Can Foreign Nurses get Government Jobs with a Permenant Resident Status?

U.S.A. Texas

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I'm a Filipina Nurse licensed in this state. I'm happily married to a wonderful husband. Recently, I applied for a Government Nursing Home Job that said "US Citizens" and "Status Candidates" can apply for the position.

Being that I currently work as a VA Nurse in another state for the past 4 years, and have Permanent Resident Status here in the US, I figure I can apply for a Government position and fall under the category of a "Status Candidate". On a side note, although I work as a VA Nurse, I'm technically a "state employee" [not Government Employee] as the Government partially funds this nursing home...not totally funding it as it appears with a traditional government job.

Was offered a tentative position, but they just rescinded the offer because my Permanent Residence Status is not good enough. Talk about giving your hopes up....HELP !!!!!

Anybody else run into this situation?

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Very confusing post. "Government" is not a meaningful descriptor, as there are governmental entities at all levels, including Federal, State, District, City, etc. Do you have a question or are you just making a comment?

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Very confusing post. "Government" is not a meaningful descriptor, as there are governmental entities at all levels, including Federal, State, District, City, etc. Do you have a question or are you just making a comment?

The question was in the title of the thread :

Can Foreign Nurses get Government Jobs with a Permanent Resident Status?

The body of the post was there to give more of a background but the main question was in the title. Thoughts?

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I guess since the offer was rescinded upon learning about your status as a permanent resident is looks Iike the answer to your question is no?

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The general rule is you must be a United States (U.S.) citizen to work for the U.S. government. So, if applying to work with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, you must be a U.S. citizen and having permanent residence isn't enough. State and local governments may have different rules regarding who is eligible to work with them; however, employment with them is does not confer "status" for U.S. government employment. "Status" comes from being a current U.S. government employee or belonging to certain groups like: former U.S. government employees eligible to be re-employed, certain categories of veterans and so on. In certain rare situations, a U.S. government agency can petition for permission to hire a non-citizen for a hard-to-fill position.

Previously, I was employed at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affair facility that was staffed with maybe 25% Filipinos. This included nurses, doctors, drivers, supply persons, building repairmen and so on.

If I'm remembering correctly, USAjobs.com has a thorough explanation of work eligibility requirements.

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