For those of you that are studying in the US under either an F-1 visa, or any other where you do not have permission to work, and will need to apply for a green card when you finish your schooling-----this is for you.
You must meet all of the requirements for immigration that a foreign-trained nurse does, the only exception that you have is that the English requirements are waived for you. You still need to submit the application and get a Visa Screen Certificate. This is offered by CGFNS and the application is available on their website, http://www.CGFNS.org. There is only one application available, whether you did your training in the US, or overseas.
You will still need to find an employer that will petition for your green card. You will still need to undergo a physical exam at a physician's office that is approved by USCIS an have verification of all titers and vaccinations. If you do not have verifiable proof of having had chicken pox, etc., you will need to have either a titer drawn, or receive the vaccination. Immigration is very strict now with this, they will no longer go on what you are verbally telling them.
Hope that this helps...............most of you will also be able to get an OPT for one year of training while your documents are being processed, but you can only receive the OPT once, especially if this is now a second career for you, and you already used your OPT status for the other.
If you are coming to the US just for the MSN, and already have a BSN from overseas, you will be required to write the English exams. You are only exempt from them if this is your initial training as a nurse, meaning ADN or BSN only.
Opinions and facts are different things. I think many international nursing students will appreciate the information and will use it to their own benefit. It's especially important because of the retrogression and because CPT is a valuable employment option for RN to BSN students.
And interpretations and giving their opinion and facts are two different things as well. You have your own interpretation as Suzanne have one. Both of you are entitled to your own opinions and interpretations. Even the different links you have posted have said that different lawyers have their own interpretations as well and as is the schools have one of their own. So, it is not considered fact if it is subject to different interpretations by the very immigration lawyers themselves. Suzanne has been doing these for years and have said so. You may want to give your experience regarding the said issue as well besides being once a student in the US.
Nobody knows how long it will take. It's just your opinion. I shared the information and let students decide what to do - to use CPT or to go home.
You certainly may want to do that and nobody said not to use CPT in the first place, including Suzanne.
Sorry, I don't want to argue with you, but you are wrong. As long as F-1 student does not apply for EAD, AP, and maintains student status, he/she should be fine.
And I am not arguing with you either. I am just giving my opinion as well but you are not getting my point. We have never said that something will go wrong when one is in F1 status. That is a very normal process. He is a student and certainly should be fine. It is done everytime but that's not the point. The point is he or she would have to apply for AOS sooner or later and cannot be in F1 Status and in CPT forever. If he is going to formally work as an RN then he has to file for I-140 (petition for Alien worker) and I-485 (AOS) and EAD (temp. permission to work while AOS is pending) and AP (if she wants to go out of the country) no matter what. We are already talking about what will happen after CPT. That is why I mentioned that one cannot be in F1 or in CPT forever but one can certainly be in CPT (not to buy time until AOS is permitted again) but for practical training as that is the real intention.
Right now, both you and Suzanne has given their own interpretation and opinions on the said matter. We should give the topic a rest. I think I am speaking on behalf of other members here that they have read enough to decide on their own.
I remember when I looked at the bulliten for the first time. It was so unbelievable that I had hard time understanding...I was like, "Aug of 200*2*? That can't be right!"
At least I know there are hundreds like me out there and we could keep our head together to figure out way to keep our skill level current. I, personally thinking of US bases in Japan. It is a long shot though. Next idea is going to mission trip or ask my friend who went to West africa to work for a doctor who started hospital there.
Recent note: They voted to recapture 61,000 greencard (unused one) for nurses. Or was it 6,100. I am sure that's not much of help....
It is correct but it is not static. You may want to review the archives found on that same web page and you will notice that the cut-off dates moves forward and backwards all the time. Sometimes very slow, sometime rather quick. Right now it is 2002 for most countries.
I am currently in a MSN program which awards BSN degree in the middle of the program. I am planning to work full-time (doing OPT) after I get RN licence and BSN and study part-time for the MSN portion. Is it going to be a problem getting OPT in my case? or is it better to stop study and graduate just with BSN for OPT application? cuz I really need to work as soon as I get the licence.
I am currently in a MSN program which awards BSN degree in the middle of the program. I am planning to work full-time (doing OPT) after I get RN licence and BSN and study part-time for the MSN portion. Is it going to be a problem getting OPT in my case? or is it better to stop study and graduate just with BSN for OPT application? cuz I really need to work as soon as I get the licence.
