Shortage Time From UK-USA

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Thought I would start a new thread. I want to know what is the shortest time that any RN has taken to emigrate from UK to the USA? And there are a few of us on here who are starting off or who are on the long road and some nearing the end, and it would be nice to get an average length of time.

For the record most of you know I am going via an agency (cause I didnt find this web site til after I took nclex)

I joined the agency 1st August 2004.

I took my NCLEX 17th january 2005,

Visa screen approved end April 2005

Medical 29th October

Interview US embassy 16th November 2005

Arrived in US 1st Dec 2005

My papers were filed for visa screen and green card last day of January 2005.

It would also help others who are following in our footsteps :balloons:

Specializes in med/surg.

Just to let all you lovely people who wished me luck etc know - I passed! PHEW!!

I did spend ALL the time while I waited for my result on this site & it kept me sane but is the reason you'll find little posts from me ALL over the shop:lol2:

Thanks again everyone, your messages of support meant soooooo much to me.

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Just to let all you lovely people who wished me luck etc know - I passed! PHEW!!

I did spend ALL the time while I waited for my result on this site & it kept me sane but is the reason you'll find little posts from me ALL over the shop:lol2:

Thanks again everyone, your messages of support meant soooooo much to me.

Congratulations:balloons: I know how stressful it is waiting for the results to come. That's another step behind you now & another step closer.

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Well tried to edit the title to no avail so SHORTAGE stays!!!! My excuse emmm oh yes I worked in the UK when I started it and there was a nursing shortage:trout: to me

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Hi everyone

It has taken me 8 months to get NY CES (without an agency). The delay was due to CGFNS saying they had mailed the requests to NMC and my school of nursing when they had not. Then they kept saying they would and still did not do it! Eventually i spoke to a supervisor who went through my application with me and sorted it just like that! It is a nightmare to phone them and emails take ages for replies but you have to chase them if nothing changes for a few weeks on your on line status.

i now here that NY bon are taking 4 months to give ATT-can anyone confirm that. I wondered if I could apply to another State now that I have got CES?

We are buying a house in NC to rent as a vacation home. only reason I went with NY was because they will give you your license without a SSN.

If I went through NC I don't understand how I would get my license so that i could apply for a job and then get my Green Card without a SSN (which I can't get until I have a job)

Can anyone help? As someone else said it is killing us to keep visiting NC and coming home again and it will be worse now that we will saty in our own home on the lake!

I can vouch for HIFX the international exchange company. they charge no fees and give good exchange rate. You can transfer the pounds to them using your telephone /internet banking system for free but it takes 5 days or you can do a CHAPS transfer at the bank and pay £20 and it will go immediately.They don't cahrge for the onward wire transfer after they have changed it to USD.

On the subject of US bank accounts I have heard people who are non US residents having US bank accounts and an internet search revealed several sites offering this. They charge a small fee. I have not tried yet but here are some websites

http://www.usaccountsetup.com

http://www.bank-account-usa.com

I think you get a visa card which enables you to build credit history

Grateful if anyone can help with ATT questions etc

Sue

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Hi everyone

It has taken me 8 months to get NY CES (without an agency). The delay was due to CGFNS saying they had mailed the requests to NMC and my school of nursing when they had not. Then they kept saying they would and still did not do it! Eventually i spoke to a supervisor who went through my application with me and sorted it just like that! It is a nightmare to phone them and emails take ages for replies but you have to chase them if nothing changes for a few weeks on your on line status.

i now here that NY bon are taking 4 months to give ATT-can anyone confirm that. I wondered if I could apply to another State now that I have got CES?

We are buying a house in NC to rent as a vacation home. only reason I went with NY was because they will give you your license without a SSN.

If I went through NC I don't understand how I would get my license so that i could apply for a job and then get my Green Card without a SSN (which I can't get until I have a job)

Can anyone help? As someone else said it is killing us to keep visiting NC and coming home again and it will be worse now that we will saty in our own home on the lake!

I can vouch for HIFX the international exchange company. they charge no fees and give good exchange rate. You can transfer the pounds to them using your telephone /internet banking system for free but it takes 5 days or you can do a CHAPS transfer at the bank and pay £20 and it will go immediately.They don't cahrge for the onward wire transfer after they have changed it to USD.

