Green Card through nursing?

[Queen]

Hello everybody !
I have heard that foreign students who became RN (registered nurses) in U.S can easily get a Green Card. Anybody have information about this? How all this process goes? Do u know any friend of yours that was international student in nursing program who could be able to chang her status from F-1 to permanent resident? Appreciate any help and info.

[Queen]

Anybody heard anything related to this topic?

[Royal]

Anybody heard anything related to this topic?
try look here could be helpfull:
NOTE: The fact that a particular RN, in fact, has a BSN is not, by itself, enough to make that RN eligible for H-1B classification. The critical factor is that a person is not required to have a BSN in order to obtain a license as an RN. Since one can enter the field of Registered Nursing with something less than a BSN, Registered Nursing is not, itself, a specialty occupation.
Until recently, USCIS recognized an exception for RNs licensed in North Dakota. At one time, North Dakota law provided that no one who enrolled in a nursing program after January 1, 1987, was eligible for licensure as an RN without first obtaining a BSN. Chapter 361 of the 2003 North Dakota Session Laws, however, repealed this requirement. Since this amendment became effective (August 1, 2003), North Dakota now allows a person who has graduated from an approved RN program and who passes the required examination to be licensed as an RN, even if the person does not hold a BSN.
Adjustment of Status
Aliens who are outside of the US and seek permanent residence in the US apply for an immigrant visa at US consulates abroad and are then admitted into the United States as lawful permanent residents. Under certain circumstances, aliens who are present in the US may become permanent residents without having to leave the US.4 This process, which is administered at the discretion of the USCIS, is called “adjustment of status.” It differs from the “change of status” process where an alien present in the US changes from one nonimmigrant classification to another. In order to qualify, eligible aliens generally must be in legal immigration status on the date of filing the permanent resident application and must have maintained lawful status since admission into the United States.

http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/employerinfo/EIB19.pdf

[Queen]

Thanx a lot.

[Queen]

For those of you that are studying in the US under either an F-1 visa, or any other where you do not have permission to work, and will need to apply for a green card when you finish your schooling-----this is for you.

You must meet all of the requirements for immigration that a foreign-trained nurse does, the only exception that you have is that the English requirements are waived for you. You still need to submit the application and get a Visa Screen Certificate. This is offered by CGFNS and the application is available on their website, www.CGFNS.org. There is only one application available, whether you did your training in the US, or overseas.
You will still need to find an employer that will petition for your green card. You will still need to undergo a physical exam at a physician's office that is approved by USCIS an have verification of all titers and vaccinations. If you do not have verifiable proof of having had chicken pox, etc., you will need to have either a titer drawn, or receive the vaccination. Immigration is very strict now with this, they will no longer go on what you are verbally telling them.

Hope that this helps...............most of you will also be able to get an OPT for one year of training while your documents are being processed, but you can only receive the OPT once, especially if this is now a second career for you, and you already used your OPT status for the other.

If you are coming to the US just for the MSN, and already have a BSN from overseas, you will be required to write the English exams. You are only exempt from them if this is your initial training as a nurse, meaning ADN or BSN only.
__________________
Suzanne RN, BS, MBA

For more info, u can visit this site and get answered to many of your questions.
http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119024

[treasureseeker1]

http://www.voanews.com/turkish/2005-06-14-voa5.cfm (http://www.voanews.com/turkish/2005-06-14-voa5.cfm)

[Queen]

http://www.voanews.com/turkish/2005-06-14-voa5.cfm (http://www.voanews.com/turkish/2005-06-14-voa5.cfm)
Hey ! is there english version ? or can u translate it ,just the general meaning of that article?

[treasureseeker1]

Queen: Mine Dalgic is a Turkish immigrant who lives in the states and owner of a nursing company in Los Angeles.
She is telling: in USA they need foreign nurses and mostly they come from South America countries.. and she tells what to do to be cerfied in USA if you are a foreign nursing school graduate and she is ready to supply you a job for whom coming from Turkey..
I would suggest you to visit her web site.. maybe you can email her and ask directly to her.. http://www.kismetnurse.com/
If you were a medical gradute i could tell you all the procedures in order to work in USA as a M.D but for you it's better to ask her by email..
wish you all the best..

[Queen]

Queen: Mine Dalgic is a Turkish immigrant who lives in the states and owner of a nursing company in Los Angeles.
She is telling: in USA they need foreign nurses and mostly they come from South America countries.. and she tells what to do to be cerfied in USA if you are a foreign nursing school graduate and she is ready to supply you a job for whom coming from Turkey..
I would suggest you to visit her web site.. maybe you can email her and ask directly to her.. http://www.kismetnurse.com/
If you were a medical gradute i could tell you all the procedures in order to work in USA as a M.D but for you it's better to ask her by email..
wish you all the best..
Thanx treasureseeker for taking time to translate. Seems she helps to Turkish nurses only or those who come from Turkey only. But, I'll email her and see.

[Royal]

Alien Physician Educational Commission for
Foreign Medical Graduates
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia PA 19104
Ph: 215-823-2127
Fax: 215-386-9766

for the medicals

[Queen]

Alien Physician Educational Commission for
Foreign Medical Graduates
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia PA 19104
Ph: 215-823-2127
Fax: 215-386-9766

for the medicals
Is it a comission which suports international students having M.D already?