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 that it is over. There is a huge number of applicants waiting for the green card, in addition to nurses, and they have been waiting as well. Remember that most that came to the US under the H1-B visa, are also included with the EB-3 caseload. And many of their attorneys are much faster at getting things done. Example: When the window opened for petitions to be submitted in April for the October 2007 H1-B visas, there were more than a 150,000 submitted in less than one day. And they were gone.
Not trying to burst any bubble, but trying to be honest on this. There are only so many visas available per year, never unlimited number. And this Bulletin does not go into effect until July 1, 2007. And those dates are only for that month and if you notice there is also mention that if the visas get used up that are there, then the dates will not remain in effect all month.
For those of you that got stopped in the processing just before your interview, this will be very beneficial for you. If your DS-230 has been approved and accepted, then this can be beneficial to you. For those that are just starting the process, remember you at the mercy of your agency and attorney and how fast that they will do things. We have seen multiple posts over the years of mistakes made with petitions that delayed things for quite a period of time. There is also a considerable raise in immigration fees going into affect at the end of July that will delay things for some people as the agencies are going to be holding back on paying of fees.
Those that have been paying their own way will find that they may get thru faster.
So please, do not make final plans to leave for the US until you actually have an interview date given to you. We saw what happened last fall to quite a few of you here.
Until there is another Schedule in place for nurses, the retrogression will not be over. Just an open window in the scheme of things, but definitely not over. Look at what happened even last month when the dates were moved up for the PD, you did not see a significant movement of anything. When money is needed to be paid by the agencies, everything drops to a crawl.
there is nothing that is going to be done from the cir this year. it just officially and finally got shot down. so there are no new systems that will be coming out from this.
again, the cir was never a good thing for nurses in the first place. and that is why the retrogression is still in place for nurses. there is no separate wing for them at this time. you are all grouped together with most others that want the [color=lime]coveted:biggringi green card.
nothing has changed for nurses. all have to continue waiting.
I have read from the Visa Bulletin site that retrogression might resume October this year or even earlier and this time around, retrogression maybe more severe than the previous ones...
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I have read from the Visa Bulletin site that retrogression might resume October this year or even earlier and this time around, retrogression maybe more severe than the previous ones...
What do they mean by "more severe"?
Thanks.
retrogression really isn't over all that has been done is a certain ammount of visas have been released and realistically there isn't enough for all who are waiting in categorie EB3. Once the visas are gone who knows what will happen but guess they are predicting a bigger regression than what has happened in the past
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Just giving a friendly reminder to everyone to not discuss details and specifics of your cases here and also not give advice that maybe misconstrued as giving out 'legal advice'"This is not a legal advice bulletin board
as this does not conform to our Terms of Service.
This is a board for nurses and nurses-to-be to discuss primarily nursing issues. This is not a free legal advice board. Please be aware that allnurses.com cannot be responsible for problems resulting from reliance on legal advice received here. If you have a legal problem, please seek legal counsel."
The details of a case can be discussed and should be discussed w/ your respective lawyers.
Also, please stay w/in the boundaries of the topic of this thread.
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I don't think we've violated anything here. First of all I have not given any LIN number in which you can trace any pending case on the web. Secondly, this forum is for everyone who thinks they would benefit from other peoples experience. Lastly, it is upon the individual if he would listen and even follow advice of a person who does not have the proper authority in giving legal advice.
Anyway, thank you very much for your concern. Have a very nice day and I hope you don't hold this against me. Peace out.
I don't think we've violated anything here. First of all I have not given any LIN number in which you can trace any pending case on the web. Secondly, this forum is for everyone who thinks they would benefit from other peoples experience. Lastly, it is upon the individual if he would listen and even follow advice of a person who does not have the proper authority in giving legal advice.
Anyway, thank you very much for your concern. Have a very nice day and I hope you don't hold this against me. Peace out.
You are welcome but our board do have the Terms of Service that every user has agreed to abide upon signing-up and seeking legal advice and giving one, directly or indirectly is discouraged per TOS.
It looks like the Retrogression will be back, stronger than ever next week, when visa categories become UNAVAILABLE. It's goodbye to the coveted American greencard dream again for the thousands of nurses waiting in the PI, at least for the moment. Or maybe for a very long, long time. :lol2:
The point that I have been making all along is that the retrogression is still in place for nurses, as it has been since last October 31. This was only going to be a bubble in the scheme of things to permit some corporations to get petitions submitted for their employees that have been caught up in waiting for their PD to be current. And I am talking of those under the H1-B visas that have been in the US for several years. They usually have to wait more than a year or two for their PD dates to become current. Unlike it in nursing when there are visas available as there were under the Schedule A in the past. Nurses have actually been fast-tracked for the green card.
This is only a small opening as well for immigration to get some files cleared up on their end. Remember that these are just recapped visas being used, they are not new ones that have been created for this. So the retrogression is still in place, especially since the RN does not have a special Schedule any longer.
Maybe some will rethink going into nursing in the first place just to get a green card. And the others will get experience to make them a better candidate for someone to employ them.
Nurses are no longer being considered as that important. Those undergoing CP are of the lowest priority and will get only a trickle of the visas, if ever any are ever released for them. THOSE ALREADY IN THE USA AND DOING PRODUCTIVE WORK are of the highest priority. The US is doing its best to obliterate the nursing shortage, until there will be no more demand for immigrant nurses. Those undergoing CP and tied up in the ping-pong paperwork had better think again and throw away all their premature excitement. Nurses are not that a hot commodity anymore, it's just a lot of hype. :lol2:
In a couple of days or weeks will see what happens hope its for the better.
"Persons born in the Philippines are probably better off than others since the recapture of 50,000 immigrant visas for RNs, PTs and family members in 2005 and 2006 cleared up some of the Filipino backlog."
:lol2: 
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nothing has changed for nurses. all have to continue waiting.