global care

Camz_22 · Feb 5, 2008

Hello! Yes I've signed up with GlobalCare last December. It's a good company.

They've set me for a job interview immediately this January with employers

from Oak Valley Hospital which is in California. The company is only affiliated

with tertiary hospitals therefore my starting salary is quite good.

:)

meliza72, LPN, LVN · Feb 6, 2008

hi there!

Just wanna ask if global care accepts nurses without experience. thanks

Camz_22 · Feb 15, 2008

You can sign up with them even if you don't have any experience yet but they can line you up with a US hospital only if you are currently working/training/volunteering in a tertiary hospital. There are no salary deductions whatsoever for its the US hospitals that pay the company for every nurse that they hire. It's gonna be quite a while before you can get your Visa so I think gaining experience here in the Philippines wouldn't hurt while waiting.

meliza72, LPN, LVN · Feb 16, 2008

You can sign up with them even if you don't have any experience yet but they can line you up with a US hospital only if you are currently working/training/volunteering in a tertiary hospital. There are no salary deductions whatsoever for its the US hospitals that pay the company for every nurse that they hire. It's gonna be quite a while before you can get your Visa so I think gaining experience here in the Philippines wouldn't hurt while waiting.

Thanks for the reply Camz. I am indeed currently a volunteer in the dialysis center of a tertiary hospital at our place.

So hope your interview went well. Goodluck:nurse:

suzanne4, RN · Feb 16, 2008

There actually are many agencies with very similar sounding names, so be careful that you are signing actually with the one that you want.

Please pay very close attention to the contract that you are signing, if it is not in the contract, then it does not exist; does not matter what the recruiter promises to you.

Please also be very aware that with the expected time before you will get a visa to the US, the needs may change of the facility and you may not be needed, therefore your petition will get cancelled. And make sure that your agency is also in business then, or again the petitions will get cancelled. You are looking at about a five year wait now if you have not started anything.

So please be very careful with what you are signing as it is also a legally binding document and many have large cancellation clauses.

rutchie · Apr 7, 2008

I am currently working with a tertiary hospital here in our place. I've been with them for more than 3 yrs now. What will happen if I resign my job and go into teaching instead. Would it jeopardize my application to the states? Because most agencies prefer someone who is currently working.

suzanne4, RN · Apr 7, 2008

If you have been hired for a bedside job, then you are expected to have current bedside experience. It is going to be up to the company that hired you, would check with them before you do a thing.

john83, BSN, RN · Apr 8, 2008

From my own experience, they are slow in processing papers with regards to immigration.

Good thing I never signed up with that agency.

I would have had a 2006 PD if it weren't for that wasted time waiting for them.

I believe ma'am Suzanne is quite aware of my situation(everything), hehe, she knows about my situation and what I've been through...

rockerlover · Apr 30, 2008

Global care has a binding contract which is valid for a year. If nothing happens within a year, you may find another agency without having to pay. You also have the option to stick with them and wait. My cousin was able to go to California through this agency. It took her 2 years and a half though. Good thing is, she went to the US with her family.

@john, which agency did you sign up?

suzanne4, RN · May 1, 2008

At this point in time, there is a retrogression and anyone that is just signing with them now has no chance whatsoever to be in the US within a year. Agencies do not issue visas, only the US federal government.

rockerlover · May 2, 2008

^yup. What I was just saying is that the binding contract is only valid for a year unlike other agencies which has binding contract with an indefinite time. With the retrogression, no has a chance of being in the US within a year. But having an employer is a better choice than nothing. Having a contract with the employer means you're on the wait list for the visa. Let's just hope visas will soon become available for nurses. :)