I'm not sure if you will be able to get your OPT after you get your BSN, because OPT is usually granted after graduation. You can get your OPT and continue your BSN-MSN on the part-time basis without obtaining new I-20. As soon as you get new I-20 for MSN program, your OPT will be terminated automatically.
I am currently in a MSN program which awards BSN degree in the middle of the program. I am planning to work full-time (doing OPT) after I get RN licence and BSN and study part-time for the MSN portion. Is it going to be a problem getting OPT in my case? or is it better to stop study and graduate just with BSN for OPT application? cuz I really need to work as soon as I get the licence.
Best way to know for sure is to simply ask your school about it.
I will be finishing my RN ADN program next month. When I tried to find a job I received information that scared me. I was told that, because of the retrogression, they wouldn't even hire me for my 12 months occupational training (which should be decided in december or january). Could this mean that I went to school here for nothing? And that I don't have a chance of ever working here?
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I will be finishing my RN ADN program next month. When I tried to find a job I received information that scared me. I was told that, because of the retrogression, they wouldn't even hire me for my 12 months occupational training (which should be decided in december or january). Could this mean that I went to school here for nothing? And that I don't have a chance of ever working here?
Thank you for your help.
Andrea
Have you tried contacting other hospitals? Retrogression is putting a lot of hospitals off and are delaying taking nurses on due to retrogression. Just because you went to school in the US doesn't really mean anything if there are no visas then there are no visas which at the moment if affecting everyone
Have you tried contacting other hospitals? Retrogression is putting a lot of hospitals off and are delaying taking nurses on due to retrogression. Just because you went to school in the US doesn't really mean anything if there are no visas then there are no visas which at the moment if affecting everyone
I have spoken to two different hospitals in Baltimore, Maryland. And both of them said that they nobody there would hire international nurses.
Do you know if there is a different from the countries people are coming from. I am from Germany and I don't think that too many German nurses come over to America.
But I assume that the available visas are for all nationalities together. Until this morning I thought I wouldn't have any problem finding work here. But now things have changed and I feel that all the hard work I have been doing was for nothing.
Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
I have spoken to two different hospitals in Baltimore, Maryland. And both of them said that they nobody there would hire international nurses.
Do you know if there is a different from the countries people are coming from. I am from Germany and I don't think that too many German nurses come over to America.
But I assume that the available visas are for all nationalities together. Until this morning I thought I wouldn't have any problem finding work here. But now things have changed and I feel that all the hard work I have been doing was for nothing.
Currently nurses are not under schedule A and all come under EB3 and if you see the visa bulletin nurses not in the PIC and Mexico are grouped in all areas. Visas are allocated to countries but EB3 covers many professions so at the moment processing 2002, there was a small window July/Aug for AOS but doubt that window will reopen for a couple of years due to the high volume of applicants they received
I have spoken to two different hospitals in Baltimore, Maryland. And both of them said that they nobody there would hire international nurses.
Do you know if there is a different from the countries people are coming from. I am from Germany and I don't think that too many German nurses come over to America.
But I assume that the available visas are for all nationalities together. Until this morning I thought I wouldn't have any problem finding work here. But now things have changed and I feel that all the hard work I have been doing was for nothing.
I think your best option is to talk to as many hospitals as you can. I am also graduating in a few weeks, and my hospital (n NJ) is hiring us on OPT. So I think it will vary hospital by hospital, so keep trying, and good luck to you!
Thank you. I can need all the luck in the world. I have called many nursing recruters at varies hospitals but so far I can't get them to call me back.All I was asking them was if they would generally hire nurses on OPT -- and if so - if they could call me back. So either they don't like my accent or they don't hire OPT people.
Thank you. I can need all the luck in the world. I have called many nursing recruters at varies hospitals but so far I can't get them to call me back.All I was asking them was if they would generally hire nurses on OPT -- and if so - if they could call me back. So either they don't like my accent or they don't hire OPT people.
Never ever mention that you are on OPT. They won't ask you if you don't say. If they hire you, just give your OPT card to HR with a flat face. If they ask, tell them you have options to get new EAD next year. In many areas of the country new grads have hard time getting a first job.
lawrence01
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Right now, both you and Suzanne has given their own interpretation and opinions on the said matter. We should give the topic a rest. I think I am speaking on behalf of other members here that they have read enough to decide on their own.