Canadians for travel assignments in the US

[chinotto_21]

Hey ya'll,

We are two Canadian RNs who have passed the NCLEX and are licensed in Minnesota. We are almost done doing the VisaScreens.

One of us has just finished an NP program through University of Toronto, and should be licensed by November.

My question is the following: Are there any Agencies (or Hospitals perhaps) who would recruit a Canadian NP for an assignment in the US ?

Thanks for your help

[Argo]

Yes.....

[chinotto_21]

Do you know which ones?

[trail_hiker]

Some agencies are more familiar and on top of the TN visa process but many recruiters are not. I'm working with a TN and I'd recommend being very well informed on the rules and specifics of the letters and documents required as they don't know or will often give incorrect info

[chinotto_21]

From my research, I found that most agencies recruit for RNs only, not NP. I haven't found an agency that'll work with NPs yet.

[NedRN]

No Google up north? A simple "np locum" returned a kazillion NP agencies.

[Argo]

They may not be up to speed on us calling them "locums". Most(if any)travel companies dont do "travel NP" they call them locums....

[NedRN]

While "np locum" is the better search term, "np travel" only returns good hits as well and you learn the word locum just from the results. I don't know how you can miss with Google unless you simply query "nurse travel" rather than be more specific. Kindergarten stuff.

The harder part is immigration status and SSN.

[chinotto_21]

Hi, Yes we do have Google up here. We also have many other things, Starbucks and McDonalds, to only name a few...

As Argo noted, I was running searches with keywords "agency", "travel", etc.. The only hit I was getting back was with CompHealth.

Now I learnt that "locum" is the proper term to be used. Thank you so much!

NedRN; I agree with you. The hardest part will be SSN and immigration. On that note, I was informed that it would be easier to simply start with a 13-week RN contract through an agency. Once the travel assignment complete, and with TN visa and SSN in hand, apply to a locum NP assignment. If I get the job, simply request a TN visa transfer

[trail_hiker]

You can't just request a TN visa transfer FYI if you get another position/job. You will need to return to the border and do the whole application process again with new documents and letters. It really isn't simple to switch employers on a TN as you have to 'start from square one' all over again. I would suggest really looking into things before making the move. I'm Canadian and working in the US on a TN and know the process very well