the time to check out an agency is before you sign the contract, not after. they are legally binding contracts and are not easily cancelled. and if you notice that many have large cancellation fees if you leave the contract, and that is even before you come to the us. or go to any other country.
please take the time to do a search on the agencies that you are considering. if the offer sounds too good to be true, compared to others in the are, then it is.
have seen agencies not live up to their promises, as well as those that follow every promise exactly.
if you have any doubts, check with the us embassy where you are. they are very aware of what is going on with some agencies.............but do not sign until you have valid information in front of you.
and if any agency guarantees approval in a certain number of days: run
no one has any control over what uscis can and will do, and they can't make a promise that will be met. right now, the retrogression is in place, and nothing past the i-140 is getting approved. not one thing, no matter what they tell you.
have anybody heard about agency - Medliant, based in san mateo, CA?
Please share info about them..
No hospitals petitioning in the Bay Area, this will not be for hospital assignments.
Suggest that you thoroughly check out any agency, and specifically where you will be assigned to work. You need to have one facility that you are working at when you come to the US, you have no American experience. Or you will be at the top of the list to lose a license. We do things very differently in the US than you do in your country.
Thank you... I have a question. You said that the salary differs if the agency or hospital recruits you, right? Then, how can I find a hospital that will recruit me? Because of so many agency issue, I really dont know if I can trust them even if they're approved by the POEA or US.
Looking for a US hospital who will sponsor you is quite difficult if you are in the Philippines as I have tried calling hospitals in various states but they gave a negative answer or they will refer you to agencies which provide them foreign nurses from the Philippines.
suzanne4, RN
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No hospitals petitioning in the Bay Area, this will not be for hospital assignments.
Suggest that you thoroughly check out any agency, and specifically where you will be assigned to work. You need to have one facility that you are working at when you come to the US, you have no American experience. Or you will be at the top of the list to lose a license. We do things very differently in the US than you do in your country.
Please be very careful with any agency.