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Yeah, and you know about those people going home after their AOS gets denied? Its pretty disastrous...i lifted this off an immigration lawyer's website...(George M. Sabga Jr.) "One of the greatest and most persistent myths about AOS processing is the belief that if an AOS application is denied, the applicant can easily return to non-immigrant status and go on as if the AOS application had never been made. This is simply not true. If a person is denied AOS because of serious personal misconduct, they may well be taken into custody immediately and held until they can be physically removed. Even when this is not the case, and a denied applicant is not taken into custody, he or she must leave the United States within a very short period of time and will find it EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO EVER RETURN. It is the extremely rare case in which a denied AOS applicant is allowed to remain in the U.S. or easily re-enter." That plus people going to the US and trying AOS in ignorance (without the VSC certificate) equals awful consequences.

Ouch. That was uncalled for. I was actually wondering if he just MIGHT have a good reason for doing what he did, you know.

Very well, suzanne, i submit to your judment of this matter...and for my part, i did not have any intent to mislead nor give out information that is against the law. Nevertheless, I apologize for the misunderstanding. :smackingf

what's the difference between the NCLEX and CGFNS route to the VSC suzanne? I mean on the processing time?

mtreyes, you simultaneously applied to 2 states? how much did that cost? and where do you plan to work?

Rsmit, Best source for that info would be NJ board's website and their procedures for application for licensure by endorsement.

Ash81, Get a visascreen certificate. Then get an employer's petition. (I-140). Read the Visascreen thread about news regarding I485 (Adjust status). Adjust status and get an employment authorization document I765 at the same time. Check the USCIS Service centers online websites for processing dates for each form. Only the Nebraska service center receives I-140, along with all the other forms riding on it, but they send most of those to Texas. Oh, and if you dont have an SSN or license yet...get those too...you're gonna need a good immigration lawyer for all this stuff.

Hello people. Lawrence01 posted this thing in the NCLEX-RN forum by mistake and since it hasnt been moved to this forum yet i thought it would be beneficial to all concerned if i reposted it here. Lawrence found new rules regarding filing of the I-485 Adjusment of status. Before, they allowed RN's to file AOS even without the Visascreen accompanying it. Now USCIS wants it to accompany it, or the 485 is denied outright. see this link: http://www.rreeves.com/news_article.asp?aid=413 Lawrence, I hope you dont mind...thought i'd make sure it got here ASAP. And thank you. PS...I hate the fact that USCIS is doing this...they know that Visascreen thing takes 4 months to get! It makes the AOS route even longer than before. I was planning to get my Visascreen in the US.

uh....i agree with lawrence. suzanne's really helped a lotta people. but im curious...what happened?

700% loan?! can you break it down into specifics please suzanne? i knew it bordered on extortion but i couldnt stop my friends from wanting to sign up with this guy (man was a con artist even selling the fingerprint cards at US 30 bucks each!, because that was what it supposedly cost him to get them). What a load of bovine excrement! I feel bad about my friends right now because they think I'm the one trying to keep them from their dreams. I gave all my friends fingerprint cards...that totally pissed him off. I told him it was free...and that if he wanted more, he could "buy" them from me at half the price he got his from wherever that is. The sad thing is...they still dont care if he's conning them or not...dont care how much it costs...dont care if they dont get a copy of the contract...dont care to read the fine print...as long as they get there...Man, talk about selling your mother... Im thinking about calling the cops...trouble is, im not even sure if what he's doing is illegal...

I copied this off the NM BON's webpage: (kindly check if i've misinterpreted something) Open Letter To all Nurses with a New Mexico License Dear New Mexico Licensee: Effective January 1, 2004, New Mexico implemented the Nurse Licensure Compact. This compact serves as an agreement among states to mutually recognize each others’ licensees. These states who have adopted the Compact are referred to as party states. In order to enjoy the multistate licensing privilege, the Compact requires that the RN/LPN be licensed in the party state in which he/she permanently resides. This license is known as a home state license. The RN/LPN must meet the following criteria to obtain and retain the home state license: Have current NM: 1. drivers license or 2. voters registration or 3. residence as noted on current federal tax return or 4. utility bill (s) in licensees name ...as you can see, there are "or's" between numbers 1 to 4. My friend left last year and just pays some bill to retain her home license. That's what she told me anyway. Anyhow, i think she declared residence in NM when she applied, i dont know the details...but shes actually somewhere in Tennessee.

I actually asked that friend of mine who went to practice in NM suzanne...she's over in some other compact state...and her license is from NM...NM only asks proof of residency...and she uses a utility bill in NM for that...i believe it was a phone bill..or cable or something like that. (THere were 4 things on the list they asked about proof of residency.)

