UK nursing agency advertising H1B visa for Fl and TX?

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Specializes in ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH.

Would anyone like to enlighten as to why/how they are doing this?

Do not require a Bachelors degree, but must have NCLEX.Posts are ICU/OR/ER

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

H1b is a specialised visa and you have to meet requirements and as I have posted in another thread with link there are fraudulent claims with using H1b and not meeting requirements expect things to get stiffer regarding issuing said visa

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Specializes in ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH.

So what would the requirments be for these jobs?

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A Clinical Specialist is a nurse with a Masters of Science in Nursing and taken another certification exam. I doubt there is much of need since they are often the first ones to loose their positions in down economic times.

Another would be a NP, also masters prepare and another test.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration & Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H). It allows U.S. employers to employ foreign guest workers in specialty occupations.

The regulations define a “specialty occupation” as requiring theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge in a field of human endeavor including, but not limited to, architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, law, accounting, business specialities, theology, and the arts, and requiring the attainment of a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent as a minimum. Likewise, the foreign worker must possess at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent and state licensure, if required to practice in that field. H-1B work-authorization is strictly limited to employment by the sponsoring employer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1B

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Specializes in ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH.
A Clinical Specialist is a nurse with a Masters of Science in Nursing and taken another certification exam. I doubt there is much of need since they are often the first ones to loose their positions in down economic times.

Another would be a NP, also masters prepare and another test.

Yes I am aware of that but these are Staff Nurse positions.

I was just curious to see if anyone knew the answer.

Will shortly be getting visa and off to sunny NC!

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Interesting, how long has it taken you to get your visa? A staff nurse position doesn't qualify for a H1b visa.

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Specializes in ICU,ANTICOAG,ACUTE STROKE,EDU,RESEARCH.

I wouldn't be working as a Staff Nurse

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

If the H1b isn't capped and mostly need to be university hospitals then application is done in April with Oct start although the demand is much higher than visas allocated and covers everyone and usually gone in a couple of hours. As I posted in the thread about H1b fraud the government will be making sure all meet H1b requirements due to the outcome of them being abused so expect things to get tougher regarding this visa. Also H1b is for 3 years and how knows what will happen regarding retrogression then and if the hospital doesn't renew then you will have to leave the US

If it is something you want to do and take the chance then make sure you do all the research and prepared that you may have to leave if it fails.

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why is it that an agency is offering it to my fellow nurses , they said that they are non cap, and will not pass thru the lottery?

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Usually non staff nurse positions are in demand. Nurses who applied will question the credentials of a person who applied. The reason is that these positions don't require nights and weekends. If you are going to be paid less than a staff nurse position but require special training you are breaking the terms of the Visa which is you get paid the prevailing wage. Unless your credentials are impeccable, many US certifications and awards that are locally recognized things will be hard, human resources will not provide you any support. Unless you have friends who work in this facility to support you it will be tough going.

Yesterday driving to work, I saw 3 different pickets lines all complaining about working conditions ( union verses non union). US citizens are scared and fighting for the lively hood.

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The H1-B requires the BSN, there is no way to get around that requirement. Next is that the person actually hold a license in the state where they would be working as well as a Visa Screen Certificate; there is no way for any application to be submitted without these three things being met.

So just stating passing of the NCLEX exam is worthless, and means nothing and is not accepted for the requirements for this type of visa.

And the better part of it is that FL will no longer permit endorsement to there if the foreign nurse gets licensed in another state but has not worked here for two years as well. So not sure if this brilliant agency is even aware of this new ruling that the FL BON has put into effect. Or the fact that they destroy the application one year from date of submission if they are not provided with a SSN#; and it is date when application was made, not from when the exam was passed.

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