VB out and gone back more than I expected for most it is 2002 with India 2001October 09 Visa Bulletin
5cats 613 Posts Specializes in intensive care, recovery, anesthetics. Has 17 years experience. Sep 10, 2009 Makes me wonder where and how they discovered all those applications, you would have thought that those people got their visas long time ago, eh?I guess they need to change the system, otherwise it's getting ridiculous.5cats
savian 24 Posts Sep 10, 2009 Yes, you're absolutely right! why don't they just say, " hey would be immigrants we don't need you", that would be much easier to digest than to find the priority date retrogress to (may I borrow your word) such a ridiculous date.
Editorial Team / Admin Silverdragon102, BSN 1 Article; 39,477 Posts Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC. Has 35 years experience. Sep 10, 2009 I suspect they are still trying to sort out the fiasco that happened in July 07 when over 800,000 applications was filed. We may get a more reasonable number/date in a couple of months
redranger 363 Posts Sep 10, 2009 Glad my wife came over via K1.She is working 60 hours per week, thats as many hours as her Manager will let her work.It seems like there is a shortage of skilled and trained nurses in our area
Fiona59 8,343 Posts Has 18 years experience. Sep 10, 2009 Glad my wife came over via K1.She is working 60 hours per week, thats as many hours as her Manager will let her work.It seems like there is a shortage of skilled and trained nurses in our areaSo basically she's double shifting? What's the home life like?
Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN 1 Article; 3,181 Posts Has 41 years experience. Sep 10, 2009 This is unsafe for any nurse, studies have shown that nurses make errors with that amount of OT. New graduates need to be mentored and doing over time with have an adverse effect for all.
NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN 2,487 Posts Sep 10, 2009 I agree with Medsurg, new grads should be limited on the OT they work for the first year of employment. It's very unsafe and I've seen it happen. It's sad that their orientation is only about a month in the LTC before they're set free. In the hospitals our new grads have to work 8 weeks with a mentor, and then they get their own patients, but a mentor checks up on them.
happyhati 9 Posts Sep 11, 2009 So, is the retrogression over?I'm confused.It is not the "U" anymore....I is a little progress, right?
NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN 2,487 Posts Sep 11, 2009 No retrogression is far from over. As long as there are more foreigners applying for visas that exceed the availability, then retrogression will be in place. If you haven't started the application, then you might want to start now, and look at plan B while plan A is on hold.
happyhati 9 Posts Sep 11, 2009 thank you for answering my question, nursecubanitarn2b.i started working at my hospital as a nicu nurse about 2 years ago. i got bsn in us in the end of july 2007 and started working in oct 2007. i received the visascreen in dec, 2007. i used one year opt and started graduate school in aug 2008 and still working with cpt.my hospital will petition me and many people got gc before me. however, they have a policy that they will not start paperwork when the i-485 cannot be filed. so, my hospital have not do anything for me yet. i just send a e-mail to hospital's lawyer. i'm not sure if they can do it now....but i need to decide what to do next....!thank you
5cats 613 Posts Specializes in intensive care, recovery, anesthetics. Has 17 years experience. Sep 11, 2009 The waiting time for an employment based GC is 8 years plus right now, even when people are maintaining student status or whatever it's way too long to stay legally in the US, the sooner people face reality and go to plan B, like returning home and work there, what's the idea of a student visa anyway the better for them.5cats
