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"nurses are not that a hot commodity anymore, it's just a lot of hype"-rkm maybe but most likely not, according to u.s dept of labor. "job opportunities for rns in all specialties are expected to be excellent. employment of registered nurses is expected to grow much faster than average for all occupations through 2014, and, because the occupation is very large, many new jobs will result. in fact, registered nurses are projected to create the second largest number of new jobs among all occupations. thousands of job openings also will result from the need to replace experienced nurses who leave the occupation, especially as the median age of the registered nurse population continues to rise. much faster-than-average growth will be driven by technological advances in patient care, which permit a greater number of medical problems to be treated, and by an increasing emphasis on preventive care. in addition, the number of older people, who are much more likely than younger people to need nursing care, is projected to grow rapidly....http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm

http://www.shusterman.com/toc-dos.html#6B In a couple of days or weeks will see what happens hope its for the better.

"Just because someone has come to the US on a tourist visa and stayed and got thru on that, it is actually in violation of US immigration law to come to the US with dual intent. And that is where we are seeing many get denied. Especially if they do not have a job back home that they just took a leave from. Many that come to the US from the Philippines, do not have jobs at home, or any intention of returning home, and this is what is catching them up". The USCIS granted them immigrant visas right? What is their criteria for deciding who to deny and who to approve? All of the persons I know who went with the AOS while on tourist visa got approved, I guess its few compared to your experience. Let's be reallistic here most if not all those nurses who go to the US on tourist visas has in the back of their mind dual intent. But they got approved eventually. My question is why? And if I may correct you those that I know who come to the US to adjust status are rich enough to support themselves for several months without doing or accepting work without permit. Just to remind you its not that easy to get a tourist visa in the Philippines, they are that strict, and most of them who was granted visa do have financial capabilities otherwise they would opt to process their papers through recruitment agencies. Now if you ask me why are they going to the US if they are already financially stable in the Philippines. That I can not answer, each has I guess their personal reasons. Bottomline is let us not generalized the situation every case is different from another. "You are speaking of one facility and one attorney, that does not come into play with the rest of the US, nor the fact that no I-485 petitions have been accepted since last year, and the whole immigration issue has changes dramatically in the past six months." Yes I am and not stating otherwise.

Hi Marie, Thank you for your comments. Very much appreciated. To the thread starter: To answer what you kept repeating in your post to who am I and what is my status. I am a licensed neonatologist in the Phillipines and currently in my 2nd year pediatric residency in New Jersey. I am married to a beautiful Filipina who is a US citizen whom I met during my Med-proper.I am now in the Philippines for a vacation. My sister is a nurse,( completed all the necessary requirements including the visa screen certificate) is now in the US as per advise of our family friend immigration lawyer who handled countless cases especially nurses some of them are my friends and now working in the same hospital. Now we can blog and quote immigration laws all we want which I'm sure that some of the readers are already well aware as I am. What you have posted are approaches during conventional times.The lawyers use that approach so as to be sure for the petitions not to be denied. It is not absolute. Some cases are different from the other even if there are some similarities. We can not generalized all the cases. I dont know where you got the idea that if you come from the Phillippines you should wait 90 days and if other nationality its 60 days. Please enlighten my ignorance. I am a witness to some of my med-proper colleagues who took up nursing as a 2nd course and now in the US working in the same Hospital as I am. They filed their application before the Schedule A visas were exhausted. Some received their green cards as early as 3 months, others longer. Some unfortunate ones filed their application September 2006 but at least received EAD in December 2006 and travel documents the following month however their green card are still pending. In these unconventional times certain tact is necessary. Hey we all don't know what will happen in the coming weeks. Medicine is not an exact science as law is ambiguous in certain aspects. Good day to everyone

First and foremost I am not a nurse but in a different medical field. Yes, you are correct that necessary required documents should be submitted with the I-140( I never said that it wasn't). No you are mistaken that it is mandatory that you should have stayed 90 days in the US before filing it. I know someone who filed it and was approved in a month of staying in the US. Depends on the Hospital's track record of sponsoring immigrants and its connections with the lawyer. Yes there are companies that petitioned their employees as immigrant How many? Nobody can tell for sure. Not even you. But I think this is a totally different scenario from the H1b that happened last April. Bottomline is doing nothing/procrastinating and being negative on the situation will get you nowhere. Nobody predicted that the visa bulletin will be advanced that fast. But it did. What I'm saying is if you have a chance of filing it while the window period is still open then you won't loose anything. NOBODY knows when it will retrogress again this fiscal year. All these are HEARSAY Yes its my first post here so what? Everyone is entitled to his own views and opinion that is why it is called a forum. I think all the members who read this site are intelligent enough to know what to believe is right or wrong. And lastly, better review again what I have posted. I didn't mention anything about what you are implicating in your statement. Sorry if I questioned your vast knowledge on the immigration law. Just a humble forumer. Good day and God Bless.

Although there is some validity to what suzzane mentioned about it not lasting for that long (for how long no one can tell really 1-3 months?). I don't believe that it will be consumed like what happened in H1B. We are talking about here of green card, the companies are smart enough not to petition their employees for green card because if they did that their employees now has no more excuse not to look for other lucrative jobs unlike if they are on h1b status they get to keep them;). If you are a foreign grad nurse who completed their requirements, currently in the USA and has a sponsor go ahead dont let it deter you. You can file your I-140 and I-485 concurrently bypassing the labor cert and will receive your EAD (employment authorization document) first so you can start working already while waiting for the green card. You have a good chance of getting the EAD, but the green card now that is a different question.They have to process first those that have an earlier priority date before you. Keep your hopes up guys and god bless.