After the Memorial Day recess, Congress is back in session. For the third consecutive week, HLG and the CTIHS will be walking the halls of Congress trying to garner support for HR 5294. We expect to be in DC on Wednesday and Thursday.
Monday, June 02, 2008
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Good News
Is it true that the discussion will just go on and no bills will be passed till the election is over?
The future of Rn's who's trying to USA are just becoming a big question and a nightmare.Just getting bombarded here and there from Dec 2006.Was this time not sufficient to come into a decision??
So many of the RN's who's processing to USA is half way is now heading towards Canada,Ireland and UK.If this is the situation then there will be hardly any nurse to migrate to USA...After so many exams they are still no where and just with 1 exam IELTS they will be able to go to countries like Canada,Ireland ,UK an australia.......
HLG plz reply.....any benifit for this long waiting????
This is my last best HOPE. I am sure something would happen before election. We just have to beleive!
hi all , this a positive and good news .
good luck hlg
The politics of immigration were disrupted and remain so due to the growing crises around illegal immigration, political linkage of the two different issues, and the political opposition to pragmatism around illegal immigration. having corresponded with some via internet, i can say many of the people who oppose illegal immigration also oppose legal immigration. they are afraid that America's opportunities are limited, and should be reserved for Americans. Congress can't ignore such a large group of stupid, angry people. Unfortunately, none are qualified to be nurses. The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal understand that costs will rise and Americans will die without additional nursing staff. But a line of cave men with clubs form a ring around the nation. Go to Canada, Ireland, UK, Australia, and New Zealand while Americans like me purge this nation of these xenophobes and their irrational fear of globalism.
Hi Everybody, Plz respond to my ?
My PD is July, 2005, was interviewed on 20 May, but was not issued visa bcz the Consular Officer give me a blue refusal Form asking to submit additional information about my Sponsoring Agency's Bussiness. I m CGFNS, NCLEX-RN Passer having Visa Screen Certificate, having RN License. Kindly give me your expert opinion. Will I be able to get visa in this FY. What if my PD retrogress in July VB? Or once I m interviewd my case do not depend on current/ retrogressed PD. Anybody with a situation like mine plz respond? Why the embassy asked such information, I know there is everthing OK with the Agency.
Help me
I have passed CG Nclex-RN and Ielts and my petition is approved NVC compleated file is in consulate waiting for interview due to PD is March-2006 India.
My two friends have consulate interview but did't get Visas.
Problem is Agency they have shutdown office and not so reliable but we all have contracted with them if we break to join other then he will sue us moreover I140 and NVC will take time
Please guide us we are four from INDIA....
It was sad that we had to undergore several exams..CGFNS, IELTS, NCLEX, VISASCREEN etc with huge cost and long duration with a dead end. it looks more of a con game.
forget about congress issues and if your IELTS (that is all they require except canada which will give you ample time to do the exam as you work) is still current apply to progressive countries like canada, australia and new zealand.
lets go guys
Let's stay positive. Trying is better than doing nothing. Good luck HLG!
Go, Go, HLG
MOre power!
DEAR FRIENDS,
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN BEFORE ELECTION.THESE ARE GAMES BEAUTIFULLY PLAYED BY THE SENATORS,LAW MAKERS AND HLG.WE FOOLS JUST WASTE OUR TIME JUST BY HOPPING THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.IF THEY REALY WANTED TO PASS THE BILL,THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT BEFORE,IE,IN 2007.YOU GUYS HAVE STILL TIME TO TAKE A DIVERTION TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
Pushok- If the the consul is asking for additional evidence from your sponsor's, it means that there is something wrong. Have you check the name of your petitioner in your Approval notice from USCIS? Is it the same name in your contract and offer of employment? What about the hospital that you are going to work with? Are they still connected w/ your agency? How about a pending case?Best advice, is you ask your sponsor regarding this. If you dont have the visa yet and it retrogressed or your PD isnt current on the following month, they will not issue it. You have to wait for your PD to be current before they can resume processing your visas or releasing it.
Pushok
Since you mentioned everything is OK with your petitioner Immediately arrange the required information to the consulate officer. A visa number is kept for you now for the month of June at your consulate. Do this immediately. Do not delay a second. If you delay to July, then you may raise up your eyes. Let GOd helps you, if the PD is retrogressed in July.
eoTrushaben- I would like to help you but I dont understand most of the things you are saying. If your agency has shut down then you are in BIG trouble. As iN BIG! What's the matter with your friends? Why are the visas not issued?
To Trushaben,
Maybe you should frist try to find out from your friends why they were refused visas. What do you mean by "Agency has shut down office" do you mean that they have shut down full operations? in that case you may have to start all over again with a new sponsor and new I-140 petition.
