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hi! do you guys know of anyone who was deported from the US just because he has already taken and passed the nclex?

I heard from my mom an hour ago that her friend's friend (Filipina Nurse) got an A-to-A (Airport to Airport) treatment upon arriving in LAX. It was her first time fly to the US and is an NCLEX passer. When she had her fingerprint scanned, it showed that she has passed the NCLEX. She was asked several questions and the officers had her email opened and found out that she has email exchanges with nursing yahoogroups. Now she is traumatized.

I am a frequent traveler (with a tourist's visa) to the US and just recently passed the NCLEX. I want to hear experiences of those tourists who passed the NCLEX (outside of US) upon their entry to the USA and was able to get through... (e.g What the officer asked them, etc.)

I plan to go there this summer (to visit my mother) but come back since my children are still studying here (in the Philippines). I have no pending petitions or even looked for a job in the US yet.

What should I be prepared for? Thanks!:typing

First of all, thank you for sharing this.

Being an NCLEX passer is definitely not the main reason why. It may have contributed to it but not the main reason why. It greatly depends on how one responds to the questions being asked by the officer and how it was answered. S/he must have given an answer that would have made the officer suspect that she has no intentions to go back home. That is always the main concern for tourists coming from PH and China and also the main criteria on giving tourist visas in the first place.

There is nothing to prepare for but just say what your real intentions are and answer honestly when asked. That is it.

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I have been to the USA numerous times since i passed my NCLEX never had a problem also been twice last yr when my case is completed and i am just waiting for my interview and medical, i also plan to travel to to the USA nxt week again but never once have i had a problem getting in to the USA, also i have property in the US and none now in the UK but obviously my job etc is here but like i said never had a problem in fact this has never crossed my mind.

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At the port-of-entry, a holder of a visitor visa must show that he/she has no intent to live in the US for good. If you are not able to prove this, then you might have a problem. Also if you have a negative record with them, it could be an issue. But I don't think that being a nurse or passing the NCLEX alone will make you deportable.

hi! do you guys know of anyone who was deported from the US just because he has already taken and passed the nclex?
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I heard from my mom an hour ago that her friend's friend (Filipina Nurse) got an A-to-A (Airport to Airport) treatment upon arriving in LAX. It was her first time fly to the US and is an NCLEX passer. When she had her fingerprint scanned, it showed that she has passed the NCLEX. She was asked several questions and the officers had her email opened and found out that she has email exchanges with nursing yahoogroups. Now she is traumatized.

I am a frequent traveler (with a tourist's visa) to the US and just recently passed the NCLEX. I want to hear experiences of those tourists who passed the NCLEX (outside of US) upon their entry to the USA and was able to get through... (e.g What the officer asked them, etc.)

I plan to go there this summer (to visit my mother) but come back since my children are still studying here (in the Philippines). I have no pending petitions or even looked for a job in the US yet.

What should I be prepared for? Thanks!:typing

i've been to USA last year to visit my family w/ no problem, i have passed the nclex before that and i also have an onging petiton ,no question was asked by the IO.

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As we have said over and over again, entry into the US needs final approval at the port of entry and that is up to the officer on duty at that time.

Just because one leaves the originating country without any problems, there is no clearance there by US agents, only at the airport departure lounge and by officials from your government. At the airline desk, they are only concerned that you have a valid visa for the US and a non-expired passport. Anything else is out of their concern.

And we have seen issues lately with more and more being deported from the US that have overstayed their visa and/or were working illegally. If you do not give them grounds to think that you will not be leaving when your departing flight states, then there is no issue most of the time. There has been a significant increase in the number from the Philippines that have come here and have overstayed their visas. They are cracking down on this, as well as the number that have come over here on tourist visas and did not return. In most cases they had dual intent, and they are looking for those that will attempt something. Even more so now because of the retrogression continuing for so long and the fact that many assume that they can just come here and remain. And that is not the case.

If you are not planning on doing something illegal, then there should not be any issue. Even with having taken and passed the NCLEX exam, there is no list of those that have taken it that is just available for immigration, but if they ask if you are a nurse and you state that you are, and then do not answer their questions correctly or give them doubt, they can not permit you to enter the US.

