you can consider this thread as closed since information posted here became obsolete on may 11 2005, once president george w bush signed the apropriations bill in to a law to make additional 50,000 visas available for nurses. this thread was started on dec 11 2004 when the worst news hit rn community that the pd dates have been retrogressed to jan 2002 and nurses will be the hardest hit.
now its official.
pd dates for eb3 cases from india,china, philippines retrogress to jan 2002.
this is worst news for the rn community who wish to migrate to us.
this means that, rns who are already in us will not be able to file i485 (aos) after dec 31 2004 till the priority dates become current. its not clear how long it will take.
those who have managed to file aos will have a huuuuuuuuuge waiting time for their gc apporval.
those who are outside us, will have a loooooooong wait
for someone who is in us and has either cgfns/ncelx (with or without visascreen), the only option is to get an employer to file for i140 and 485 before dec 31 2004. this will make them eligible for ead and legal status in us.
considering the rn shortage, there are chances that they may introduce a new visa category or an exception for nurses. depends on how hard the empoyers lobby the congress.
The new visa bullettin is out but the dates are not good. Now the PD for EB3 cases from PIC (Phili, India,China) countries is April 01 2002. This is somewhat disappointing.
All the time, optimists were thinking that since the USCIS work on a quarter system, unused visa numbers of other countries will be added to PIC countries quota at the end of every quarter. (Mar 31 ends their 2nd qurter). It does not seem like thats happened here....
Now, the new argument is, eventhough USCIS work on quarter system, they may add unused Visaumber from the non-PIC countires to the PIC quota only at the end of the fiscal year. USCIS current fiscal year ends on Sep 30 2005. So if this argument holds true, then the Visa bullettin for October ( which will be out by Sep 15) may carry some good news...
ratios of 1 to 5 go into effect this will aggravate the nursing shortage thank god ,now this should act as a catalyst mr lantos is also from california as is mr schwarzenger (opposite views)
As I keep saying, just work on getting all of your documents completed and do not delay because of the regression. Things will open and you will need to have things in hand...........
Get the English exams completed, NCLEX exam, and submit the Visa Screen application.............
Even for those of you that have tourist visas for the US, you must have the Visa Screen Certificate in hand to be able to have a Change in Status filed for you whenever the restrictions lift,,,,,,,,,,,,and VSC will take approximately four months to get after completion of the requirements............
So just keep doing what you were doing before...............
I am not sure if you know how things work here, but just because a bill is being worked on, it can take years to get it approved. I wouldn't put so much focus on this, especially when the bill needs to get approval of the majority in the Senate and the House, not just locally in one state. This is national not for just one state.
[ac 21 took a maximum of 8 months to be approved ,was, approved in oct 2000//no reason this should not be faster//the bill should be approved faster this time as the shortage of nurses is more severe//the time is now ripe for visas recapture//still if they dont act cant really do anything about it .
[ac 21 took a maximum of 8 months to be approved ,was, approved in oct 2000//no reason this should not be faster//the bill should be approved faster this time as the shortage of nurses is more severe//the time is now ripe for visas recapture//still if they dont act cant really do anything about it .
WILL ALL THE UNUSED VISAS OF 2005 BE PUT IN OPEN IN JULY 2005
I am new to this forum and I came to know that it is very informative and interesting. I am a nurse from India. My processing is almost completed and I am in the last stage i.e. waiting for consulate interview I have even got my consulate number also.
Now what could be the status of my case. If anybody is having a fair idea please let me know.
Is there any active effort happening on Rep Lantos bill. When will it likely to get passed.. God save us :)
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The new visa bullettin is out but the dates are not good. Now the PD for EB3 cases from PIC (Phili, India,China) countries is April 01 2002. This is somewhat disappointing.
All the time, optimists were thinking that since the USCIS work on a quarter system, unused visa numbers of other countries will be added to PIC countries quota at the end of every quarter. (Mar 31 ends their 2nd qurter). It does not seem like thats happened here....
Now, the new argument is, eventhough USCIS work on quarter system, they may add unused Visaumber from the non-PIC countires to the PIC quota only at the end of the fiscal year. USCIS current fiscal year ends on Sep 30 2005. So if this argument holds true, then the Visa bullettin for October ( which will be out by Sep 15) may carry some good news...
Lets wait and watch......