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Also, the person can't endorse, since there's no license to endorse. All the poster would be doing is forwarding the results to another state that doesn't require a ss#. Which BTW, doesn't mean that they wont require a ss# when the license is due to expire.

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I haven't heard of anything like that...and i don't think that's possible...paying the hospitals for you to get the experience you want because you want to stay in America?????

Getting into a Nursing program here is in the U.S. is not easy at all. There are plenty of students competing for a spot and that includes limitation of clinical sites and students the hospitals can accomodate. Maybe it would be best to work as RN in your country and come up with so much work experience for you resume. Goodluck

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I totally agree silverdragon that why if he would have planned to come here with his tourist visa, if he had one, I would absolutely discourage him. Im here in the US right now and I know the current situation here. The recent visa bulleting shows JUN01 2002 and I am well aware of the retrogression =)

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i actually applied for maryland. not california. i passed the nclex. does anybody know if maryland gives license without SSN?

also heard from a friend's friend that your local experience will not be recognized in the US. is this true?

i guess this means you just work in your country to have some confidence and some sort of exposure. but you have to train again if you arrive there.

that friend also told me you'll have a chance of finding a job with a working visa instead of an immigrant visa. do you need to apply for visascreen if you get a working visa?

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Originally Posted by mrmiyagi

i actually applied for maryland. not california. i passed the nclex. does anybody know if maryland gives license without SSN?

also heard from a friend's friend that your local experience will not be recognized in the US. is this true?

i guess this means you just work in your country to have some confidence and some sort of exposure. but you have to train again if you arrive there.

that friend also told me you'll have a chance of finding a job with a working visa instead of an immigrant visa. do you need to apply for visascreen if you get a working visa?

For work or immigrant visa you need VSC.

It will depend on the hospital to whether they accept any experience you have or not. The hospital I had a job with did except my experience.

For a work visa you need to be a specialist in an area and the hospital needs to a) prove that they can not employ a USC or LR in that job and b) the job is a specialist job and you are experienced in that area

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@ mr miyagi,

i dont think Maryland requires SSN. just wait for your license. it will be mailed to you, or if they do require SSN you will receive a letter stating that you passed NCLEX but they cant release your license until you have your SSN. You can contact Maryland BON for more information about this.

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Originally Posted by Silverdragon102

For work or immigrant visa you need VSC.

It will depend on the hospital to whether they accept any experience you have or not. The hospital I had a job with did except my experience.

For a work visa you need to be a specialist in an area and the hospital needs to a) prove that they can not employ a USC or LR in that job and b) the job is a specialist job and you are experienced in that area

I agree with silverdragon on this. Be careful of recruiters that offer H1B. Its not for general nurses. The USCIS is now more vigillant about these applications. I have friends who were recently denied of H1B applications. I am here on an H1C visa which unfortunately will expire come December 2010. I mean the program will expire on December 2010 so you will probably not find any of the 14 hospitals allowed to petition through H1c to be hiring through this program. And again, as of now theres no hiring here because of the economy.

As for the hospital experience(employed), they do recognize the hospital experience that we get there. My hospital here recognized my work experience and that was a factor in determining my hourly rate. As to volunteer experience, I am not sure about that. As what silverdragon said, it depends on the hospital

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New Mexico, and Vermont are the only ones who I know will issue a license with out a ss#. I thought I heard someone say that Connecticut does too, but you will have to check that one out because I'm unsure about that one. If your local experience was volunteer, then I don't think it's accepted. But check, because you never know maybe someone will accept volunteer experience. Most places that I know of will say "great you have volunteer experience, but where's your paid work experience?" Good Luck

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Maryland should release your license since you are an NCLEX passer as long as you have fulfilled all of their requirements.

I'd reccomend getting a job in a US-based hospital in Dubai or Saudi Arabia for a year or two while you are processing your visa and waiting on retrogression to come around to your filing date.

DO NOT PAY TO WORK!!!

This is a scam and it is illegitimate
Additionally, the "work experience" you gain while paying to work won't mean anything to a US employer!

You worked for 4 years to get a BSN and now you are going to pay to use it? that's ridiculous.. it makes your degree worthless.
Don't do it.

After living here in RPH for more than two years I definitely have an appreciation for how little the government cares for its people; but paying for experience is not the way. Nurses need to boycott this practice.

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thanks for the reply guys. i'm currently looking for a job in a hospital in manila(capital of the philippines). it's harder to get a job here due to the volume of nurses in manila. i'm thinking of trying to get hospital experience from one of the provinces if i don't find a hospital in the city.

does it matter if my hospital experience is from the city of from the province?
does it matter how big(bed capacity) the hospital is?

thanks.