Hello everyone, first of all I apologize for intrude in someone else's thread but it was impossible for me to find the option for a new thread...
I live in Richmond, VA on a H4 status. I am a CGFNS, IBtoefl, NCLEX and VISA SCREEN certificate holder.
...so I've got all the papers, my VA license to practice as an RN but I find it impossible to get a sponsorship. The truth is that I've applied only at two hospitals. At the first one I've got to the final level of the interview but the papers got stuck at the administration department and no word since then... the HR from second hospital contacted me, but i've miss their phone call... I call them back, left a voice message but nobody ever called me back...
I kindly ask for anyone's help and guidance... do anyone know hospitals that are offering sponsorship or agencies able to support a foreign RN with VA license?
People who don't know what the heck they are talking about should probably refrain from replying to immigration-related threads and confusing the OP.
Ciufi clearly stated that she is on H4 currently. That does NOT mean that she has or has not got a SSN. Nor does it matter. She is looking for a petitioner, and if petitioned for a visa would obviously then be eligible for SSN and able to work. Comments like "If she doesn't have it, there's no way that she can work even if she does find a sponsor" are just rubbish. If she gets a sponsor, she'll also get a visa and SSN.
"If your husband has a green card and you were included in his petition you will be all set."
Again, it's clear that her hubby is now in H1B and in GC process, which is why she is H4.
Ciufi - info needed to give you more advice:
- What category is your husband applying for GC in? EB1, EB2, EB3?
- Do you have RN experience in another country? How much and in what area, if so?
Out of curiosity, what work permit did you have previously, and why didn't you work with it??
"Ciufi clearly stated that she is on H4 currently. That does NOT mean that she has or has not got a SSN. Nor does it matter. She is looking for a petitioner, and if petitioned for a visa would obviously then be eligible for SSN and able to work. Comments like "If she doesn't have it, there's no way that she can work even if she does find a sponsor" are just rubbish. If she gets a sponsor, she'll also get a visa and SSN."
Once she gets a sponsor, she has to wait, please correct me if I am wrong.
"If your husband has a green card and you were included in his petition you will be all set."
If her husband applied for a green card years ago and NOW his petition came through, the poster would be able to work, once again please correct me if I am wrong. The poster said " I use to have an working permit until my husband changed his status and now he's in a process for a green card." So how do you know where this family is in the green card line. If he is close to getting a Green Card she would be able to work.
I also said many times get advice from a lawyer, which she has.
Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.
People who don't know what the heck they are talking about should probably refrain from replying to immigration-related threads and confusing the OP.
Ciufi clearly stated that she is on H4 currently. That does NOT mean that she has or has not got a SSN. Nor does it matter. She is looking for a petitioner, and if petitioned for a visa would obviously then be eligible for SSN and able to work. Comments like "If she doesn't have it, there's no way that she can work even if she does find a sponsor" are just rubbish. If she gets a sponsor, she'll also get a visa and SSN.
"If your husband has a green card and you were included in his petition you will be all set."
Again, it's clear that her hubby is now in H1B and in GC process, which is why she is H4.
Ciufi - info needed to give you more advice:
- What category is your husband applying for GC in? EB1, EB2, EB3?
- Do you have RN experience in another country? How much and in what area, if so?
Out of curiosity, what work permit did you have previously, and why didn't you work with it??
...we seem to have regulars in this international forum whose sole intent is to burst every foreign nurse's bubble and using this agenda under the guise of offering immigration advice yet not really knowing anything about how the process works. I can't believe this forum is allowing this to happen, seriously.
- and yes, I do have RN experience in my country, 6 years I've worked on Internal Medicine Clinic (hepatology, nephrology, gastroenterology)
i never worked because I decide to study and pass all my international and local board exams...and work as RN, but times got changed, in the mean time my husband changed jobs, and with that his legal status and I've lost my working permitand became and dependent
Hmm if he's EB3 then it may be a long time until he gets his GC (hoping the H1B doesn't time out). I would think in that case the only way you're going to get to work is if you get your own work visa - which may not be possible if you do not have specialty work experience. In this environment, tough to get sponsored in any case. It may be worth talking to a nursing agency that deals with foreign nurses (although be careful before signing any contracts). Good luck.
Just be careful with volunteering on H4 - you can only volunteer in positions that are always unpaid. eg. if there's a job that is usually paid for, but you offer to do it for free, that is not permitted.
...that is the reason for my first posting...are nursing agency safe for a foreign nurse like me? and if so...which one do you recommend me?
I've did legally research about the volunteering on H4 and I'm allowed to work as a volunteer only for a non-profit organization. That means that nobody within that organization gets payed for their job, every single person is an unpaid volunteer
I have a few choices, I just need my papers to be done and just take the night shift and trying to be helpful and get some more experience instead...
...is there anybody who can help me with some answers please? is there a nurse who used a recruiting company in order to be able to work? and if there is...can she/he share opinions and experience with us?
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
The issue is even if you find a petitioner for a GC you can not AOS and be able to work this even includes using an agency. For a H1b you have no experience therefore do not meet the H1b requirement as that is a specialised visa
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
We are all here hopefully to give advice however the end decision is with what the lawyer is telling you and what visas are available. If you do not meet any of the categories then the possibility on getting a visa allowing you to work is low
EB3 which most nurses especially newly qualified nurses come under. That category has been affected by retrogression since Oct 06 and nurses are no longer fast tracked through. If you meet EB2 or 1 requirements you are usually experienced and specialised and more than likely have some higher qualifications like masters
H1b is a specialist visa and generally newly qualified nurses do not meet requirements
H1c is only available to 14 hospitals and that is up for renewal next year with the likelihood of not being renewed.
AOS can only occur if visa allocation is current or your PD is current which at the moment for EB3 means your PD needs to be before 2002 or 2001 depending on where you was born. (PD= priority date is date your I140 was filed)
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People who don't know what the heck they are talking about should probably refrain from replying to immigration-related threads and confusing the OP.
Ciufi clearly stated that she is on H4 currently. That does NOT mean that she has or has not got a SSN. Nor does it matter. She is looking for a petitioner, and if petitioned for a visa would obviously then be eligible for SSN and able to work. Comments like "If she doesn't have it, there's no way that she can work even if she does find a sponsor" are just rubbish. If she gets a sponsor, she'll also get a visa and SSN.
"If your husband has a green card and you were included in his petition you will be all set."
Again, it's clear that her hubby is now in H1B and in GC process, which is why she is H4.
Ciufi - info needed to give you more advice:
- What category is your husband applying for GC in? EB1, EB2, EB3?
- Do you have RN experience in another country? How much and in what area, if so?
Out of curiosity, what work permit did you have previously, and why didn't you work with it??