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If you back and review any of my past postings on this, always stated that is was better for nurses to be under their own bill and not included with guest worker program or with illegal immigrants.

Always easier to address one single bill, then one that has 1000 plus parts to it, as well as pages. Short and simple is always the way to go.

And now that the CIR is dead for now, then they can go on with the bills concerning the nurses. Still do not forsee anything being signed before August at the earliest.

If the retrogression does become history by this fall, remember that there still are not enough visas for all that desire to work in the US. The US is never going to have an unlimited cap on visas for nurses, just is not going to happen.

Those that started the process two years ago, should have been in thge US by now. Plain and simple. Either their agency did not do what they promised to do, or their attorney forgot to include the required information with the petition in the first place. And we have seen this happen over and over again. And the nurse overseas working in another country and never made it back for their interview with the US Embassy. These are not problems caused by the Immigration Service, but they are usually blamed for it.

Many of the stronger nursing unions in the US, and the more vocal ones have the backing of the major unions in this company. You are not going to see unlimited visas pass, as many of you keep stating that will happen.

The US is not as short as is being marketed overseas by some agencies. That is just not the case.

And in some areas, American nurses are having problems finding jobs, so importing foreign nurses is not going to be something that they are going to support.

I am trying to give both sides of the story, not just what some of the immigration attorneys are portraying, or even some agencies that oculd care less about you. I have seen immigration attorneys that have nurses start working in January when they just came over to the US in December on a tourist visa. That is something very illegal to do, yet they tell them that it is fine..............they are getting money for each hour that the nurse works, and when they get picked up and deported, the issue becomes that the nurse should have known better, and they did.

Specializes in awaiting for Schedule A visa...

I agree that it is better for this current CIR to be dead for now....there is nothing in it that will help foreign nurses...it's all about border security and legalization of illegals....much worse, nurse will get fewer points in the "merit-based system" than other professionals.

Visa recapture or atleast forward movement in the priority dates will give us hope.

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many of the stronger nursing unions in the us, and the more vocal ones have the backing of the major unions in this company. you are not going to see unlimited visas pass, as many of you keep stating that will happen.

the us is not as short as is being marketed overseas by some agencies. that is just not the case.

and in some areas, american nurses are having problems finding jobs, so importing foreign nurses is not going to be something that they are going to support.

this is correct. in the philippines this june 2007, 76,000 or so are taking the local nursing board examinations, a record number in philippine nursing history. these include the fresh takers, second coursers and those who were made to retake the last year's controversial examination. many here probably think that there is an inexhaustible demand for nurses in the us, which susan has rationally explained, is only half the story. the majority of filipinos are taking up nursing, their sights aimed on the us and leaving this country the fastest way possible. universities here are clogged up with thousands who have taken up nursing. sooner or later, a demand is always met, same with the current situation. you can't always get what you want, it depends on market forces and lots of factors for the nursing profession.

patience is a virtue.:nono:

Yep,same thing happen to the Physical therapist.

Yep,same thing happen to the Physical therapist.

There actually is still a shortage of physical therapists in the US and they have actually been fast-tracked right along with the nurses under Schedule A. They actually are required to have at least a Master's degree now, and actually now going towards the doctorate for licensing in the US. And a facility definitely does not use as many PTs as nurses, but there is still a demand for them.

Schedule A was not just for nurses, but most never bothered to see who else was included in that. And there are still Physical Therapy jobs available all over. Not sure where you were looking or what your credentials were like.

yeah ^_^

Any news about JULY VISA BULLETIN.......

When is it going to get released?

:devil: visa bulletin for July will be posted this week or next week. Hope it hops a little farther.

The Visa Bulletin comes out on the 10th of the month prior, you see delays with it being posted when it is on a weekend day sometimes. But it is never a week or two later.

Again, do not expect to see jumps in the PD dates. And with any date listed in a Bulletin, that does not go into effect until the first of the month that the Bulletin is published for. So if the Bulletin came out last month, the new dates did not start until the 1st, how in the world do they know what exactly is available and who wants what in just a day or two. It takes time to get the Visa Bulletin together, it is not done just over night.

And again, there are still many more that are applying than there are going to be visas available. Period.

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dont tell me, we are all supposed to be in nursing for the glamour.....

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Good to know. Thank you.

Point well taken. I feel the same way at times and read this site daily for news and information from those that are able to decipher what is going on in the news. On the immigration note my family has made a lot of sacrifices and we are anxious to see an end to the retrogression. It seems the government is pretty determined in passing CIR. I am really worried what this will mean for nurses. The more I read about it the more worried I become. I read somewhere today that Visas for parents of U.S. citizens would be capped annually at 40,000 and those for spouses and children at 87,000". I am not sure if that would mean that my family would have to leave the US when we are able to apply and wait for Visas if only the primary is given a Visa, or if that would just mean a further delay for all of us since dependents are limited. Currently we are in a holding pattern and can't visit our families and I have an ailing father who I have not seem for quite some time. I am hoping we will know soon if an end of retrogression is in sight.

CIR was originally created to deal with illegal immigrants and temporary workers here for a limited time. Nothing more and nothing less. Then it was decided by a few that it should emcompass everyone. But when you add nurses to it, any change to any bill for nurses would be tied to the rest of the CIR, and that was never a good move from day one.

Again, you are speaking of things that are in the CIR and do not apply to you in most cases. Your family would be petitioned at the same time as you, what you are reading about is when family members are petitioned once you have your citizenship and could petition your parents, etc. Or siblings. Your spouse and children would be included as your dependents and do not have to leave the country. You are speaking of something that only affects those that you could petition to join you after you have become a US citizen.

Still do not see the CIR passing as it is. There have already been so many changes that it is not even the same as when it was first written.

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