May 27, 2009 - New legislation specifically aimed at ending visa retrogression for RNs was introduced in the United States Congress May 20, 2009. The currently proposed legislation closely mirrors a 2008 proposal that called for RNs to be exempted from any numerical limit on visas until 2012.
While this is only the first of many steps before this Bill becomes law, it is a positive development after many months of no legislative action at all on this issue.
We believe that there are several reasons for cautious optimism that a solution to visa retrogression will be found this year.
Firstly, President Obama appears to be willing to tackle several complex issues at the same time and he has clearly stated that he intendeds to get to work on immigration reforms starting now.
Also, the current legislative proposal had gained significant support in the House of Representatives and the Senate before the elected officials all went campaigning for the fall 2008 federal election. It is very likely that those who supported the measure in 2008 will continue to support the current effort.
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While the current economic downturn has resulted in a sharp reduction in nursing and allied health vacancies for some employers, the facts are that the current economic conditions have not changed the demographic profile of the country and that the medium-long term trends continues to point to an increasing shortage of health care providers.
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we are discussing retrogression and the use of overseas nurses in the US.
It takes awhile for a bill to be passed unless it is an emergency . Congress just recently went back into session. Any movement won't happen for months due to the fact this is the normal course.
It doesnt always take that long i suppose there are many elements involved but recently these bills went through rather quickly and i wouldnt say they were emergency bills
S692 introduced march 25 reported on may 20 2009
h r 146 introduced jan 6 passed march 25 2009
s res 88 + h con res 78 + h res 139
the list can go on all non urgent yet passed within 2 months so i cant really see where you are getting that statement from.
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"It takes awhile for a bill to be passed unless it is an emergency . Congress just recently went back into session. Any movement won't happen for months due to the fact this is the normal course"
It all comes down to what they want to pass when but bills can get passed within a couple of months i agree a lot dont make it but you nor i can be sure when this will be passed and it seems that a lot of people want to write this off already.
We could be surprised at least the us seem to have a government whom know what they are doing unlike our fiddling expense starved politicians
Most bills never come up for vote, or they are tucked into another bill that has no relation to the bill. We have a crazy system. Several times they could not vote on a budget and they closed all government organizations for days!
On June 12th it was referred by the house of Judicary to the sub committee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
It is being rumoured by certain people that they are going to try and attach this bill to the health reform act which will go through this year so there is more hope now than when it was introduced.
Er jean that would be a way for the bill to advance, but many are opposing health care reform and further more if health care reform is passed I predict there will be less need for RNs due to less consumption of services rendered.
Lots of ifs....if the bill gets attached, if the health care reform passes, if lobbyists for the unions and nursing association find out and lobby against it.
On June 12th it was referred by the house of Judicary to the sub committee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
It is being rumoured by certain people that they are going to try and attach this bill to the health reform act which will go through this year so there is more hope now than when it was introduced.
erjean
Do you have a link to the source of this "quote?"
I keep reading the same "quote," and no one has provided any information as to who, if anyone, actually said this.
its for 60,000 people who fit the section a cat which i know nurses are now in for 3 years which is 20,000 each year upto september 2012 and any visas not taken up one year can be used in addition to the following years allotment
the processing time will be 30 days after filing so retrogression will not apply for nurses.
The bill has been introduced into the house
i dont know how long it takes to get passed but i think from what i have read on the us governemnt websites its going to be by the end of the year.
Hello
so does it mean that there are stil visas available to foreign nurses?
i am from israel and would love to work in your country for a couple of years.
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Hello
so does it mean that there are stil visas available to foreign nurses?
i am from israel and would love to work in your country for a couple of years.
thanks.
No, I'm afraid not. There seems to be a Nurse Reform Bill introduced every year that gets nowhere. Most nurses are in the EB3 category and they are only processing approved applications up to Sept 2002 at the moment.
Puh-leeeze!!
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we are discussing retrogression and the use of overseas nurses in the US.