2 other children not given a visa....

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Hello everyone I need your opinion on something, my cousin was petitioned by an agency and is already here (USA). She came here (USA) ahead of her family but the thing is not everyone were given a visa. Only her (a nurse), her husband and one child were given a visa. The other two visas were held for the reason that she need to pass her NCLEX. She came here (USA) as an immigrant in November took the exam and passed. When she sent her result to her husband to show it to the consul they said that they can no longer give the visas to her other two children because of the retrogression.

Should they have all been given a visa when they were interviewed? if not it should have been issued once she has shown proof of passing the exam. Please anyone share some light on this matter...

you're right suzanne, but it just happened that when I did pass my nclex, retrogression is about to start and I don't want to wait for another months or years to be able to be sponsored. I tried going to the hospitals for direct hiring but unfortunately it's so far away on our place and I did compute all my expenses if I'll be working on them and it turned out that it's not enough especially my 1 kid is here with me. The hospitals that are near on our location are accepting nurses only with 2 years experience which I don't have. Time is running out so I decided to sign up on an agency. With that salary, we have free housing privileges and our training is MED-SURG and TELEMETRY. I am willing to take this option for the betterment of my family. Anyways, 3 months is okay and time flies so fast.

Thank you so much for the info and I hope that other readers and members of allnurses.com will be enlightened.

I still do not agree with it. You are getting taken advantage of, plain and simple. And the three months will still not give you experience that will count significantly for anything, you will still be considered a new nurse with that.

And what is going to happen at the end of the three months? Are you so sure about that?

None of the reputable agencies do things like that. And that is why the US Embassy has gotten involved, because of all of the horror stories that have come out of stories like this.

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Let this serve as an eye opener to all of you that think that this type of contract is all that is out there. :angryfire

There are some very unscrupulous agencies out there, this salary is less than someone would get working at McDonald's as a student, let alone having a BSN. And it does not always end at the three months time frame. The agency is getting the full pay for the nurse.

Shame on them.

You would have been better off staying as a family in the Philippines and waiting then getting taken advantage of like this and the family split up.

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I wonder why your schools of nursing do not do at least minimal introduction to the hazards awaiting graduates. This is appropriate for discussion at the end of your program when you are getting the info you need regarding licensing and work, both in country and for those who plan to go abroad. In my program, for what it was worth, we got some hints along the way. After all, your teachers are your role models, and who else would be in a position to know and advise? I would think some of them would be experienced and come back home or at the least, have contacts in the US who would keep them informed. Furthermore, the school administration should have a responsibility toward its students to see that they can "swim" once they graduate and this means more than answer some questions correctly on a test. Forewarned is forearmed. I have gotten this impression by a lot of posts from people asking us for advice on this forum. Thank goodness for Suzanne and her vast knowledge of the way things work. Too bad she can't be readily avail to each graduating class overseas!

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Thank you for the nice note.:smilecoffeecup:

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