Visas for overseas nurse...

[phoenix24rn]

what is the current news regarding overseas nurses obtaining visas to work in the us? i read this post and was concerned because of the nursing shortage and lack of interest in the nursing profession. we need more nurses!

this was posted by originally posted by nyrntx:

pd dates for eb3 cases from india,china, philippines retrogress to jan 2002.

read the official visa bulletin at http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/fr...tincurrent.html

i remember reading about this subject in the paper last week. lobbyists are fighting in dc hoping the government will propose a different plan of action.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

what is the current news regarding overseas nurses obtaining visas to work in the us? i read this post and was concerned because of the nursing shortage and lack of interest in the nursing profession. we need more nurses!

this was posted by originally posted by nyrntx:

pd dates for eb3 cases from india,china, philippines retrogress to jan 2002.

read the official visa bulletin at http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/fr...tincurrent.html

i remember reading about this subject in the paper last week. lobbyists are fighting in dc hoping the government will propose a different plan of action.

this gets discussed a lot in the international forum. i am planning on coming over from the uk and at present it has taken me 2 years to get to the stage i am at and i am still waiting for immigration to access my file. recently i have discovered that the hospital originally petitioning me has backed out but lucky that my recruiter has found a hosptial will to take over but international nurses face a lot of problems before finally getting here.

[LPNer]

I am fine with somebody deciding to move to the states who happens to be a nurse, I am against however, recruiting internationally. The states do not make the most of the nurses that are already here. Until that day comes, bringing in reinforcements is out of the question!