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Contract

Hi friends I am a nurse and I am going to immigrate to the USA. Explain me please, what are the negotiable parts of my contract in America Except for my salary? What are the common parts of a contract for nurses in The USA? What are the benefits that nurses get in USA from their employer? Thank you in advance

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  • Expert

Your post has been moved to the International Forum where it is more appropriate. Suggest that you do some reading on this forum concerning the retrogression and what you need to have done before you can even be considered for a job.

When you are coming here as a new nurse to the US, and need to be petitioned for the green card, there is not much in the way of negotiations for you to do if the employer is paying the fees for you.

  • Author

thank you very much for your rapid replay and sorry for not knowing where to put my question- i am new here.

my be i did not explained myself properly before. my question is: before making a decision who is my sponsor i will read a particular contract and only when i will decide who will be my sponsor and who will apply a petition to me. next month i will have 3 job interviews with different employers and each one of them is ready to become my sponsors. these employers will negotiate contracts with me and therefore i am asking what are the common parts of american contract (for nurses). for example health insurance, housing. how can i evaluate contract besides the amount of money they offer me.

thank you in advance

  • Expert

More importantly for you is the fact that there is a retrogression in place and even if you find an employer willing to start the process for you, if they are not in business when it is time for you to come to the US, you start all over again from the beginning.

There have been several threads here on contracts and what to look for and what you do not want to see in one. You will just need to do a search and you can easily find them, they have been under the International Forum so you can just do a search here.

Which country are you from? And where are the agencies located that you are applying thru would be my first questions, where do you wish to work?

  • Author

thank you very much for your rapid replay and sorry for not knowing where to put my question- i am new here.

my be i did not explained myself properly before. my question is: before making a decision who is my sponsor i will read a particular contract and only when i will decide who will be my sponsor and who will apply a petition for me. next month i will have 3 job interviews with different employers and each one of them is ready to become my sponsors. these employers will offer me contracts and therefore i am asking what are the common parts of american contract (for nurses). what are common benefits that nurses have from their employer.(for example health insurance? housing?). how can i evaluate contract besides the amount of money they offer me.

1)what are usual(reasonable) differential pay for evening night and holyday shifts in america?what is usual on call differential?

2)is it usual that my sponsor will pay fees and costs associated for my family members' visa petition and immigration proceeding and flight to the us for my family members?

3) fanential assistance with kindergerden-is it common?

4) is it common to have recruitment incentive agreement in the us?

thank you in advance

I have merged your latest thread on your last one because they are similar. Please keep things under one thread if you already have an active one.

Also, we cannot answer more details other than what Suzanne has already answered unless you give a little bit more details about your case.

  • Expert

Just to answer briefly for you:

Agencies never pay any of the fees for your family, you have to incur all of the fees and costs....and that includes all attorney fees, visa fees, flight to the US. The costs for you may be covered and may not be covered. Depends on the employer.

On-call is normally not even in your contract as most the time you will not be placed in a specialty that has on-call when you first come to the US.

Kindergarten is free here if the child attends a public school, if private, then you will incur the costs. Never the employer.

Hospitals may have an incentive; agencies that place you, usually do not.

But again, we are under a retrogression at this time, so it is not going to happen for years that you will get to the US. We do not know when things are going to open up and unless you are from a country that does not have many that wish to come to the US, there is not even a definite that you will get a visa for the US.

Not sure which is your country of birth, but that is what the US government goes by in the issuance of visas. I understand that your goal is to be able to live and work in the US, but that same goal is in view of many others as well. And the US has a limit on the number of visas that are issued per year as well. So not all that wish a visa are going to be able to get one.

And because of the retrogression, many hospitals are not willing to invest in a foreign nurse at this time since they do not know when and if you will be available to them. Please be aware that passing of the NCLEX exam, getting a Visa Screen Certificate, and even finding an employer does not guarantee that you will get a visa. Does not matter what an employer promises, but the fact is that the federal government is the only one that issues the green cards. Never done by an employer and they do not hold any influence on the process at all.

  • Expert

And once again, take the time to search for the threads here that I did as to what should be in a contract and what not to see.

  • Author

Dear Suzanne

Thank you for your informative replay

I am from Israel but i was born in Ukraine. Is my country of origen connected to retrogression?

In you last response i did not understand this paragraph.

"More importantly for you is the fact that there is a retrogression in place and even if you find an employer willing to start the process for you, if they are not in business when it is time for you to come to the US, you start all over again from the beginning."

What does that mean?: "if they are not in business"

My engency located in Israel and they offer me a direct hire contract with Tulsa hospital (Hillcrest Medical Center)

Or

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI

and i already recived from them Tulsa hospital contract

Thank you in advance

Dear Suzanne

Thank you for your informative replay

I am from Israel but i was born in Ukraine. Is my country of origen connected to retrogression?

In you last response i did not understand this paragraph.

"More importantly for you is the fact that there is a retrogression in place and even if you find an employer willing to start the process for you, if they are not in business when it is time for you to come to the US, you start all over again from the beginning."

What does that mean?: "if they are not in business"

My engency located in Israel and they offer me a direct hire contract with Tulsa hospital (Hillcrest Medical Center)

Or

Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI

and i already recived from them Tulsa hospital contract

Thank you in advance

Every country is affected by retrogression. If your agency/hospital closes changes hands or cancels then you have to start all over again. This happened to me a couple of years ago. The hospital cancelled all foreign nurses and I lost my PD and had to start all over again

  • Author

Thank you for your replay

is there any way to start working(for nurse)in US besides Green Card?

Sombody wrote here

"If you are a foreign grad nurse who completed their requirements, currently in the USA and has a sponsor go ahead dont let it deter you. You can file your I-140 and I-485 concurrently bypassing the labor cert and will receive your EAD (employment authorization document) first so you can start working already while waiting for the green card. You have a good chance of getting the EAD, but the green card now that is a different question.They have to process first those that have an earlier priority date before you".

Can i get EAD easily? is it enougt to start working in us?

Thank you in advance

  • Expert

The only visa that is available for either of those facilities is the green card. Your agency can offer what ever they want, but the fact is that the only visa is the green card.

Do you in fact already have a Visa Screen Certificate in hand?

And which country were you actually born in? That also influences when one has a chance at a green card.

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