Visa Bulletin Oct 09

5cats · 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 · 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.

Silverdragon102, BSN · 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 · 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 · 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

So basically she's double shifting? What's the home life like? :scrying:

Ginger's Mom, MSN, RN · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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