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  1. I - 140 Petition Inquiry

    lost_stranger replied to totigatch's topic in International Nursing

    you cannot use your approved i-140 for another employer, it was specific to your present one. but you can retain your pd for the next approved petition. once an i-140 is approved, you get to keep the...

  2. March 2009 Visa Bulletin

    lost_stranger replied to greenjungle's topic in International Nursing

    By all means do carry on spreading the message. I just found it strange, that the thread discussing the next visa bulletin did not have a single member who's actually waiting for his/her PDs to go...

  3. Interesting facts on legal immigration

    lost_stranger posted a topic in International Nursing

    http://www.reason.com/images/07cf533ddb1d06350cf1ddb5942ef5ad.jpg I came across this on www.reason.com A must read for everyone planning to immigrate to US legally.

  4. Topic of the Day: GO AWAY FOREIGN NURSES!

    lost_stranger replied to yoginurse2b's topic in Immigration Advice

    When a set of posters pass negative comments against all the nurses from a particular country and malign the nation's entire nursing education system then I really don't see how it could lead to a...

  5. Topic of the Day: GO AWAY FOREIGN NURSES!

    lost_stranger replied to yoginurse2b's topic in Immigration Advice

    Over the years this forum has been very helpful to foreign nurses. I have seen the moderators try to answer each and every query posted by new foreign nurses. They go to great lengths to repeat...

  6. They have spoken..

    lost_stranger replied to SilverSurfer's topic in International Nursing

    Oh yes, even I have come across this contradiction. Hiring foreign nurses is cheaper or more expensive depending on how the poster wants to put the point across that foreign nurses are a strict no no....

  7. They have spoken..

    lost_stranger replied to SilverSurfer's topic in International Nursing

    You seem to believe that limiting the number of applicants from particular countries will imporve the quality of candidates applying. The eligibility crtieria for a visa is determined by the country...

  8. 10 Year Retrogression

    lost_stranger replied to greenjungle's topic in International Nursing

    Why 10? Retrogression is not directly proportional to recession. Say the economic crisis worsens further, does it mean that the years of retrogression will move to 20? If anything, recession should...

  9. They have spoken..

    lost_stranger replied to SilverSurfer's topic in International Nursing

    I am not a big fan of the per country quota system actually, The visas were provided to allow foreign RNs and PTs to relieve the severe shortage in US i.e. for the benefit of American patients and not...

  10. They have spoken..

    lost_stranger replied to SilverSurfer's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for pointing it out. Direct from the horse's mouth, info is neither from immigration attorney web-sites nor from postings of nurses working in US. Facts are provided by USCIS with relevant...

  11. Recession and Retrogression

    lost_stranger replied to greenjungle's topic in International Nursing

    You have got your facts wrong Retrogression is a backlog due to a difference in the number of visa applicants and available visa numbers for each year and also because of the number of visas wasted...

  12. Stop applying to the USA

    lost_stranger replied to greenjungle's topic in Immigration Advice

    The message that Philippines should improve its standards of nursing education so that the quality of foreign nurses applying to US improves seems highly presumptuous to me. While many members here...

  13. But they are advertising again.....

    lost_stranger replied to 5cats's topic in International Nursing

    How is this related to

  14. To our posters from Mumbai

    lost_stranger replied to suzanne4's topic in International Nursing

    Thank you for all your concerns. Its still going on. Actually some claim to have heard some firing outside our buiding few minutes ago and news is that V.T. station is under attack again. Dont know...

  15. January 2009 Visa Bulletin

    lost_stranger replied to greenjungle's topic in Philippines

    Aug-Sept 05 for Phil and ROW and Dec 01 for India, that's my

  16. How do you think the New US President will affect Retrogression?

    lost_stranger replied to misspowers's topic in International Nursing

    Retrogression is a backlog in the system due to the huge difference in the number of approved applicants and the number of available EB visas per year and also wastage of visa numbers by CIS. It is...

  17. How do you think the New US President will affect Retrogression?

    lost_stranger replied to misspowers's topic in International Nursing

    Found the following on another fourm related to immigration. This info was released almost a year ago. Link: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/26/qa-with-senator-barack-obama-on-key-technology-issues/...

  18. How do you think the New US President will affect Retrogression?

    lost_stranger replied to misspowers's topic in International Nursing

    As far as members on this forum are concerned the issue of retrogression is closely linked to bringing in foreign nurses to US, but its also an issue that includes people legally working and living in...

  19. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    lost_stranger replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    I am sorry that you had to start all over again. As Suzanne says, in the present scenario there is a high probability that petitioners may be unwilling to bring in foreign nurses. Many nurses have...

  20. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    lost_stranger replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    From www.immigration-information.com/ Ron Gotcher: "Once an I-140 is approved, the beneficiary gets to keep the priority date forever and use it for any future I-140 filed on his or her behalf. It...

  21. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    lost_stranger replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    To Nightingale's Idol, I guess since your previous petitioner did not actively get the approved petition revoked, you could retain your PD. You were lucky either way. All the

  22. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    lost_stranger replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    this what i found on uscis web-site, title 8 cfr 204.5(e) retention of section 203(b)(1) , (2) , or (3) priority date. -- a petition approved on behalf of an alien under sections 203(b)(1), (2), or...

  23. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    lost_stranger replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    Hi, Could you please elaborate? When you say that you withdrew your petition with the previous petitioner, do you mean you got the petition revoked by your petitioner? Did the petitioner officially...

  24. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    lost_stranger replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    So, the availability of the updated job offer is completely dependant on the prevailing economic condition of the employer and the situation in the job market at the time of its requirement for the...

  25. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    lost_stranger replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    Hi Suzanne, Your description of the procedure to obtain updated offer letter sounds more like that required to obtain Labor Certification. As long as RNs and Pts are exempt by DOL from Labor...