february 09 visa bulletin

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jan 10, 2009

Not out yet, usually around the 15th although India tends to come out a few days early

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html

greenjungle · Jan 11, 2009

Now that the Retrogression is nearing ten years due to so many pending adjustment of status cases, Pinoy nurses are trying everything to get into the USA: tourist visas, spouse visas, student visas, H1B, taking up SPED courses - just to be able to reach their American dream in the middle of the US economic nightmare.

Will the February 2009 VB bring any bright news? Or will it just show that the visas will be totally exhausted earlier than usual this year due to the very heavy demand, crushing the hopes of all who think positively and pray fervently? Will the NVC tracker thread be noisy again, or will it be silenced by the all-powerful and unstoppable retrogression of the Visa Bulletin?

:confused:

Silverdragon102, BSN · Jan 12, 2009

Merged with existing thread on Feb VB

suzanne4, RN · Jan 12, 2009

Honestly? Do not expect to see one change to anything. If anything, expect things to move back as more and more get their documents completed and then have completed files. Add into it the state of the economy.

The retrogression has only been in place for little more than two years, not ten. There were times when things were processed in just a matter of months. There has always been periods of no visas issued, and this is even when the H1-B is what was used for nurses. I can remember several times when there were none for more than 5 years at a time.

Right now, we are actually being flooded by American new grads that are unable to get hired in their own locale and they are having to move to some other areas. Jobs are going to go first to those that already hold US passports and are US citizens. Same thing that you see being done in your country as well.

greenjungle · Jan 13, 2009

The VB for February 2009 is hopeless. No forward movement. Looks like the NVC tracker will be silent again. Pinoys better stop sending their kids to nursing school, getting into the US may not be feasible for the next 10 years minimum (or more) from the looks of it, and nurses in the RP are approaching the half-million mark, all wanting to get into the USA, with a very tight job market.

No amount of positive thinking or prayers changed the outcome of the VB. It is better to be a realistic optimist with regards to the VB. And what if the visas get exhausted before July 2009, earlier than usual?

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4417.html

suzanne4, RN · Jan 14, 2009

Do not expect to see any movement for quite sometime, you really do not want to see it move as many employers that started the petitioning process are going to be unable to bring a foreign nurse into the US right now, so all will be cancelled out.

There are already more than 500,000 unemployed RNs in the Philippines now. And they are unable to find any work as RNs in your country. So yes, you are correct. Parents need to think hard and long about sending their children to nursing school, it is no longer an open ticket to the US or any other country for that matter.

And it is always better to have eyes and ears open to everything so that one has a better idea as to what is truly happening in the US. I get blamed all of the time for being a pessimist, but only telling things the way that they actually are and will be.

More than 500,000 people in the US were laid off from work in just the past month. This means that they also lose their health insurance as well.

prinsesatna · Jan 14, 2009

US is still in deep recession, we need to understnd that for them to recover it will take years and our prayers should go to them. we need to forget our own goals for now ,here in UK we can feel the recession healthcare is not much affected yet but families of my colleagues are.who are in fifferent industries. and i could feel for them. this is not the right time to go to states. focus your dreams to something else for now,i heard japan is opening its doors to philipines.

suzanne4, RN · Jan 14, 2009

Please read up on the Philippine Forum about Japan. They will not issue a license to a Japanese national that has trained in another country, so expect it to be most difficult for them to issue a license to someone from another country. Japanese is also going to be a requirement and fluent at that before a license will be issued. One will be working in the role of a care-taker or nursing asst and not an RN more than likely. One will not be going over to Japan and getting a license right away.

But lets keep this thread to specifics about the Visa Bulletin for February and nothing else to keep it on topic.

Thanks for your understanding on this.

RNGrad2006 · Jan 14, 2009

No forward movement as predicted for ROW, Phillipines and India.

Mexico and China moved forward a bit but still way behind the other countries.

Previous years the forward movement wasn't until later in the spring/early summer so I wouldn't expect anything to change for a while yet if at all. Not a priority right now besides the fact that American new grads are having difficulty finding work let alone those coming from other countries who may only have volunteer experience. This will not make it very easy to recruit them to the US at considerable expense to the employers who are having severe difficulty managing their budgets as it is.

peepo RN · Jan 14, 2009

i know this isnt the right forum to ask but since its been mentioned,cud som1 please enlighten me about the JPEPA coz the local news networks here in the Philippines are both reporting that filipino nurses can get licensed in Japan if with 3 years hospital experience and after passing the jap exam. A 6 month course in jap language and culture is also to be provided and administered in japan to those who pass the screening..is this for real or are the networks' reporting just plain "erronews"...

Daly City RN · Jan 15, 2009

i know this isnt the right forum to ask but since its been mentioned,cud som1 please enlighten me about the JPEPA coz the local news networks here in the Philippines are both reporting that filipino nurses can get licensed in Japan if with 3 years hospital experience and after passing the jap exam. A 6 month course in jap language and culture is also to be provided and administered in japan to those who pass the screening..is this for real or are the networks' reporting just plain "erronews"...

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I was willing to ignore your "cud som 1" text style of spelling and "erronews" but...

with all due respect, please do not use the word "jap" as it is derogatory and racist. It is possible that you are too young to know otherwise and it is also possible that you did not know that "jap" is a bad word.

Nurses are held to higher standards here in the United States, as well as in the rest of the world.

Racism has no place in this world, most especially in the health care setting. This is not an admonishment but just to educate you. "Japanese" is the right word to use. Thank you.

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