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is this agency safe? googled them and i found the case that was filed last 2006 but the case was in favor to the agency, didnt find anything if its good or what. any help? theyre hiring this december 4. any help would be great :bowingpur

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

There are a few threads on AN that discuss sentosa (try the search facility in the International forum) but remember only you can make the decision, they may not be still in operation in 4-5 years time if retrogression is still as bad and if not will have to start process all over again. Retrogression at the moment indicates a wait for several years and going with a agency will not change it

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Yeah, they are going to conduct a seminar on December 2 in Makati. I am going to attend, but after I read the article regarding Sentosa 27, (Just google it or search it here in allnurses) I think I won't sign any papers that they are going to present to me. I'll just attend to have an idea about how agencies work.

About retrogression, my friend already has her visascreen (she filed last June 2008), I thought visas are on hold? Sorry I'm a little confused.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Yeah, they are going to conduct a seminar on December 2 in Makati. I am going to attend, but after I read the article regarding Sentosa 27, (Just google it or search it here in allnurses) I think I won't sign any papers that they are going to present to me. I'll just attend to have an idea about how agencies work.

About retrogression, my friend already has her visascreen (she filed last June 2008), I thought visas are on hold? Sorry I'm a little confused.

VSC has nothing to do with visa allocation. All VSC does is say you meet visa requirements. Visas are on hold with current processing time 2005

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Visa Screen Certificate is a piece of paper from CGFNS, that one has passed either the CGFNS exam or the NCLEX-RN exam and the English exams. It has nothing to do with a visa being issued by the US government either than one needs to present it when they have their interview for the green card. Nothing more than that.

As for any other agency or employer that is coming there; remember that each and everyone of them have a cancellation fee assosciated with anything that you sign. And it can be up to $40,000 plus US and you are legally responsible for it. Any contract is legally binding.

And you are looking at more than five years for a chance at a green card, is any company still going to be in business at that time? If they are not, then everything and all time spent goes down the drain, you cannot switch anything over to another company and keep everything.

Most definitely, do quite a bit of research before signing. You also do not know what the needs are going to be in the US then either. Remember that the big push in on to train Americans as nurses.

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Read carefully about their contract, they still have a case against sentosa 27 nurses; it was said that they assigned nurses to nursing homes aside from what was written in the contract. If you are ready to work 12 hour shifts with almost no breaks with 40 residents/patients; doing meds & treatment; charting; doing referrals; lab results; family concerns etc. then you can proceed. g'luck.

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Be careful... if the case is favorable to an agency then you should walk more slowly, and it does not mean those nurses are wrong. Technically, they may lose their case but their core complaints are legitimate for all the nurses, they have the support of NYSNA and 1199.

If you are ready to take care of 40 to 50 patients or residents in a nursing home, giving meds and treatment, charting, dealing with the family, doctors, and other departments of the facility, with just 2 or 3 aides who always argue with the nurse and somestimes magically disappear and if you feel like putting your license on the line every time you go on duty...then good luck.

Even some american nurses does not like to work in nursing homes, that's why nursing homes pay more .... And that is the reason why agencies recruit nurses from other countries like the Philippines, putting them under contract for certain years and imposing salary rate for said period (significantly lower). Keep it in mind that that they recruit not because they like to help you but to save from paying regular nurses salaries. Also be careful with the "buy-out" fee, some agencies now impose more than $25,000. If your on H1B and not on EB3 visa you should weigh your decision more carefully if it is worth it. Also make sure that they follow the facility stated in the contract, so you won't be surprised later, some agencies have a habit of transferring you to another location, far from your intended facility.

Keep in mind that nursing home experience is most of the times not considered when applying to a hospital after your contract... so make sure you can afford the buy out fee and even if you can buy your contract I am not sure if you can transfer easily to another hospital if you are on H1B visa.

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Why would you sign a contract that may not have any teeth in 5 years? If you agree to a rate of pay and there is inflation you will have to live with these terms.

Also if you are interested in nursing home work, do some research, it is regulated more then nuclear plants. The state is always inspecting ( and the state has the authority to pull you nursing license).

What is the rush?

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So far this agency is stable, unlike other agencies. While in the middle of the processing, they suddenly back out on your application. There are a few agencies whose employers backed out then asked for the candidate to pay for the expenses they have incurred. This is just plain stupid and unfair for the nurse to pay the incurred expense. They can sue me all they want, as a nurse they cannot make me pay for their incompetence. This is what I heard. If you want to know this agency you can PM me if you want.

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Any agency or any employer can sue any nurse or any employee if there is a written contract and it is broken. That is why it is so important to know everything and I mean everything.

If you are just in the process of signing a contract now, then you are looking at probably more than 7 years for a chance for a green card due to the large number that already have completed files or are being processed at this time.

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On January 17, 2009, the Suffolk County Courts ruled in favor of the Filipino nurses, and overturned an earlier decision finding the nurses and their lawyer guilty of some suit filed by the Sentosa owners. The new ruling termed the earlier decision unconstitutional. Please follow the link http://www.philippinenews.com/article.php?id=1699 for you to have a better idea of what happened and what kind of organization it is, even before retrogression came to be.

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hi. do tell me everything or perhaps anything you know about this agency. thank you very much.

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