Two of my co-workers have stopped working as RN due to their OTP is expired. I would like to find out few questions.
1) is it ture that US immigration stop giving out Green card to international nurse?
OR it is very hard to geen cards for international nurses?
2) Will the immigration policy change back in the future?
3) Do you have any update information?
Thanks
newnurse01
1. no it has not stopped. it is currently suspended inview of more applicants versus the number of visas allocated.
2. us immigration policy has always been quite volatile. we have to keep track of what's happening with uscis-- visa bulletin and announcements. you can also check better known immigration forums and web pages
3. by october 2008, visa number assignments are expected to move again. this means all who are here in the u.s. and have approved immigrant petitions (i-140) from their employers will be able to file for their i-145 for adjustment of status, ead and ap etc. so they can start to WORK legally.
if your friends are associate degree rn's, they either have go back home or apply to get back to f1 status in order to keep a legal status and pursue a bsn. by getting a bsn, they increase their chances of getting hired again and being sponsored (under an h1b on top of eb3). hopefully, no i-140's have been filed on their behalf at this time because this will cause their f1 renewal to be disapproved.
Just want to say, most people start thinking about next step far in advance than 60 days. People start to ask questions even before they start nursing school. Always good to have a plan B. Especially for foreigners, abide all laws and rules of this country, be a good person, stay away from any trouble, illegal work, DWI, drugs. Be a person with morals. try your best, and hang there. There is always a way out for people who abide laws and rules, who work hard and work smart, who are motivated and willing to work hard twice or three times or four times than other people. Good luck to OP.
I'm sure many other people in similar situation will read this thread. A lot of them will have bachelor degrees already. Hopefully they can have some thoughts and get some useful information that can help them for their future.
Unfortunately many that post here did not even get the OPT before they graduated and therefore have only 60 days before they need to leave the country.
And one does not normally go from the BSN to a PhD program either.
Research to what they need to be doing needs to start months in advance, and many also get poor information from their international advisor as well and then are between a rock and a hard place.
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Regarding the information above, I am new grad with ADN and a hospital is willing to petition (I-140) me. What should I do?
The I140 will not give you permission to stay in the US and work, you will have to either stay as a student whilst your file is going through the process (may take years) or go elsewhere (another country) to gain nursing experience whilst file is in process. However some countries may not accept your ADN
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Thank you for your reply.
The hospital also consider apply H1-C for me. Can I do it for the same time while petitioning?
Only 14 hospitals have the OK to use H1C and there are usually bad reasons to the hospital having them i.e. really bad area location wise with none or very little in the way of safety. Also H1c expires in 2010 and doesn't look like it will be used after that and doubt AOS will be allowed by then
I just checked Murthy dot com's Visa Dates table and found that pretty much all EB-3 applications are labeled "U" which means unavailable. Is this pretty much accurate? If so does this pretty much mean things are in limbo for any EB-3 applicant at least until October 1 right?
Also has there been any documented cases that a nurse being granted an EB-2 application approval in order to get her green card? This is because as of today I think EB-2 is "C" or current for Philippines, Mexico and all others (except China and India).
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
I just checked Murthy dot com's Visa Dates table and found that pretty much all EB-3 applications are labeled "U" which means unavailable. Is this pretty much accurate? If so does this pretty much mean things are in limbo for any EB-3 applicant at least until October 1 right?
Also has there been any documented cases that a nurse being granted an EB-2 application approval in order to get her green card? This is because as of today I think EB-2 is "C" or current for Philippines, Mexico and all others (except China and India).
Joel
Nurses in general do not meet EB2 and nothing will move with EB3 now until the October bulletin comes out middle next month
mrsinister
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i was just checking the vb for july and eb3 visas are s till unavaialable. (sigh)