NEW GRAD RN needing sponsorship/petition

mark22 · Sep 14, 2008

lol, thankz. i read a lot about US immigration facts, i now understand that. hope after the election, immigration laws, could be ammended especially for nurses, since the previous petitions were denied

suzanne4, RN · Sep 15, 2008

There has never been unlimited visas for nurses, even when Schedule A was out there, it still had a limit to the number of visas that were available.

This is not going to change, there has never been an open door policy for a green card for any profession in the US. The bigger issue is that it is only going to get harder for one from the Philippines to get a visa as there are so many more graduates that are applying to come here, and the number of visas issued per country has not gone up either.

With the economy getting as bad as it is, there is no way that you are going to see a shift for more nurses to be admitted to the US to work here, the push is actually going to be the other way. Lay-offs in other fields are getting worse so more Americans are going for training or returning to the bedside to work and as such, it is much shorter to train an American than to put a foreign nurse thru the immigration procedure and this is most definitely not going to change. Orientations are also longer for the foreign trained nurse if and when they start working, most are fairly new grads as well. It also costs an employer more than $10,000 to hire a foreign nurse, and there are going to be issues with this when they are having layoffs because they do not have the money, how can they lay off an American and then spend money to bring a foreign nurse over?

One can wish all that they want, but expect to see a significant shift away from this, not towards it.

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · Sep 15, 2008

lol, thankz. i read a lot about US immigration facts, i now understand that. hope after the election, immigration laws, could be ammended especially for nurses, since the previous petitions were denied

John McCain who was pro immigration, now is saying that he will fund retraining for jobs that will stay in the USA. Barack Obama has been endorsed by the American Nurses Association which supports educating more US nurses.

The economy gets worse each time I turn on the news. I agree with Suzanne, the hospitals will get incentives for hiring displaced workers while orienting foreign nurses cost 10K.....just do the math and if you were a US hospital administrator which nurse would you hire.

I would have a plan A and keep your American Dreams as a back up.

malika · Sep 17, 2008

There has never been unlimited visas for nurses, even when Schedule A was out there, it still had a limit to the number of visas that were available.
This is not going to change, there has never been an open door policy for a green card for any profession in the US. The bigger issue is that it is only going to get harder for one from the Philippines to get a visa as there are so many more graduates that are applying to come here, and the number of visas issued per country has not gone up either.
With the economy getting as bad as it is, there is no way that you are going to see a shift for more nurses to be admitted to the US to work here, the push is actually going to be the other way. Lay-offs in other fields are getting worse so more Americans are going for training or returning to the bedside to work and as such, it is much shorter to train an American than to put a foreign nurse thru the immigration procedure and this is most definitely not going to change. Orientations are also longer for the foreign trained nurse if and when they start working, most are fairly new grads as well. It also costs an employer more than $10,000 to hire a foreign nurse, and there are going to be issues with this when they are having layoffs because they do not have the money, how can they lay off an American and then spend money to bring a foreign nurse over?
One can wish all that they want, but expect to see a significant shift away from this, not towards it.

I do understand that it takes so much expenses to train foreign nurses and the whole immigration issues. How come then U.S is not treating international students educated in US differently? US trained foreign nursescould work temporarily with working visa and get experienced and US nursing shortage could be solved? I never get why they do not do this...

suzanne4, RN · Sep 17, 2008

There should not be any special treatment for those that trained in the US. Jobs as new grads are becoming harder to find even for American nurses that were born here and trained here.

If you were going to hire someone as a hospital director; would you want a new grad or one that has several years of experience and could be able to function on their own in a much shorter time?

Hiring a new grad does not solve any staffing issue, it actually takes additional help to precept the new nurse.

Things may have been different five years ago, but with the economy the way that it is, money is going to be spent in training citizens in the US that were in other fields and offer them jobs first.

I do not like temporary work visas in the first place, you belong to the one employer and you can have your contract terminated at any time, and then the visa gets cancelled. Many that come here for school do so for the ADN and this has never qualified for any other visa than the green card, it does not meet the requirements of having the Bachelor's degree as a minimum for the others if they were available.

Cat 98 · Oct 23, 2008

I will graduated in April 2009, right now I have a L2 visa until April/09. Also I have Work permit until December/08. I would like to stay in U.S and work here. How I can do that? I need visascreen? I need a sponsor? . since I don't have F1 student visa may apply for OPT?

Thank you if U help me

Silverdragon102, BSN · Oct 23, 2008

I will graduated in April 2009, right now I have a L2 visa until April/09. Also I have Work permit until December/08. I would like to stay in U.S and work here. How I can do that? I need visascreen? I need a sponsor? . since I don't have F1 student visa may apply for OPT?
Thank you if U help me

The only way is if you maintain L2 visa ie your other half maintains L1 as there is a retrogression ongoing and no way to adjust your visa to GC. Depending on which country you was born will depend on how long it will take. If you want to start the process you will need visa screen certificate and a petitioner but expect a long wait and the only way you can stay and work whilst waiting in maintaining L1-2 visa, otherwise you will have to return home or another country whilst waiting to be processed. Suggest a good read on retrogression as it will probably still be in progress For a long time. You need to be apply for OPT about now as I believe current processing times is about 5 months and retrogression may still be in process once you complete OPT.

Cat 98 · Oct 23, 2008

Thank you very much for your help in answering my question, I also have another question about the visa. Is there a quicker way to recieve any of the appropriate visa's to work if I am a Canadian citizen? If you could please answer this it would be very helpful. :nurse:

Silverdragon102, BSN · Oct 23, 2008

Thank you very much for your help in answering my question, I also have another question about the visa. Is there a quicker way to recieve any of the appropriate visa's to work if I am a Canadian citizen? If you could please answer this it would be very helpful.

If you are a Canadian citizen with a Canadian passport then as a RN you can apply for a TN visa but will need a RN license, VSC in hand and a job letter from employer. However if wanting a GC will still take years but at least you can continue to work on TN. Your other half though can not work on a TN visa unless they qualify themselves for a TN or maintain their L1 visa