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Post by scorpio2004 on Apr 3, 2007 6:50:27 GMT -5
HELLO AND GOOD DAY,I AM ONE OF THOSE NURSES AFFECTED BY THE RETRO .WE ARE ALREADY ON OUR PACKET 4 .I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY NEWS REGARDING RETRO RELIEF.ALSO,I WANT TO KNOW IF MY HUSBAND STILL HAS TO GET AND PASS IELTS FOR HIM TO WORK ALSO AS A NURSE .THANKS AND GOD BLESS
SCORPIO2004
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Apr 4, 2007 18:49:23 GMT -5
Post by Administrator on Apr 4, 2007 18:49:23 GMT -5
HELLO AND GOOD DAY,I AM ONE OF THOSE NURSES AFFECTED BY THE RETRO .WE ARE ALREADY ON OUR PACKET 4 .I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY NEWS REGARDING RETRO RELIEF.ALSO,I WANT TO KNOW IF MY HUSBAND STILL HAS TO GET AND PASS IELTS FOR HIM TO WORK ALSO AS A NURSE .THANKS AND GOD BLESS SCORPIO2004 Hi Scorpio2004, Thanks for inquiring here. The retrogression is still in effect up to now. You can read the update on retrogression relief here: www.filipinonurses2us.com/2007/04/strive_act_of_2.htmlYour husband will be your dependent on your immigrant visa, and should be able to work in the US once he receives an offer from an employer. Since he is coming in on an immigrant status already, he would not need to follow all the procedures you went through. It depends on his employer if he will be required to take the IELTS or TOEFL. He should be fine if he can present that the medium of instruction of his school was in English or if he has a good command of English, then he will less likely need to. Once again, it depends on his employer. Good luck and God bless too. Admin
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Post by scorpio2004 on Apr 6, 2007 6:59:48 GMT -5
THANK YOU FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY..I DO HOPE THAT RETROGRESSION WILL END SOON..I AM QUITE WORRIED WITH THE EXAMINATIONS THAT I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN [ NCLEX,IELTS] . I TOOK MY NCLEX FOR THE CALIFORNIA BOARD LAST AUGUST 2005 AND I CANNOT GET MY LICENSE COZ I DONT HAVE SSN..WHAT WILL I DO NEXT?UNTIL WHAT YEAR WILL IT BE VALID?WHAT ABOUT MY IELTS? I WAS TOLD THAT IT REMAINS VALID FOR ONLY TWO YEARS .IS THAT TRUE?
HOPE YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN ME ON THIS..I TRULY APPRECIATE WE HAVE A FORUM LIKE THIS ! MORE POWER !!!
SCORPIO 2004
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Post by Administrator on Apr 6, 2007 9:04:03 GMT -5
THANK YOU FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY..I DO HOPE THAT RETROGRESSION WILL END SOON..I AM QUITE WORRIED WITH THE EXAMINATIONS THAT I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN [ NCLEX,IELTS] . I TOOK MY NCLEX FOR THE CALIFORNIA BOARD LAST AUGUST 2005 AND I CANNOT GET MY LICENSE COZ I DONT HAVE SSN..WHAT WILL I DO NEXT?UNTIL WHAT YEAR WILL IT BE VALID?WHAT ABOUT MY IELTS? I WAS TOLD THAT IT REMAINS VALID FOR ONLY TWO YEARS .IS THAT TRUE? HOPE YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN ME ON THIS..I TRULY APPRECIATE WE HAVE A FORUM LIKE THIS ! MORE POWER !!! SCORPIO 2004 Hi Scorpio2004, I understand your position right now. We keep on hoping that there will be a resolution on retrogression before the end of this year. At least the Congress has finally introduced some resolutions to the new comprehensive immigration reform, so that is a good sign for our hopes. For your next concern, I am afraid that is true that you only have 3 years to provide the BON your SSN for them to issue your license. However, I don't see that as a big problem. With your immigrant visa, you are given one year to work in the US with just your local licensure, that means you have one year to pass the NCLEX exam and get registered in whichever state you are going to work. And I think it will be easier for you to re-take the NCLEX exam because they have your credentials with them already, unless they require you to re-submit them. Regarding your IELTS, it is also true that the foreign language exams are valid for 2 years only. Again, you might need to re-take this, but don't worry too much about it. Once you hear about the new available visas, then you can start preparing for your IELTS. And I would suggest that you just re-take your NCLEX when you are in the US already. You still have 1 and a half years before your NCLEX will expire, and who knows maybe before then you will be in the US already. You are fortunate you have your packet 4 already, all you need to wait for is your interview schedule. I hope you will let us know if you get the good news already. We are always here to support you. Thanks and God bless! Admin
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