On the subject of US bank accounts I have heard people who are non US residents having US bank accounts and an internet search revealed several sites offering this. They charge a small fee. I have not tried yet but here are some websites

http://www.usaccountsetup.com

http://www.bank-account-usa.com

I think you get a visa card which enables you to build credit history

Grateful if anyone can help with ATT questions etc

Sue

I would just stick with NY and get ATT and sit NCLEX. I was wondering about you going to NY and talking about CES as I thought they did CVS. Still going to another BON may just delay you atleast with NY you are just waiting for ATT and can than register with pearsonvue to sit NCLEX

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Hi Guys

I got all my USA $ banking stuff over the past week, all done through our UK bank that have branches in USA. Have debit cards, check books and credit card. We had to laugh though credit card limit is a whopping $500 however will we manage to spend so much lol, still at least we have one & I guess we have to start somewhere. As for the checks what are they all about I need instructions :confused: lol they are not like the UK ones at all (& you have to pay when you write one!). We feel like teenagers again having to learn all about the big wide world of banks & bills it seems so funny not knowing about stuff that has become 2nd nature here in the UK:chair: .

We transferred some funds in to the $ account today just to make it feel more real.:twocents:

We still have no buyer for the house & we have dropped the price again, I just dont know what else to do. The estate agent said we should not drop the price as it is already well under it's value. Any one else having trouble selling??:uhoh3:

We have waited so long for the whole visa process to be held up now by the blasted house is just my luck.:angryfire

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to get your credit started in the us, then use the credit card for a few hundred dollars each month, and clear it each month, then after 6 months ask them to increase the credit limit. but dont use all the credit on it and keep paying it off as this is how the credit system works. they like to see you use it a small amount at a time and to pay it, if you go to the limit and never clear it then its a bad sign.

eventually they like you to have credit cards with a lot of credit limit on it, but not to be needing it.........strange as it may seem.

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Hi Guys

I got all my USA $ banking stuff over the past week, all done through our UK bank that have branches in USA. Have debit cards, check books and credit card. We had to laugh though credit card limit is a whopping $500 however will we manage to spend so much lol, still at least we have one & I guess we have to start somewhere. As for the checks what are they all about I need instructions :confused: lol they are not like the UK ones at all (& you have to pay when you write one!). We feel like teenagers again having to learn all about the big wide world of banks & bills it seems so funny not knowing about stuff that has become 2nd nature here in the UK:chair: .

We transferred some funds in to the $ account today just to make it feel more real.:twocents:

We still have no buyer for the house & we have dropped the price again, I just dont know what else to do. The estate agent said we should not drop the price as it is already well under it's value. Any one else having trouble selling??:uhoh3:

We have waited so long for the whole visa process to be held up now by the blasted house is just my luck.:angryfire

I never get charged for writing a cheque-I would check out the banks when you live here, because you use cheques more often here than you would back home.

I cannot emphasis more to all you coming over here get an American Express card from the UK because when you get here they will give you an American one, and you will get $5000 credit on it.

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Hi Guys

I got all my USA $ banking stuff over the past week, all done through our UK bank that have branches in USA. Have debit cards, check books and credit card.

Hope you don't mind me asking, but which UK bank was able to do that for you? I am with Natwest and I am not sure if they have branches in the US although I haven't asked yet. I would be grateful for any advice.

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Hi Guys

I got all my USA $ banking stuff over the past week, all done through our UK bank that have branches in USA. Have debit cards, check books and credit card.

Hope you don't mind me asking, but which UK bank was able to do that for you? I am with Natwest and I am not sure if they have branches in the US although I haven't asked yet. I would be grateful for any advice.

HSBC bank

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I never get charged for writing a cheque-I would check out the banks when you live here, because you use cheques more often here than you would back home.

I cannot emphasis more to all you coming over here get an American Express card from the UK because when you get here they will give you an American one, and you will get $5000 credit on it.

I have an american express card UK, got it just for the move. Have used it a few times & paid it off.

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to get your credit started in the us, then use the credit card for a few hundred dollars each month, and clear it each month, then after 6 months ask them to increase the credit limit. but dont use all the credit on it and keep paying it off as this is how the credit system works. they like to see you use it a small amount at a time and to pay it, if you go to the limit and never clear it then its a bad sign.

eventually they like you to have credit cards with a lot of credit limit on it, but not to be needing it.........strange as it may seem.

i think thats a bit like the uk though. we have around 25,000 limit here but always pay it off what we spend as soon as we get the bills so we never pay interest but have good credit rating.

i just want a credit rating so we can get stuff like cars & a mortgage without to much trouble. as we will be moving to la & property like we have here is about $600,0000 so to get somthing a little better we will need a mortgage, as we want to keep some money in the bank for emergency (after reading about madwife you just never know)

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