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hey guys! has anyone hear of PINOYCARE VISA CENTER? or who applied their services? I recently attended their orientation seminar here in davao city and they said that the CIC would shell out immigrant visas for nurses for as early as 9 months, is this true?

narscathy:

how will pinoy care visa center process your papers to meet these requirements:

requirements for cdn fsw visa:

e37025.book from the cic website :

"you have at least one year of continuous full-time paid work experience or the equivalent in part-time continuous employment..."

from the manila cdn embassy requirements :

work experience

for you and your spouse or common-law partner:

•notarized employment contracts from your present and past employers, accompanied by an english or french translation

•original and up-to-date letters of reference from your past and current employers. letters must be written on company letterhead and show the company’s full address, telephone and fax numbers, and be stamped with the company’s official seal.

letters must include all of the following information:

•the specific period of your employment with the company

•the positions you have held during the period of employment and the time spent in each position

•your main responsibilities and duties in each position

•your total annual salary plus benefits

•the signature of your immediate supervisor or the personnel officer of the company

•a business card of the person signing

i see from other posts that you made that at one time you were thinking of going to australia. what happened?

where did you attend the pinoy care presentation? i cannot yet send a pm, since i don't have enough posts, but can you e-mail me with your e-mail address so i can contact you? i have other things i would like to tell you, but not on this forum - thanks.

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Fiona:

Thanks for the information. I hope you are right, since I am one of the first wave of the baby boomer generation, and want to be well cared for in my old(er) age :)

Fortunately, I have not had to be in hospital for over half a century. However, when my dad had bypass surgery in Halifax, NS about 10 years ago, my mom told me the care he received was awful!

Over the years, I have seen many boom and bust cycles in nursing school enrollment. We just went through a period of high demand for nurses, so I would understand why you have full enrollment in those schools. However, if, as you state, new graduates are not able to find jobs, I would expect, based on history, that applications to nursing schools will drop drastically.

Perhaps utilization of LPNs, RPNs, etc., will lead to improved patient care, while at the same time, provide this care in a cost efficient manner for the hospital budgets. We can hope so.

In which province are you working? Was it one which hired a large group of Filipino nurses lately? I was interested in your comments on recent Filipino nurses and the CRNE. I cannot understand the problem. They are certainly not dumb, and have had to pass a very tough board exam in the Philippines before getting registered there. There may be a clue on the CNA statistics for the 2008 exam. The average age of the IENs who wrote the exam was over 35 years of age. I would expect that recent graduates would do better on exams like the CRNE, NCLEX, etc., than someone who has been away from school for 10+ years. Do you have any other explanation?

I appreciate your thoughtful comments.

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Specializes in intensive care, recovery, anesthetics.

Canman:

yes I did meet the requirements, because I did have confirmed employment when I came over on a work permit. I don't cheat and I don't think it's good to do that, you will allways have the fear you might be discovered and than bye bye Canada.

And who's to tell what that doubtful and very questionable agency will do, should you fall behind the payments for some reason.

5cats

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Fiona:

Thanks for the information. I hope you are right, since I am one of the first wave of the baby boomer generation, and want to be well cared for in my old(er) age :)

Fortunately, I have not had to be in hospital for over half a century. However, when my dad had bypass surgery in Halifax, NS about 10 years ago, my mom told me the care he received was awful!.

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In which province are you working? Was it one which hired a large group of Filipino nurses lately? I was interested in your comments on recent Filipino nurses and the CRNE. I cannot understand the problem. They are certainly not dumb, and have had to pass a very tough board exam in the Philippines before getting registered there. There may be a clue on the CNA statistics for the 2008 exam. The average age of the IENs who wrote the exam was over 35 years of age. I would expect that recent graduates would do better on exams like the CRNE, NCLEX, etc., than someone who has been away from school for 10+ years. Do you have any other explanation?

I appreciate your thoughtful comments.

Do you work for a recruitment agency?

Have you researched this topic on this website. The answers to all your questions are there. But I will give you the Coles Notes version on the topic.

End of 2007, this and the Cdn. threads were flooded by PI nurses wanting to come to Canada. Mostly new grads who claimed to come from "the land of nurses" and were "the best nurses in the world" among other things and were going "to save our hospitals".

Capital Health in Alberta went on an Australasian recruiting drive. After spending a load of cash their recruits started arriving in 2008. Turns out many of the BScNs did not live up to their resumes. The education was found only to be equivalent to locally educated PNs, as a result they were permitted to work as PNs after intense orientation to Canadian Nursing courses paid for by Capital Health. Several didn't manage that and had their work permits withdrawn and were required to return home. The Australian and NZ nurses didn't have this problem. As a result the now widely loved SEC was created. Some of the PI nurses attended extra classes to upgrade their BScNs to local requirements, a few passed first time, I know of three in one area (and it was the area they worked at back home) who have now written for the third time and are waiting results). These nurses are all under 35, many I would say are in their late 20s. The CRNE and CPRNE is more pyscho-social and related to healthcare in Canada than lab value, etc. You need to know your patient population and their thought process to be successful.

