Any former/current PPTS student here?

jore from RP · Apr 6, 2008

Hi everyone!

Once again, any former/current PPTS (Philippine Paramedical and Technical School) student here?

Hoping to hear a response from someone.

Thanks!

suzanne4, RN · Apr 8, 2008

You are going to find very few posting from there, there have been a few in the past, but have not seen any from there lately.

Since their programs are not recognized for licensure in any other countries, do believe that some are finally getting the message.

khirbz · Apr 9, 2008

I know someone who is currently take PPTS LPN course. They are also having their clinical duty at our hospital!

jore from RP · Apr 23, 2008

I know someone who is currently take PPTS LPN course. They are also having their clinical duty at our hospital!

Hi Khirbz,

Do you personally know him/her.. Like, is she really your friend or just an acquintance from duty? Well, I just want to know his/her plans after taking the LPN course when we know for a fact that the LPN course when taken in the Philippines is not eligible to get a green card nor a working visa for the US. I hope you can get a chance to ask him/her. :nuke: I'm just really curious if these people enrolled in this program are aware of the situation. I'm just concerned for them.

Thanks! :wink2:

khirbz · Apr 24, 2008

Hi Khirbz,
Do you personally know him/her.. Like, is she really your friend or just an acquintance from duty? Well, I just want to know his/her plans after taking the LPN course when we know for a fact that the LPN course when taken in the Philippines is not eligible to get a green card nor a working visa for the US. I hope you can get a chance to ask him/her. :nuke: I'm just really curious if these people enrolled in this program are aware of the situation. I'm just concerned for them.
Thanks! :wink2:

I know her personally. We've been friends for quite a while. She's already done with the LPN course and they have a continuing education for a another year so that they have an RN status and they can take the NCLEX-RN. Their curriculum she said is US based curriculum. From time to time they are assured of work in the US. I'm not really sure if their school administrators statements are true. Their school even assured them of assistance in applying for work and NCLEX-RN. Lets hope and pray that their time and efforts will not be in vain...

jore from RP · Apr 28, 2008

I know her personally. We've been friends for quite a while. She's already done with the LPN course and they have a continuing education for a another year so that they have an RN status and they can take the NCLEX-RN. Their curriculum she said is US based curriculum. From time to time they are assured of work in the US. I'm not really sure if their school administrators statements are true. Their school even assured them of assistance in applying for work and NCLEX-RN. Lets hope and pray that their time and efforts will not be in vain...

Hi khirbz! :nuke:

I think you're talking about the ASN program. Is that it? Well, I just hope it's for real :nuke:

suzanne4, RN · Apr 28, 2008

Again, they are being given false hope. Your government requires the BSN for licensure there, which means that the two year ADN degree is not acceptable for immigration here and they will not be able to get a visa for the US.

Licensure and immigration are two very different things and they have different requirements. And I sure that it is the same program that was telling the LPNs that they could easily work in the US, but failed to tell them that it would be with an illegal visa and that they are now getting deported from the US.

And with a five year wait or so, where is someone going to get experience as an RN when your own country does not recognize the training, and other countries will not accept it for licensure either.

Sorry, but the only one that will benefit is the owner of the school. No one else. And for the joint programs that were started and the final semester done in CA, there still have not been any that have gotten the green card to work in the US based on that training.

If one wishes to take a shortcut for the US, they are going to be bitten on the backside quite hard when they find that they are unable to do anything with all of the money that they have spent.

We are expecting the US to require experience once again, so that knocks them flat down and with the increase in the number of applicants for green card petitions from your country, why in the world would someone wish to go for training where they may never be able to use it. It is not a requirement of the US that they accept whatever short-cuts that your government wants to put into place for us to accept, but they do not even accept it.

Sorry, but the thought of this all happening and people actually listening to these corrupt people is just disgusting.

khirbz · May 1, 2008

Hi khirbz! :nuke:
I think you're talking about the ASN program. Is that it? Well, I just hope it's for real :nuke:

It might be. But she's now considering of going to UK as a student. Because she now knows that it's hard to get an immigrant visa for the US given that she only have a ladderized program for nursing. She'll be having part time work while studying in UK. Goodluck on her...

suzanne4, RN · May 1, 2008

It might be. But she's now considering of going to UK as a student. Because she now knows that it's hard to get an immigrant visa for the US given that she only have a ladderized program for nursing. She'll be having part time work while studying in UK. Goodluck on her...

Sorry, but your friend is trying to grab at straws. Even with going thru any type of training program in the UK, they are not for the RN role either, and one will not be able to remain in the UK since there are no visas available there either. And this includes the rest of the EU as well.

Suggest that your friend take the time to do some reading on the UK forum about these unprofessional programs that do nothing but benefit the owner the school over in the UK. It will not get her a visa to work there when she is done with this so-called training program that is purely a farce.

khirbz · May 2, 2008

I asked another student from PPTS again this on how will they be able to work abroad. I just want to clarify things directly from them of what they are being told. He said that they'll apply for student traiing programs in the US. They'll use their LPN program as a proof that they need training before working in the US. So while waiting for the retrogression to be over they are already in the US waiting for their visa. Easy to think for me but hard to digest as I did some thorough reading here that there is practically no hope for LPN graduates here to land a job abroad.

suzanne4, RN · May 4, 2008

We do not have student training programs in the US when the person has trained in another country. The retrogression applies to RNs only as they are the only ones that even qualify for a visa to work in the US.

The H2-B that many of these scam schools are boasting about are actually getting people deported for immigration fraud. That type of visa is not available for nurses at all, it is for unskilled laborers for a short period,

The retrogression is also just for the green card, and again the LPN does not qualify for that.

Your friends can say all that they want, but there is not one thing that they can do legally to work in the US if they do not already hold a visa that will permit them to work here.

The US does not offer work permits for those with LPN training in the first place, never have and never will as we do not have a shortage of people with this training. Same way that Canada does not have a shortage either.

And any student visa in the US does not permit one to work either. And the student must provide proof that they can pay for their tuition and living expenses as well. The training in the Philippines usually does not meet requirements for the bridge program in the US as they do not have any training here in the first place.

Sorry, but your friend is looking for short-cuts and there are not any.

Closing this thread since there is no way to legally work in the US with this training, and this is just going around and around in circles and nothing being accomplished by it.

There are already several threads about these LPN programs as it is.