nurse with a tourist visa

[donna]

i have the same case with rosette....except that i am still in the philippines and have not yet taken the nclex but took ielts already.

i have a multiple visa and plans to visit my sister in california next month, i am scheduled to take the test there in august but i was told they are not giving working visa right now, when is it going to open again and can you give me an advice about this matter

[Administrator]

donna said:

i have the same case with rosette....except that i am still in the philippines and have not yet taken the nclex but took ielts already.

i have a multiple visa and plans to visit my sister in california next month, i am scheduled to take the test there in august but i was told they are not giving working visa right now, when is it going to open again and can you give me an advice about this matter

Hi Donna,

You can visit your sister anytime, just be careful at the immigration. Make sure you have nothing with you for them to doubt you as a visitor. The H1-B (temporary non-immigrant worker visa) is available every year and it usually opens in April of each year. The EB-3 (immigrant worker visa) is now available for Filipino nurses. It would be a big help for you if you can pass the NCLEX exam first, but not necessarily, for as long as you have a local license.

Good luck to you and let us know what you decide to do!

Admin

[garnet1881]

hi! i am in the US on a tourist visa and i am scheduled to take the NCLEX and IELTS in august. My agency told me that after passing both exams they would file for my working permit, working visa & immigrant visa. If God permits that i pass both exams and got the results in the last week of August, when should i expect to start working? how does the retogression affect my status?

furthermore, after passing the nclex & ielts, what are the next steps that i should do? please give me a list of the things that i still need to do and how many months or days should i wait for the processing of each step.

Thank you very much! more power to you!

PS. by the way, i am included in the unfortunate batch of june 2006 and already took the re-take last june 2007, im still waiting for the results.

[nina]

helu, i already passed d nclex, is it posible an employer will process both working and immigrant visa at d same tym? im really confusd wat visa to apply for, im still here in d phil, i took CA state.thx