To Pushok,
Follow Losthearter's advice, act before July kicks in.
Also can you inform us what additional information the consulate required from you or did you lack any particluar documentation like employment letter from you sponsor / employer perhaps? Keep us updated please. All the best.
Dear HLG,
Thank you for your effort. Thank you very much. Now, I know very well that it is my choice to go to the United States and therefore it is my choice to go to nursing school and pay for it. Take nclex and pay for it. Take ielts and pay for it. Get visascreen and pay for it. But off course, there risk in every endeavor. As a nurse I certainly understand the dynamics of the politics of immigration in America. There are deep interests in play here. There is the ANA which is really against and using its influence to block any immigration of nurses from other countries of nurses of going to America not that they are incompetent(the foreign nurses) but they (ANA) would just love to produce nurses from America, and they think they are the only "best nurses". Its all right, it is always proven otherwise. There are the nursing schools, that would certainly salivate in the prospects of the monopoly of producing nurses just from them and they think that they have the monopoly of knowledge but off course they are looking at the profit that they would make. And most of all the lobby groups, including among others, the Hispanic caucuses, the democrats and take note, the hispanic caucuses are democrats themselves and most of all the republicans, who would really giggles to see the US congress fails in every step of the way specially with immigration, just because it is controlled by democrats. But I am really irritated by these bloggers who are for a lack of a better term, nincompoops who seemed to maligned your every effort, just because they are ignorant and their understanding for a lack of a better term again, an IQ of below sea level.
Please continue your effort because those of us who believed in your effort and understand how difficult it is, will just do our part and we will just prepare ourselves for that time that will come and our dreams and effort will come into fruition.
My Gratitude to you and I hope you will succeed. simply because we greatly depended upon your success as simple as that.
Jimmy George,
Can you tell what is the benefit for HLG to ply this game along with others?
Hi Guys
may I correct ??
# NVC is predicting visa will retrogress in coming months ;but may only adjust it if their prediction for approaching near annual limit by CIS for AOS is inaccurate!!!
# people are hopeful that it will advance further !!.
# Lawyers are very sure that visa office didn't violate federal law in earlier months!!
# If we all are accurate, visa office still must have enough visas to issue in final quarter(far-more than they issued in first 3 quarter)
bcz around 25% from EB-1 ,5-10%EB-2,5% from EB4-5 and 19% of same group for final quarter makes large pool in final quarter to issue.So large chance to forward EB-3 philipine/ROW and a little bit for EB-2 india,china.
Please post your opinion!
GUYS HELP ME!!!
MY PD IS JULY 2006?? ANY PREDICTIONS TO THE JULY VB!! PLS GIVE ME SOME INSIGHTS
MY NEW DS230 WAS SENT BACK TO NVC LAST MAY 20
THANKS
Excerpt from Oh Law:
>>06/03/2008: House Returns to the Session Today After Memorial Holiday Break With Various EB Legislative Bills on the Shelves
Both the House and the Senate will start picking up the legislative bills from this week and some of the employment-based bills will come to their attention as time moves on, such as Conrad 30 extension bill or Conrad 30 program improvement bill for the international medical graduates (current law already sunsetted two days ago on June 1, 2008) and religious worker immigration bill which will sunset at the end of September 2008. These two bills passed the House waiting for the Senate action. There are many other immigration bills pending in the House and the Senate, some of which were attached to the Iraq War Emergency Special Spending bill in the Senate and all of these bills were killed by either the Senate majority leaders or hardline minority Senators primarily related to the AgJOBs bill which was considered by the illegal immigration relief opponents as an amnesty legislation which the Democrats attempted to pass as part of the national election year strategy. The employment-based immigration bills are currently facing a strong resistance from the comprehensive immigration reform advocates opposing piecemeal immigration legislations and deeply tangled in the election year party politics. The comprehensive immigration reform proponents appear to take a strategy of holding the immigration legislation at bay until next January or February, while the employment-based piecemeal immigration proponents want the Congress to pass these bills before the end of the year. As the primaries of the Democratic Presidential nomination are about to wind down and the election politics will pick up the heat of steam of the Pesidential fights between the Republican candidate and the Democratic Candidate, both of the candidates may noticeably try to move to the center to grab independent voters, giving added strength to the comprehensive immigration reform proponents as opposed to the employment-based piecemeal immigration reform proponents. From the perspectives of the employment-baed immigration legislation, there lie some uphill battles. We will closely watch and monitor the drama for the next two or three months. Unless any EB based bills are compromised and passed during the period, the chance for the EB reform will practically evaporate in 2008. Please stay tuned<<
So 2-3 months, that's what we are looking at.
