Immigrant Visa and Working Visa Application

[venz]

Hello,

I need some advise regarding immigrant visa and working visa. I am a registered nurse in the Philippines. I passed the CGFNS and IELTS exam. Planning to take NCLEX in USA.

I already applied hospital employment to the recruitment agency in FLorida. My immigrant visa petition has been approved already last 11/16/2004. The priority date is 2/05/2004. We all know that retrogression is on going and I cannot wait this too long.

So, now I am planning to apply a working visa in Chicago. I am just wandering if it could be possible. Please do give me advise, if the pending immigrant petition will be affected once I applied the working visa.

I met a male nurse last week and we have the same case. Waiting for the interview. We just met once. He also have a pending immigrant petition with the same year applied. Since he doesn't want to wait the pending petition due to the retrogress, so, he decided to apply a working visa last January 2005. Interview from US embassy done last week and he is now scheduled to go to Chicago on May 2005. He then told me to write in the working visa application form about the pending immigrant visa status. Is it really true? Do you have also a friend who have the same case as him?

I already submitted the requirements needed for the recruitment agency in Chicago. The male nurse also told me to pay $750 for the attorney's fee. But I will pay it directly to the lawyer thru bank draft.

Please give me some advise if I will continue applying the working visa or I will have to wait the immigrant visa petition.

Thanks in advance.

[lucky_vinz]

For those of you that already have files in process, remember that if try to change and go with another agency now, when your number comes up, you will not be available because you have signed a three year contract, so the employer that filed for you has every right ot cancel the application/petition since you won't be available.

Remember that it is another agency or hospital that is paying your fees, and if you go back on your word, you can have penalties of up to $20,000 US to pay. Read the fine print carefully.

Also, if thinking of H1-B visa, there are very few facilities even using these anymore due to paperwork involved. Neighborhoods or staffing ratios are quite bad....................and if you do not like the facility and want to quit, you are really in a bind because you will only have so many days to find another employer to cpntinue sponsoring you or you have to leave the country.

No one should be placed in that predicament...........your choice.......

I have just passed the NCLEX-RN for licensure in california and need to get an SSN in 3years. How do I proceed in getting that? any advice? Im currently looking for employers who will sponsor my visa application.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

I have just passed the NCLEX-RN for licensure in california and need to get an SSN in 3years. How do I proceed in getting that? any advice? Im currently looking for employers who will sponsor my visa application.

There are many threads discussing this, with retrogression you are probably looking at a longer period than 3 years at the moment. You will more than likely have to apply to another state, meet their requirements for foreign trained nurses and request Ca moves your NCLEX results across for a small fee. Suggest a search on the forum using California as key word