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oh ok thank you VERY much!!

I assume that you are talking about an H1-B visa while I'm waiting for my green card, although I believe that I'm not eligible for an H1-B visa since I will have an associate's degree, not a bachelor degree (requirement for H1B visa). I would use my 1 year of practical training after graduation to find a job and adjust my F1 status to permanent resident, but since i won't get the green card right away I'll have to rely on my 1 year of practical training & hope that i'll get it before my F1 visa expires. I hope that's possible, and if not I'll just take some other courses in school while my green card is pending, until i get it I've searched online to look for nurse immigration laws, and some lawyer firms tell me that i can get adjustment to permanent residency with an associate's degree (without the use of an H1B), but others tell me that i need a bachelor degree to get permanent residency status :uhoh21: Which one do i believe.... I guess I'll have to go to the American Embassy and ask them, the financial risk is too big Thank you for replying! kind regards H

thank you for replying! I know that I can work in the States with both degrees, i just hope that the INS will issue me a green card upon graduation (i mean a change of status, F1->Green Card). When I have a job I intend to advance to the Bachelor/Master level, i just hope Immigration will let me change my status to permanent resident so I can start with an associate's degree & work my way up. I wouldn't take the HB1 visa since that is only a temporary visa and I need a Bachelor degree for that anyway :-) I will contact the american embassy, though I'm afraid that once they know my name that they won't issue me an F1 student visa anymore (to study)because they will know that I intend to immigrate upon graduation, see my problem? :-) If there are other people on this forum who know the immigration rules very well I'd love if you would write something here Thanks! H

Hi, I've been looking at the US Immigration Laws & I was wondering.... Does anyone know if the INS allows associate degree nurses (trained in the US) to get an Immigrant Visa (Green Card) or is a bachelor degree required? I'm asking because I need to choose between an associate degree training and a bachelor degree training because I would love to work as a nurse in the US, and getting an associate degree training is a lot cheaper. The immigration laws aren't very clear... all they mention is that i need to be a "professional nurse" and have an unrestricted license to practice nursing in the intended state of employment, I wonder what they mean by "professional" though :uhoh21: Someone with at least a Bachelor degree or an Associate's degree? Hope you guys can give me an answer 'cause I got no clue Thanks a lot! H