it will soon take 2-5 years to process papers for US? how true?

suzanne4, RN · Sep 1, 2006

Taking the NCLEX exam has nothing to do with the time for immigration processing. It is just a requirement that need to be done to start the process. It does nto matter which state that you are licensed in or where you are going to work. All are affected by it.

Whether you have a direct employer or go agency, there is no difference in the immigration processing. You are going to be affected by the retorgression. Period.

Until Congress makes more visas available, you are going to be waiting.

----------------This thread is being moved to International Forum, as it affects more than just nurses from the Philippines.

FutureUSRN · Sep 1, 2006

And I would say "It will not take 2 to 5 months and there would be a remedy to this problem". US cannot afford to let its citizens suffer from poor healthcare due to lack of nurses.

tanita · Sep 1, 2006

Suzanne,

How long after taking NCLEX we 'll have to wait to move to US because of retrogression?

Thank you.

Silverdragon102, BSN · Sep 1, 2006

Suzanne,
How long after taking NCLEX we 'll have to wait to move to US because of retrogression?
Thank you.

know one really knows at the moment a lot depends if new visas get released and also which countries are going to be affected

suzanne4, RN · Sep 2, 2006

And I would say "It will not take 2 to 5 months and there would be a remedy to this problem". US cannot afford to let its citizens suffer from poor healthcare due to lack of nurses.

Sorry, but last year it was longer, and more are expected to be affected this time.

And for those that post it will cause hardship to Americans, that is also not true. If you factor in the time that it takes for a foreign nurse to get petitioned to work in the US and complete that, it is well over one year.......

So nothing is going to happen right away.