What visa's these fall under when coming to the U.S.

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could someone tell me specifically which visa's these fall under? Any how long it typically takes for visa's to be issued and how long they can work in the U.S. under the visa? thanks!

Rn's

BSN's

Managerial Nurses

CNA

LPN's

Pharmacists

Housekkeeping

cooking

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

CNA, Housekeeping, LPN there is no shortage so no visa

RN, BSN, managerial nurses generally come under EB3 which is under retrogression so a long long wait. Some specialist nurses may come under EB2 but I think you need a masters for that.

Moving this to the International forum

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They do not issue visas for housekeepers to be sent to the US, there is no shortage of this classification.

Cooks can be under the H2-B, and that is for unskilled, temporary worker.

What matters is that there are no visas for nurses now, and this is what you have to go by if you are an RN.

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couldn't LPN & CNA come in under H2B visa if it were a temporay position in a hosp. or home health care or a long term tempory contract?

thanks

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Suzanne, what other countires can R.N., CNA , LPN's go to and how long does usually take to get the visa's if they have an employer?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Merging this with the thread ongoing in the International forum. Anything regarding other countries and immigration please place in that forum

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Most countries do not train LPN and therefore will not have immigration provisions for LPN. There will also be no shortage of CNA's in most countries so again will not meet immigration.

If you look at immigration requirements on most countries they are looking for Skilled workers like RN's. The US has retrogression. Canada are looking for RN's but you have to pass their nursing exam which is done 3 times a year in Canada and sometimes a bridging program is required depending on where you did your training. The EU at the moment has the requirement of employing own citizen then from the EU before the rest of the world so very hard to get a work visa there. Australia and New Zealand are looking for nurses but again usually a bridging program is required depending on where you did your training

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couldn't LPN & CNA come in under H2B visa if it were a temporay position in a hosp. or home health care or a long term tempory contract?

thanks

No, they do not qualify for any type of visa as we do not have shortages of them here in the US.

LPNs do not fall under the H2-B and they can get deported for immigration fraud by attempting to use that. It is not permitted by the US government for nurses. It is for unskilled laborers only.

You need to have the full BSN if you are going to work in the US, there are no other visas available.

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Suzanne, what other countires can R.N., CNA , LPN's go to and how long does usually take to get the visa's if they have an employer?

There are no visas in any country for the CNA, you may be speaking of the care-giver roles that your country has signed agreements with other countries for. But it is not considered a nursing role and no credit is given as working as a nurse for that as no license will be obtained. Much has been written on this very topic on the Philippine Forum, please just have a good read there.

There are no countries that are accepting of the LPN training done in your country for a visa. If you do not already possess the green card or the US citizenship, then you cannot work with it anywhere.

Most countries that will accept the four year RN want to see actual work experience as well as a local license before they will even consider anyone.

Again, much has already been written on this, just do a search.

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