Looking for hospital which can sponsor f-1 student

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hi, i'm new grad RN from ohio. I am on F-1 visa (student visa) in usa, and i got my all nursing education from United States. i will be ready with my NCLEX and state board license in mid october, so i was just seraching for hospitals which sponsors F-1 student. i am thinking about relocating anywhere in United States, so please reply me if anyone here at allnurses.com knows any hospitals which sponsors nurses like me.

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Do you have OPT? Have you applied for OPT? Unfortunately you are affected by retrogression and although you can find a hospital willing to petition you only I140 can be filed which means you can not stay and work in the US. Retrogression has been ongoing since Oct 2006 and is affecting everyone foreign, training in the US doesn't matter EAD can not be filed

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Please take the time to do some reading on this site. The US is under a retrogression and has been since October, 2006; that means that anything more than the I-140 cannot be submitted for you.

You also need to take and pass the NCLEX-RN exam as well as have the written documentation from your BON before any petitions could even be submitted on your behalf. And this usually takes three to four weeks after writing the exam to obtain.

But the issue is that you are not going to be able to work when you are done if you do not qualify for the OPT for the one year.

Other question for you would be what degree are you earning? BSN or the ADN?

Best of luck to you.

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Thank you both silverdragin and suzanne. Suzanne i am going to get ADN RN, and as far as i knew i thought you can get OPT for one year after you are done with your college program. Is there any relationship between OPT and retrogression. Just say i'm working in hospital and hospital submits I140 for me during my OPT timeframe, and what happens if retrogression gets over during my OPT.

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Thank you both silverdragin and suzanne. Suzanne i am going to get ADN RN, and as far as i knew i thought you can get OPT for one year after you are done with your college program. Is there any relationship between OPT and retrogression. Just say i'm working in hospital and hospital submits I140 for me during my OPT timeframe, and what happens if retrogression gets over during my OPT.

Thanks

If you have read any of the threads in this forum the likelihood of getting a green card in one year is next to "0" chance. Most people are looking at 5 or more years due to the severe retrogression. In July 2007 there were 800,000 applications submitted including dependents and with only 140,000 visas available a year and not all of them EB3 (which is your category) you can do the Math and realize that after one year on OPT you would be forced to either leave for your home country or stay and continue with schooling. But the bottom line is that you would not be able to continue working. Along with that very few employers are even willing to file I-140 anymore due to the fact that one year from now you will still be a relatively new nurse and now the employer would lose you due to your immigration status. It seems harsh but that is just the way things are right now. There are many that applied one year ago and do not even have their I-140 approved let alone a green card.

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If you have read any of the threads in this forum the likelihood of getting a green card in one year is next to "0" chance. Most people are looking at 5 or more years due to the severe retrogression. In July 2007 there were 800,000 applications submitted including dependents and with only 140,000 visas available a year and not all of them EB3 (which is your category) you can do the Math and realize that after one year on OPT you would be forced to either leave for your home country or stay and continue with schooling. But the bottom line is that you would not be able to continue working. Along with that very few employers are even willing to file I-140 anymore due to the fact that one year from now you will still be a relatively new nurse and now the employer would lose you due to your immigration status. It seems harsh but that is just the way things are right now. There are many that applied one year ago and do not even have their I-140 approved let alone a green card.

Oh God!

So, it would be advisable to file ur I-140 and pursue your studies until, you can start working again as a RN? Thank you.

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ADN graduates do not have the possibility of any other type of visa, only the green card. Even if they continue on with their studies, there still is no guarantee that they will get a green card when they are done.

We do not expect the AOS to open up for several years at the earliest, closer to five or so with the number of petitions that were submitted last summer, about 800,000. And there are only 140,000 total green cards per year under the EB-3 category.

The BSN will make is easier to go to another country and work as an RN since the ADN is not accepted by most other countries either; but as for being able to remain in the US when that is done, it is going to be a hard one to call at this point in time.

And when the OPT for the one year is completed, the nurse is unable to work full-time any longer and must go thru the process to get the CPT once again if their program qualifies for it.

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When the OPT is completed, then one is unable to work any further. Without authorization from the US government to work, then it stops.

The OPT is never renewable, only valid for one year maximum. That is why you are going to have troubles. We are also seeing a drastic reduction in facilities willing to hire with the OPT as they do not want to invest time when the nurse will not be able to work for them when the OPT is done.

The OPT must also be applied for before the last day of class or then it is too late to obtain.

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