obama helping foreign job hunters?

dhel28 · Sep 26, 2008

i heard that when obama wins presidency,, things are gonna be easy for foreign nurses and skilled workers to get into the states. . . i hope this is true,, uuuhmmmm is it??
and i also heard that the retrogression is mostly caused by the elections going right now and that it will lift once obama sits in the oval office.. any truth to this??:typing

all rumors, no grain of truth. retrogression for nurses are not because of the scheduled election. it is because of no availabile visas plus what's making it worse, in my opinion, is the dwindling interest of the hospitals to hire foreign nurses. it just so much work for them, too expensive and the return of their investment. and I think there are more new grads now compare to 2-3 yrs ago.

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Sep 26, 2008

elections have minimal impact on this issue.

numerous posts here document that the total number of applicants from many countries far surpass the number visa's allotted to each country for immigration and citizenship in the us.

immigration to the united states - wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

united states visas

u.s. visa policy

the immigration and nationality act provides a yearly minimum of 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas which are divided into five preference categories...

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1323.html

those nurses who have a masters degree or bsn plus five years work experience receive employment second preference (e2) status; bsn receive employment third preference (e3) status.

each of these groups are limited to 40,000 workers.

in addition to limiting the number of immigrants who can be admitted to the u.s. in any fiscal year, congress has also set an annual limit on the percentage of immigrants who can come to the u.s. annually. nationals of each country can use no more than 7% of the total family-sponsored immigrant visa numbers allotted for each year. in terms of numbers, that means that no more than 25,620 immigrants from each country can enter the u.s. per year. if more than 25,620 nationals of any one country apply for family-based immigrant visas to the u.s. in a given year, a backlog starts for that country.

currently india, mexico, and the philippines exceed the allotted number of family-sponsored immigrant visas each year; therefore these countries each have a separate backlog for the family-based preference categories. these backlogs can be seen in the visa bulletin which is published monthly. uscis monthly newsletter

the moderators of this form want to realistically present realities of getting a chance to work in the us. the more a country's citizens desire to work here ---increased # of applications, decreases the quickness getting to the us from the above countries.