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Yes we can get sponsorship via my husband who is on an L1A visa. They have agreed to look into that and work it into the budget next year. But I wanted to look at other options. I hate the helpless feeling of depending and waiting on others to make decisions that have such significance on ones future . I am mulling over asking out HR department what the policy is but feeling a bit awkward as when applying for the position, there was a question about "would you now or in the future need help with immigration" or something to that effect and I selected no... Just wanted to know what other options are out there...

Hello, I know its been a while anyone posted here but perhaps someone can help me. I am on an L2 visa and employed as a Coordinator/Oncology Research RN by a large major health system. My current job specification requires Bachelors degree with 2 years experience or Masters with 0 years experience. I am looking at my options in transferring to a more stable immigrant status. Can anyone advice on how to proceed? My qualifications are RN, BSN, MPH, CCRP. 7 years nursing experience and 3.5 years Clinical research experience. L2 visa valid through 2017 but its messy with the need to have a current EAD card to work legally and the application backlog at USCIS in getting this card. Does anyone know of agencies or hospitals that will sponsor a candidate? Thanks

Hi. I am in the same boat as you. Its a shame no one replied to this post. I assume you have long taken up this new post... is there any advice you can offer on how to stay organised?

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Hi everyone. I am sharing this with the hope someone out there may have helpful tips or advice that may be of help to me. So.. I moved here(NC) exactly a year ago with my family and felt I needed a break from working for a while to get everyone including myself, settled. The year before we came here had been quite hectic. I was very busy with work, we had a very traumatic experience with a house fire, my mum passed away and then there was the issue of moving from one continent to another. So I finally felt ready to return to work. Registered and took the NCLEX on the 5th of December and happily, I passed. So now job hunting. My current issue is that the board is yet to post my license and I am feeling a bit anxious about getting that first nursing position here in the US. I have now been away from direct patient care for 4 years because I worked as a clinical research nurse / coordinator for the 3 years before we came here. My work was pretty much a desk job and more academic than clinical. I would love to get a research position as I thoroughly enjoyed my most recent job but I am finding the opportunities for that limited and also worry that no one will take me on. All my research experience was in HIV and what is mostly available here is oncology. I am frankly worried about returning to ward level work because not only do I not have the experience of working in the US health care system, I have not practiced direct patient care for 4 years now. My confidence level in that regard is rather low I must confess. I have BSN and a Masters degree in Public health. I am beginning to feel all my previous accomplishments will go down the drain here and I will have to begin again:unsure:

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Hi there, I understand EXACTLY how you feel because my situation is very similar to yours. I too graduated in 2007 from a BSN program in Ireland and practiced at ward level and ER for 4 years before getting a Masters in Public Health and moving on to coordinating clinical trials and conducting health research studies for 3 years. We moved here exactly a year ago and although getting my education and everything approved and sorted went swimmingly well and I could have taken this exam and obtained a license at the beginning of the year, I kept putting it off and putting it off. I was worried because not only had I graduated from a foreign school years ago, I have also not been actively nursing for 4 years now!! I finally made up my mind and started studying 3 weeks ago. I signed up for Hurst review, borrowed the Kaplan strategy book and the Lippincott book from a friend, watched u tube videos like Mike Linares from simple nursing and stuff like that. I must confess that I am not a dedicated student and have always approached studying very casually and rather lazily ... but it has always worked for me. I took the NCLEX at 8 am and the screen turned blue at 95 questions. I was sure I had failed but lo and behold I passed!! yay! My point is, I am sure you will be fine. Your vast experience will NOT count against you but will actually be a blessing. Just remember to RELAX. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. THIS IS WHAT WORKED FOR ME I made sure to focus on each question completely and only concerned myself with one question at a time. I tried to visualize the scenario ( where possible). Only call a doctor when there is absolutely nothing you can do to help the client. In an emergency or to clarify an instruction. Think Maslow Try to assess before implementing unless assessing will mean delaying care or is not indicated. If all are implementation and you are still unsure, pick the one that does the least harm to your client. of course your ABCs always think of the safety of your client You will be ok. while the exam does need you to be alert and to think critically, I actually found that it was not as difficult as I hard expected. Get a good nights sleep tonight and the best of luck to you tomorrow! :)

Thanks a million! Yea!! It's (unofficially) official.. if that makes any sense...I passed. Paid the 8 dollars and found out for sure. The PVT is definitely not dead.

I know it's probably silly but I finally gave in and tried the "pvt" thingy a few minutes ago and got the information box that says "our records show that you recently blah blah blah... another test cannot be scheduled at this time" or wording to that effect. Still feeling very anxious. I took the test yesterday at 8 am. But fingers crossed. .. will hate to put my self through that stress all over again!!!