suzanne4 RN

Thought that I would post a few tips that should be at the top of your list when looking for a travel company and what should be in the contract. 1. If it is not in writing, then it does not exist. It does not matter what your recruiter promises, the...

Licensure and immigration are two very different items. Even if you possess a green card or a US passport, but have trained out of the US, you will have to meet these requirements for licensure. Nothing is waived for you. 1. You must have the CES ...

For those of you that are studying in the US under either an F-1 visa, or any other where you do not have permission to work, and will need to apply for a green card when you finish your schooling-----this is for you. You must meet all of the require...

Visa Screen Certificate is required by all foreign nurses wishing to obtain a green card to work in the US, as well as any type of temporary work permit, such as the Nafta TN Visa for those from Canada and Mexico. It requires that you pass either the...

I am starting this thread as a sticky at the request of one of our members, for a place for those that wish to emigrate from the US to work as an RN. Please feel free to post your concerns and questions about working overseas here.

since there have been so many threads started on this, thought that a sticky would answer most questions about this. 1. you must endorse to california, you do not transfer a license. you will continue to maintain an active license in the original sta...

MD/Nurse Program at: Medical Academy of Post Graduate Sciences St. Petersburg, Russia [email protected] Practice Medicine in USA with Green Card I have been getting multiple requests from around the world about programs for physicians that wish...

To all of you that hope to work in the US: 1. Complete Visa Screen paperwork as soon as possible. This will be a requirement starting in July, so think how much busier CGFNS is going to get. 2. Whoever tells you not to worry about English, just go...

Once you get a license in the US in your initial state, and that means having a an actual license number assigned to you, you are free to endorse that license to another state. But not until you have the actual license number. When you take the NCL...

Over and over again, the moderators here have posted about not going thru CA for initial licensure, especially if you do not have a SSN#. You do not see you name posted on the website for the BRN, as you will not be issued a license until you are in ...

Since I get asked this quite often, thought that I would set this up as a sticky to have. If this works out well, then perhaps we can set up a sticky with all of the states for a current list and update it as needed. Think that it would make it easi...

we are seeing more and more new grads begin their posting history here with using titles in their user name that they have not earned. graduating from a nursing program does not give you the title of rn or lvn/lpn. that is conferred only upon passing...

Since we are all aware that there is a retrogression in place, and that it will be sometime before many of you will get to the US, lets come up with ways that can make things better for you working in your country. What do you think could be done to ...

We will start this as a new sticky thread to give you ideas of what can be done and started in your country, and you can get credit for the experience. But it is going to involve work on your end to do it. This is not going to be used as a thread to ...

Doing some thinking lately and decided to try out something that has not been done in sometime on this forum: educational discussions that can help you in your home country and benefit you and your patients since that is what we do as nurses. Most o...

The ITIN# is not the same as the SSN# and it should not be substituted for the SSN#. A state requires the SSN# to know that you can work legally in the US, the ITIN# is issued when one does not have permission to work in the US, but needs a number f...

For those of you that have had specific questions related you your schooling, please post them here. And use this area to share experiences with other students. Best of luck with your training.:balloons:

Just to clear up any misinformation that is being put out there by some agencies: Canada, as well as the US, require that the RN have a "generalist" training for licensure, not the "specialist" that you are now receiving in your programs. Even with t...

Contracts that are signed are legally binding in most cases. They should not be signed until you are very sure of what you are signing and what is included and what it not. Also you should know about where you sre going to be working, what the facili...

Any type of visa that is sponsored by an employer for work in the US requires that the job be first offered to Americans. That is why is it is required that a document be filed with each and every petition that the job was posted for ten days, and th...

please read this closely: 1. the green card will not keep you from getting deported if you break the law in the us, something as simple as a dui can get you deported. 2. a visa out of status for any reason can get you deported. you get stop...

If you come to the US on a tourist visa with the sole purpose of finding a job and staying, it is in violation of the US immigration law. Do not post that you are here on a tourist visa, and looking for a job, as your visa is running out. The World ...

CGFNS exam is not a mandatory exam for licensure in the US. The only two exams are NCLEX-RN and the series of English exams, if you are not exempt from them. The CGFNS exam is waived for Michigan if you are a Canadian nurse, or have worked for at le...

I am not against agencies in general, but only the ones that take advantage of nurses. Things to consider when going the route of using an agency: 1. There is absolutely no such thing as free exams, free green card, or free plane fare and expenses pa...

I am sure that many of you do not want to hear this. But it is the actual truth. There still is no special schedule for nurses, and the Schedule A is not included in the Visa Bulletin. That the dates are current for the month of July does not state t...