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I am a Chinese nurse. I am waiting for my education to get approved right now. Is there anyone else from China? Do you feel hard to find a job in the USA? please share with me your experience, thank you!

I hope that I could meet some friends here we can support each other spiritually!

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Hi, I was a nurse in Shanghai for 5 years. Currently, I am studying in a nursing program in CA. I feel it is pretty hard to find a job here in US as a foreigner. I would like to share my experience with you.

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On 12/4/2019 at 9:06 PM, makijuan said:

Hi, I was a nurse in Shanghai for 5 years. Currently, I am studying in a nursing program in CA. I feel it is pretty hard to find a job here in US as a foreigner. I would like to share my experience with you.

hi，i am also living in ca! nice to meet you! but I am a little wondering why you don't use your China education experience to get the license? is it practicable? thank you!

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Hi, I am an experienced nurse from China. And I don't have difficulties to get a job. but work permit is the problem. Do you apply for EB3? and how do you apply for it? I would like to hear some recommendations about it. Thank you very much.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

EB3 is employer based so employer has to file your application via lawyer the issue you have is finding employer willing to wait 12 years for you to get interview and approval to move on immigrant visa

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Is that the same if nurses apply for EB3 within the US and outside of the US? I am currently in New York and going to graduate from nursing major and another major. I did double majors. And I have active New York state RN license and six years nursing experience in China. The visa bulletin in August 2020 shows the final action date is 15FEB2017 for Chinese from Mainland. Could you tell me about the time for waiting a green card because I don't know why it will take me 12 years. Thank you very much.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

EB3 is employer based and is based on place of birth so doesn’t matter if in the US or outside the US. Quiet a jump from July to Aug but good for you in one way however, even from within the US you are still affected by the waiting time which has decreased from 2008 to 2017 and to maintain legal status you will either have to find employer willing to file EB3 but also employ you on a H1b visa that isn’t affected by the cap. Example a university hospital. This means you can stay in the US working whilst waiting. Alternative is staying as a student. You do have options of OPT if you qualify and have applied for it a few months before you graduate which helps you gain some US experience but many struggle to find a employer with OPT. You may benefit from speaking to a immigration lawyer experienced with nurses

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

I stand corrected EB3 for July for someone from China was 2016 not 2008. Be aware that’s dates move backwards as well as forward so once you find employer and your I140 is filed and approved you need to keep an eye on dates as the I140 approval date is your priority date

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