By the way, jon29, i found this on the USCIS webpage, right on the main page. It's a fact sheet on immigration security checks - how and why the process works....http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/factsheets/security_checks_42506.pdf You might want to take a look at it.

Yeah, and for a moment there, I thought I was the only one asking around about where you'd gone. hehehe! And yep, I concur with rsmit02, this place would fall apart if you didn't keep everything sane for all of us every now and then..

yeah but it costs a bit more to go to saipan...

Aw, man! Can somebody delete this thread?!

Ooops, im very sorry i didnt mean to sound demanding suzanne...anyhow, for my part, I'm sincerely grateful for the extra time you give to moderating this forum. Now I know why it says "Super" right under your name... :)

seas 0202, you might want to thnk twice about posting your kid's name and his US immigration intent in this online forum...USCIS has access to it...unless he's already a citizen or green card holder or something like that. And sincerely, good luck to your son and to everybody taking 6/11-12.

Hey uberdoog, where in the world is "sans frontieres"? :) Is that San Francisco?

Good point, Lawrence, as always...anyhow...guess I was just trying to give people a heads up about reasons why things will go one way or another in the next few months after that new law gets passed... :) By the way, suzanne's gone missing...where is she?

As most of you in the forum know very well by now, the US Dept of State has announced that they are forecasting a runout of the 50,000 "Schedule A visas" (from recaptured, unused visa numbers from the last fiscal year) by the 1st quarter of FY 2007. That corresponds to Oct to Dec of 2006. If all other things immigration-wise remain the same, this means nurses will revert to applying for immigrant visas under category E-3 which has a backlog of about 5 years. (June 2006 Visa Bulletin from the USCIS shows theyre processing July 2001 applications). Now, maybe a shred of hope.. .Last May 25, 2006, the US Senate passed its own version of the immigration law significantly different from the one passed by the House in Dec of 2005. It provides a pathway for eventual resident status for those illegal immigrants in the US. (The major bone of contention with the House since the latter does not want any form of amnesty or concession to these illegals.) The interesting thing is, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas (Republican) managed to insert a provision in the Senate version allowing for lifting of the visa limits for nurses and PT's (Schedule A) for 7 years. However, this must be taken with a grain of salt. This is all for naught if the Senate and House cant get their act together. Interestingly enough, much of the debate has been focused over the question of the illegals and border security and NOT so much the proposed unlimited visas for nurses. Opinions on the senate bill: American Nurses Asso. - dont support it, claiming that outsourcing is not the way to go...the right way is to spend more money in US nursing education to meet demand (a tall, tall order). In addition , opening the gates to foreign nurses will further hurt health care systems of other countries like the Philippines, India and China. (These send the most nurses over there, although the argument against the Philippines might not hold much water...this country has historically, year after year produced more nurses than it needs many times over). They even cited the example of the number of Filipino MD's retraining in nursing and then immigrating to the US. US Hospital Asso's - most support the bill, since they'll be able to meet JCAHO standards (nurse-patient ratios) and keep many of their departments running. Many nurse orgs say opening the gates to foreign nurses will lead to salaries taking a plummeting nosedive, which will hurt all US nurses in general. Immigrants included. N.B. One factor that may weigh heavily on how US House Reps and Senators will tackle the issue is the looming mid-term (November) elections. Many hardliners against illegals among them will probably soften (or already have) in hopes of currying favor among the voting minority groups. Comments anyone?

The US SSN# is a necessary requirement for the issuance of the permanent license in California. That being said, the WILL allow you to take the NCLEX-Rn even if you do not provide the SSN#, but they will hold off issuing you the license UNTIL you provide them with this piece of info. In the meantime, they will send you a letter certifying passage of the exam. And the licensing clerk i spoke to on the phone said "it takes us somewhere between 4 to 6 months to finish an overseas application. Please do not call within 60 days of sending your application here. And try not to call too often since that contributes to delays in the system." And you're welcome.

wow. sounds like you're getting screwed. If it's not down on paper black and white, you're on the losing end. That agency's gonna sit out the 2 years it takes to get the US$5K from the Collective bargaining agreement law in CA. What's the name of your agency?

Dave123 is correct. Ive a friend whose CA eligibility letter arrived 1 week ago. It's valid for 2 years.

No, i didnt apply to NM. I applied to CA. Cashier's check thru Metrobank, payable thru Citibank NY..ive an account at metro. You need to call NM BON in order to ascertain the status of your payment if it's acceptable or not...so you can remedy your situation asap if it is not.