritoneal dialysis, medicine.

well i signed and that says it all.....

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The issue is if you do not sign it, then they do not give you the required updated contract that you need for the interview and you do not get a visa. Unfortunately, they have you over a barrel.

We are actually seeing this more and more with agencies. Is it the correct thing to do? Not at all. I am sure that many of them never submitted the updated contract to immigration to be approved, and that is actually required of them to do.

Perhaps some of you will follow up on this once you are in the US and are working and have your green card in hand.

$45,000 is more than many will take home in one year of work after taxes are paid.

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Specializes in medical-surgical, CCU, Catheter Lab.

I did signed too!

Anyway, they said that they are waiting for my phase 1 approval and my papers were submitted before the retrogression. Which is good?/! But just praying and waiting for the phase 1 to get through...eventhough it is 9 months now from my PD.:(

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
I did signed too!

Anyway, they said that they are waiting for my phase 1 approval and my papers were submitted before the retrogression. Which is good?/! But just praying and waiting for the phase 1 to get through...eventhough it is 9 months now from my PD.:(

depends on which centre your file ended up at Nebraska or Texas, unfortunately no one has any control over which one as all go to Nebraska and they decide who to transfer. Both centres are taking several months and there are threads for both centres in the International forum. Also depends on whether they have asked for any further information on you.

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You are at the very beginning of the process. The time where you get the update contract to sign is just before your interview at the US Embassy. That is what many of these agencies have been doing. You can expect another updated contract to sign down the road. Especially since the immigration fees are going up significantly at the end of the this month.

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WOW this thread was very interesting.

i wonder what happened to all the people involved. Its been about 4yrs now, did anyone make it to the usa b4 retrogression?

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Specializes in med/surg.

Not that I know of. A couple of us are now happily settled in Canada though!

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