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Dear Mart! Tried your profile but your e-mail is not there. Please either write to me or edit your profile. I would be grateful for any helpful advice. Thanks.

Hi! As I understand from this forum, the key point after having temporary registration is finding an employer. Could you tell whom to contact best in BC, Vancouver- health authorities, specific hospitals or agencies? Thanks a lot for a good site.

Thanks for the advice, yes I also under the impression that working visa option is not a good way to immigrate permanently. I am at the stage of checking criminal record with CRNBC, not yet in Canada. Could you tell how long it took you? And most important, how do you look for a job offer - through health authorities, specific hospitals, agencies or all? Are agencies good to work with? Thanks.

If you are submitting just updated information that was actually requested by USCIS, and not just by your attorney to have to resubmit, then they will accept that. If they did not ask for it, then they will not be accepting it; that is what will determine what will happen with your case. All DS-230 forms expire this month, so all will need to be updated. The issue becomes when USCIS asks for it officially, this is the only time that it can be sent in and accepted. That is what would be in your favor. And something that you should ask your attorneys. Just one comment: it is not USCIS who asks for DS forms but NVC. It takes about 2weeks-8 weeks for the approved petition to reach NVC from USCIS.

Dear All! That the window for the 'relief of retrogression" is very small is clear. What are your predictions as for the dates to which the cases will be thrown back when retrogresion hits again? Last time it was 5 years back, am I right? Also, the new visas become available every quarter or how? Thanks.

Just read HLG blog: they call to vote AGAINST CIR! One of the reasons is that Schedule A occupations are excluded from this reform.

The employer mentions something regarding "home care department" which might prefer Master's. What exactly is meant by this? Is it good or bad? Also, the last visa bulletin says that EB-2 is in currect © processing. Does it mean it is not under retrogression? Just to make sure all my moves are not for nothing. Thanks.

Hi, all! I made some inquiries. To qualify for EB-2 category, you have to get a job offer requiring Master's gedree (in case you have Master's degree). In most cases RN position in the US does not require that. So, even if you might have Master's but you decide to work as a nurse in the US, you category is EB-3 and under retrogression now.

Hi, imao! I wonder what your priority date is. As far as I can tell, because of the retrogression, DS forms are not accepted by NVC now. Did NVC send the request for DS forms to you now? Thanks.

Dear Suzanne and Lawrence! I am the wife of the retrogressed nurse, with case approved in August, 2006, fees paid, under EB-3 category. Among many other problems our employer-sponsored lawer made in the last 2 years, I think, there was this one: they did not ask (and we did not volunteer the information) that my husband has M.Med Sc. degree (Master's not in nursing though). Plus 10 yeas of experience in nursing. Probably they could petition us under EB-2 category. My question is as follows: according to your knowledge, is it possible and worthwhile to change now from EB-3 to EB-2? According to April visa bulletin, EB-2 is in current processing, while EB-3 is retrogressed. How is it done and do we risk anything by trying to switch from one category to another? The lawyer does not give us any satisfying answers - just does not want to move his finger. Thanks a lot.

Hi, Suzanne! What do you mean by "hundreds of bills like that"? On one hand, it is encouraging that so many efforts are done. On the other hand,it is frustrating because it means that so many efforts achieve nothing. And why don't they just introduce a separate bill for recapturing visas or nurses, and not amend it to some other bill - the technique that is less successful? (Naive questions). How long do you think it will take for the House for example to pass STRIVE or reject it? How long did it take Congress last year to reject the CIR bill? Thanks.

Dear all! My question is when and if the STRIVE bill will be introduced in the Senate. Isn't the general procedure that a bill has to be accepted both in the Senate and the House? Thanks.

Dear Suzanne! You mentioned that a nurse with Master's can be petitioned quicklier. My husband has M.Med Sc. - not exactly nursing, apart from his Bachelor' in nursing. How can it help? We have our case approved by NVC in August, 2006, bill paid, but stuck with DS forms because of this damned retrogression. Do you think the fact of having Master's (both my husband and me) can help now? And in general, as far as I can see, things are not moving at all with CIR or recapturing visas. We need some boost periodically to keep the spirits up! What do you say? Thanks a lot for the wonderful site, you and Lawrence.

Hi! NVC requested (!) my DS forms on November,10 and they were sent there on the same day. In November, 30 they were returned. I can't explain why and my lawyer says it's because of retrogression. I would also like to know if there are people here whose DS froms were sent to NVC and approved since Novermber.

Sorry again: how long does it take from the moment DS forms are sent to NVC to file completion, according to your experience? Thanks.