RN with ADN can have Green card???

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Jun 11, 2014

H1C expired several years ago.

H1B requires a bachelors and several years of paid specialty experience not for new grad nurses, especially not ADN. Most nurses do not qualify for H1B temporary visa

Depending on country of birth the wait for an employment based visa that can lead to permanent residency/green card is 5-15 years. You will be hard pressed to find an employer willing to incur costs and hold a job for a decade especially for an inexperienced new grad when there are so many US educated citizen & permanent residents seeking employment

If you are on a student visa, you are officially expected to return to your home country shortly upon graduation.

aabbccdd · Jun 25, 2014

You should be able to apply for F1-OPT after you finished your ADN. This gives you the opportunity to work for 1 year in nursing after you graduate. It is virtually impossible right now to get sponsorship and a working permit with a ADN only. You need to apply to other colleges and get at least a BSN and even then you need to be lucky. You can have all the education and qualification you want but it is even more important to be lucky. If nursing is your calling, don't despair, keep an open mind and keep looking.

Good Luck

elkpark · Jun 25, 2014

You should be able to apply for F1-OPT after you finished your ADN. This gives you the opportunity to work for 1 year in nursing after you graduate.

It gives you the opportunity to work for a year, but it's highly unlikely employers are going to be willing to hire a new graduate who is only authorized to work in the US for one year.

As JustBeachy noted, the expectation of student visas is that the individual is here to study and will be returning home after completing her/his studies.