A result of this was no improvement of staffing needs because they didn't get the nurses they thought they were. It cost a load in resettlement and housing fees. The local LPNs were hacked off because for the amount of cash spent recruiting overseas, CH could have paid for a class of LPNs to upgrade to RN status and these were nurses tied to their hospitals by family and community connections. Manager were ticked off because many nurses clearly stated that they were only in Alberta to wait out retrogression and move on to the US after their employment contracts were up.

As a result of this experience, SEC has now spread due to the unreliability of education quality control coming out of the Phillipines, people are looking twice at the expenses incurred due to the downturn in the local economy.

Oh, and I know of two nurses who have returned to work in the Maritimes due to their husbands loosing the jobs that brought them to AB in the first place.

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oh no!

I just signed up to their agency! I should have known this agency and now I'm on an agony after hearing all those negative feedbacks from the clients itself from Pinoy Care Visa Center. I just paid 20 k and the dilemma was that they assure me that I can be an immigrant eventhouh I lack work experience.

i am also one of you guys.. i paid 20K but am not yet complete with their requirements and after i read all your messages am now having a second thought if i gonna continue with this application or just like you narscathy, forget the 20K :crying2:.. life is really hard .. and no available jobs for us nurses here in the phils..

thank you guys :nurse:

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Specializes in MS, ER.

Hi Rnabbey..how are you can we talk personally?I have some info about Pinoy Care Visa center.. Hope to hear from you soon..

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hi narscathy.. yes, hope we could also talk tru pm..

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Specializes in Critical Care.

hmmmmm.. I don't know about some of you guys but as what the previous post mentioned, you can do the process on your own. I know some people who undergone FSW on their and former classmates who undergone immigrant visa now in Manitoba. It's a matter of research and understanding the instructions at the CIC website. Simple as that!

Honestly speaking, we Filipinos sometimes depend on others for our work not realizing that we can do it on our own without shedding a cent.

One more thing, I know most of us are desperate to live the country and look for greener pasture.. BUT.. please don't be fooled by the seminars your attending. RESEARCH.... RESEARCH and ASK before undergoing or signing on something that you might think will change your life forever. May it be good or bad. Research if your qualified to undergo the said program first and not just because some agency or consultancy promised you this and that you'll follow them immediately! this does not apply only to Pinoy Care but to other facilities as well! THINK! We are educated enough to know facts by researching and asking other people about the route your planning to take.

Don't let your desperation mislead you. Don't worry guys, I'm one of the desperate nurses who wants to work in Canada but I'm not desperate enough to apply and just sign up immediately on consultacies or agencies that promised many things then you'll pay them for their service fees. Others might have different experiences when it comes to a certain facility. If you have arguments that needs confrontation with the other party, please just send a PM because we are not the only nationality reading on this forum and it gives a negative reflection about us Filipinos.

There are already many members who posted their experiences on the said program. Please, let this be our guide and let's learn from their experiences.. please read their posts..

thank you..

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Specializes in O.R., Med-Surg,.

damn.. and i was caught up with the pinoycare craze.. good thing i havent paid them yet..

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@narscathy

can you please pm me the info you know about this agency? highly appreciate it.

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@narscathy

can you please pm me the info you know about this agency? highly appreciate it.

hello fellow nurses! I'm one of those who signed up with this agency. I already submitted my requirements in their main office in Cebu few weeks ago. I tried to follow-up about my application but I think that they are so busy on complying other pending documents. So I tried to contact their other branch in Davao and I discover that their office in Davao is more accommodating in regards to my application. :)

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guys, i applied for the services of pinoy care because they were very convincing. unfortunately they were not delivering the services they promised to provide. i withdrew from them and tried to ask for a refund of my 20k downpayment. they said that they can not anymore give it back to me because they have already given to me their kit, the kit which you can look and download at the internet. also, they told me that we should comply with the contract and just follow it. lately they just called me saying that they are forfeiting my application with them if i will not pay them in full this month. This is not included in the MOA I signed with them. I feel more disgusted with pinoy care because they only want our money. First they were not giving the proper services, now they just implemented a policy that is totally in favor for their greedy company.

They are also very proud of saying that they have no zero cases in the any courtroom. it's because in the MOA, you are obliged to write in there that the applicant cannot and will not file a case against them in court. Please inform your friends/relatives/acquaintances everybody you know that pinoy care is just only after your money.

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