Sorry to have to post something like this, but I have been receiving horror story after horror story the past few weeks, and there is absolutely no reason that you have to put up with any of those lies.
From DHEL28's agency placing 9 people in one apt without heat in NYC in the winter, and only one bathroom, they were told that accommodations were provided. And not even a bed, they had to buy that for themselves. To another agency incorrectly filling out documents so that the nurse got denied, then telling the nurse that the agency was going to pay for an attorney to go to Washington DC to correct things. But one year later they have not been resubmitted with the corrections, and number two, the immigration centers are not in Washington D.C. And this nurse was also told that the agency would know twenty seconds after arriving in the US that he was here. Impossible. And another that had a $25,000 cancellation policy but told that if she tried to leave, it would cost her about $100,000.
If you are having issues with your agency being untruthful and taking advantage of you, please contact the Embassy for your country here in the US, as well as the US Embassy in your home country where you had your interview.
Once you have arrived in the US, you cannot be deported. Do not let an agency threaten you with this. The green card gives you permanent residency.
yes. that's what i read in their commitment letter and doesnt mention the breach. i havent given them my answer yet. i found a nursing home is hiring and can sponsor. it just make me for sure that rehab facility/ ltc is more willing to sponsor and easier to find. but for international nurse, how do you think if she starts her 1st american job from ltc?
i know about colar goldwater hospital. they ask you to sign something like,"in exchange of sponsorship i will work in this hospital for not less than 3 years". they will neither pay for the lawyer nor the visa fee(uscis). they won't give any relocation bonus ......talk to the nurse recruiter herself about the penalty for breaching contract. if you have read the contract paper it doesn't mention anything about the buy out fee.
Sorry, but you should not be going to a nursing home. You will have over thirty patients that you will be legally responsible for and that just is not good. There are too many things that are different just in phrases than even beginning to think about nursing things. You need a good, solid orientation program of at least one month and I can promise that you will not get it.
I had lunch the other day with a nurse from Australia who had been in the US just one week, and has years of actual recent ICU experience in her home country, and she was quite surprised by the differences in the English between the two countries, and that doesn't even include the medical part of things, though she was having a laugh with it. Especially since some of the phrases used in different countries are quite different.
I will give you a simple easy one: BM, in the US means poop or bowel movement. In the UK, it means a Blood Glucose Level.
I am A nurse From the UK and was thinking about joining an agency to move out to the states. Been looking around the Washington State area, any good agency's around there and which to avoid?
First, have you actually taken NCLEX-RN and passed? Depending on when you qualified, your training may ned some additional course to meet the requirements for the US. I highly suggest that you cocncentrate on getting permission to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam, as well as your Visa Screen Certificate first.
I would like to know which agencies are good in the NYC metropolitan area. I am graduating in May 2006 with BSN here in the US and will need to be sponsored. Could you e-mail me personally with some names if there is an issue posting it on the forum?
First, have you actually taken NCLEX-RN and passed? Depending on when you qualified, your training may ned some additional course to meet the requirements for the US. I highly suggest that you cocncentrate on getting permission to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam, as well as your Visa Screen Certificate first.
No I have not sat my Exams yet, my origianl plan was so sign up with an agency and let them sort everything out. But after reading all this I have changed my mind and will be doing it all myself.
I am a Registered General Nurse (RGN), Registered Childrens Nurse (RCN), Nurse Pratitioner (NP), I have my Degree. I worked 1.5 years on heamatolgy, 6 years A&E, and 3 years in Primary Care working in a Doctors surgery.
Now I am waiting for my husband to finish his nurse training then we will be out in the states.
Sorry, but that is definitely not the way to do things.
Have you taken the NCLEX exam yet? I highly recommend that you get that done before doing anything else. The better facilities are demanding to see proof first.
This thread has really terrified me. I have recived my CGFNS Certificate and immediately have signed up to be represented by a particular agency based in California. I had signed a paper where it was mentioned that i have been informed about the conditions pertaining to my representation. It was not an official document and had no information or conditons.
The agency has promised to find me a job in California within a year from the date of signing document.
My employment contract would be for 2 years starting after i am permanently licensed. If i break the contract i would have to pay a sum of 20,000$.
The agency (not hospital) would provide housing for me, which i have to pay for(no allowance), a 4 room appartment with 2 nurse in each room.
As employment has not yet been secured. Based on the above, what do you all think? Am I legally bound to the Agency already?
Sorry, but putting 8 people in living quarters together like that is nor right, and how many bathrooms? One or two?
Sorry, but that is like living as illegal aliens.
To all of you, please read these contracts carefully before signing. They are legally binding documents, and you do not sign that you received something that you did not, such as one that says that everything has been explained to you in detail.
That's why I am not signing any contract...not until I see a good contract being offered...but up until now, I haven't seen one worth signing....
I have this gut feeling that one should sign a contract only after passing NCLEX and English exams, and getting the Visa Screen...but before that is not advisable...
Pls send me PM for the list of bad agency's that you encountered so that we can avoid them.tks
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yes. that's what i read in their commitment letter and doesnt mention the breach. i havent given them my answer yet. i found a nursing home is hiring and can sponsor. it just make me for sure that rehab facility/ ltc is more willing to sponsor and easier to find. but for international nurse, how do you think if she starts her 1st american job from ltc?