Can International Students with Associate of Nursing and RN license work in USA

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Hello all, I just got my RN license and am wondering if international students have to obtain a bachelors degree first to work in the USA in a hospital. I was hoping to gain experience and study at the same time, but friends say you need a bachelors as an international student.

Think about getting the higher degree as Medsurg nurse has stated. It keeps you here as a student, but it will also be very expensive for you. Keep all your options open, be prepared that you will have to go home after your studies are over and your opt is exhausted. But make sure you get that degree that will be valid in Sweden, so that way you can work in Sweden as a RN while you're waiting for your green card, or you get your specialty and wait for your H1b visa. Things can get better by 2012 or 2012but no guarantees that a visa will be waiting, so it's better to have all your ducks in a row.

BTW, where is Krokomosse?? I know it's in Sweden and forgive me if I mispelled the place. I had a friend who was a foreign exchange student from Sweden and lost touch with her, and have been trying to find her ever since. She was from that place.

you are right, have to do some serious thinking.

About krokomosse, I didnt even know that we had a city (village) called like that in sweden! Lol, but I google it and Its located outside Kungalv. the correct name of that village is "kroksmosse".

I can search for that person. What is his/her name?

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If you go the MSN route you may find it easier to get a GC as long as you can get a job at that level. Nurses generally come in at EB3 level but if the job meets EB2 or 1 then you can go that route and for most AOS which means can start the process and file 485 (which allows you to work whilst being processed (once approved))

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Hi Iam an international student just got my RN license in California after I graduated from a ADN program in CA. I found a hospital that is willing to sponsor me for the employment, but as they learned that it takes at least a BSN to geta work visa, they quit. It is a sad thing for me , but it is a hard reality for international students with RN license, but without BSN. Can I ask you where and when youi got your sponsorship?

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Hi Iam an international student just got my RN license in California after I graduated from a ADN program in CA. I found a hospital that is willing to sponsor me for the employment, but as they learned that it takes at least a BSN to geta work visa, they quit. It is a sad thing for me , but it is a hard reality for international students with RN license, but without BSN. Can I ask you where and when youi got your sponsorship?

Currently you will find it hard due to retrogression and H1b requires BSN minimum. May have to consider either maintaining F1 status or looking at another country that accepts ADN

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