If you have not been given approval to enter, then there is no deportation to begin with. They just will not stamp your passport and will place you on a return flight to your country.

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To play it safe better create a new yahoo email account or gmail or whatever that does not contain nclex or US job-related sites. In reality, going through one's email, is an intrusion of one's privacy. Even though you are a tourist, they dont have right to go through your e-mail and make their judgement.

As long as you proved to them that you have intent of going back to your home country, I dont think they will deport you.

Good luck!

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To play it safe better create a new yahoo email account or gmail or whatever that does not contain nclex or US job-related sites. In reality, going through one's email, is an intrusion of one's privacy. Even though you are a tourist, they dont have right to go through your e-mail and make their judgement.

As long as you proved to them that you have intent of going back to your home country, I dont think they will deport you.

Good luck!

This is not the case anymore, and we are seeing more and more of them going thru a computer if it is on your person. If one does not wish to come to the US, then they do not need to have any issues.

They cannot deport if you have not been admitted to the US in the first place, until you actually clear customs, you are not in the US. Only in a holding pattern first of all.

The bigger issue is that they could care less if you have taken any exam or not, but if your intent is to remain in the US and not return home. There is no list that they have of all that have written the NCLEX exam, this repeatedly comes up and does not exist. Giving false statements to the immigration person will be cause for concern and secondary questioning, Nothing more than that.

And most that are just coming here for a two week visit or so do not bring their laptops from home as they will not have internet connection available to them if staying at a relative's home in the first place. If things are done on the up and up and not appearing like you are moving here or plan to stay for a very long time, then there is never any issue.

And anyone that was refused admission to the US, had something else going on besides passing of the NCLEX exam or having an I-140 that was being processed. There are nurses here that come to the US all of the time and do not have issues.

But to tell someone to try to do something to prevent information being given correctly is actually something that you do not want to do, it can definitely turn on you in the long run. There should not be anything that you need to hide from anyone when wishing to enter another country.

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Hi! I would like to ask if one can be sent airport-to-airport during the second visit to the US if he/she had applied in hospitals in the previous visit but didn't pursue the employment and just decided to go back to Philippines instead? Because that's my worry now. I have applied in the hospitals looking for opportunities that might be out there but I changed my mind now and want to go back to Philippines and just work there. I'm just worried it might cause a problem in the port of entry when I come back here again the next visit. Will they find out in any way about my application in the hospitals even if I didn't pursue the sponsorship or any employment? Will they take it against me when I come here next time? please help!

Thank you in advance for your attention to this inquiry.

Sincerely,

JRMQ

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As long as you show proof that you plan on returning home ie job letter, other commitments then you shouldn't have problems but at the end of the day the decision is the Officer at POE

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Hi! I would like to ask if one can be sent airport-to-airport during the second visit to the US if he/she had applied in hospitals in the previous visit but didn't pursue the employment and just decided to go back to Philippines instead? Because that's my worry now. I have applied in the hospitals looking for opportunities that might be out there but I changed my mind now and want to go back to Philippines and just work there. I'm just worried it might cause a problem in the port of entry when I come back here again the next visit. Will they find out in any way about my application in the hospitals even if I didn't pursue the sponsorship or any employment? Will they take it against me when I come here next time? please help!

Thank you in advance for your attention to this inquiry.

Sincerely,

JRMQ

There's always the possibility. They even check on your travel patterns such as coming back to the US within just a few weeks or months when the last visit already made full use of the full 6 mos., etc...

Also, being permitted to enter is very subjective to the officer that saw your case at the port of entry and if ever he has information on that it may not matter if it actually went through or not. The intention was there and that is usually enough for them not to let you in as there has been many instances that 1st time travelers to the US were never permitted to come in at the POE if the officer deemed the traveler as having high probability not to come back to their home country. And I presume that these immigration officers at the POE are also audited out regularly by their higher ups if they have missed something or not so they are extra careful of doing anything that may lead to loosing their jobs, esp. at these uncertain times in the US.

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