All the best HLG.
My sponsor is White Glove Placement Inc. in NY. Which is also the petitioner and my employer. My employment letter for consulate was from my agency since my interview was on very short notice, i.e, on 01 May I came to knew that I was scheduled for IV interview on 20 May. Due to this reason My agency was unable to get an Employment letter from the Hospital.
Valerie what u mean by PENDING CASE? My employer is till now co-operative and promised that they are working on the documents needed for the consulate.
Another reason to help Obama win. Rep. Wexler is the the same guy who was Obama`s nominee at the seating of florida and michigan delegates.Even if there is a delay by this government, it will surely be a law once Obama comes to power
06/03/2008: House Returns to the Session Today After Memorial Holiday Break With Various EB Legislative Bills on the Shelves
* Both the House and the Senate will start picking up the legislative bills from this week and some of the employment-based bills will come to their attention as time moves on, such as Conrad 30 extension bill or Conrad 30 program improvement bill for the international medical graduates (current law already sunsetted two days ago on June 1, 2008) and religious worker immigration bill which will sunset at the end of September 2008. These two bills passed the House waiting for the Senate action. There are many other immigration bills pending in the House and the Senate, some of which were attached to the Iraq War Emergency Special Spending bill in the Senate and all of these bills were killed by either the Senate majority leaders or hardline minority Senators primarily related to the AgJOBs bill which was considered by the illegal immigration relief opponents as an amnesty legislation which the Democrats attempted to pass as part of the national election year strategy. The employment-based immigration bills are currently facing a strong resistance from the comprehensive immigration reform advocates opposing piecemeal immigration legislations and deeply tangled in the election year party politics. The comprehensive immigration reform proponents appear to take a strategy of holding the immigration legislation at bay until next January or February, while the employment-based piecemeal immigration proponents want the Congress to pass these bills before the end of the year. As the primaries of the Democratic Presidential nomination are about to wind down and the election politics will pick up the heat of steam of the Pesidential fights between the Republican candidate and the Democratic Candidate, both of the candidates may noticeably try to move to the center to grab independent voters, giving added strength to the comprehensive immigration reform proponents as opposed to the employment-based piecemeal immigration reform proponents. From the perspectives of the employment-baed immigration legislation, there lie some uphill battles. We will closely watch and monitor the drama for the next two or three months. Unless any EB based bills are compromised and passed during the period, the chance for the EB reform will practically evaporate in 2008. Please stay tuned.
The Oh Law Firm
To pushok,
My employer is also White Glove, the petition was filed 2 years ago and up to now it is still pending with the uscis. I have been asking them what could be the problem and they would not tell.
Good news? I have already moved to Aus for 10 weeks adaptation. It was expensive but no other way to protect my IELTS Score..
Pushok- Your agency just needs to get a letter from your future hospital stating that a position is still available for you. Ask White Glove for updates daily.
Egon- it depends on where Service Center they filed it. Check the Case Status service online for the date they are currently processing. The Service Center is currently so slow.
Hi Toms,
Congrats! You mean you moved to Australia to work as a nurse? If the answer is yes, what was the procedure and how long does it take to do that. I've read somewhere that they need the nurse to have an expereince before he/she can work in their country.
Please enlighten me with this.
Thanks and all the best!
Hai Toms,
can you tell me the minimum IELTS score recurements for your Ausis process. how you did it, through agent or some otherway?. how much is the expence.???
TO: HLG , CHRIS MUSILLO,
IS THE CORRECT BILL NO. 5924? APPARENTLY IT IS MENTIONED WRONGLY AS 5294 IN YOUR ORIGINAL POST.
IF THE NURSE BILL NO IS 5924, THERE ARE 9 CO SPONSORS NOW.
4 MORE COSPONSORED YESTERDAY!
THEY ARE MR. ANDREWS , MR. DAVIS ILINOIS, MS. JACKSON-LEE OF TEXAS AND MS. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON OF TEXAS. IT SEEMS HLG AND OTHER LOBBYISTS EFFORTS ARE TRUE!
CHECK THIS LINK..
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:1:./temp/~bdVdXh:@@@P|/bss/d110query.html|
Dear TRUSHABEN,
Sorry to hear your situation. I may have some solutions.
Contact me at abilash_aegis@rediffmail.com
Dear TRUSHABEN,
Sorry to hear your situation. I may have some solutions.
Contact me at abilash_aegis@rediffmail.com
Drawing!!!!!!!!
apothecaryes,
any predictions for JULY VB? Anong chapter mo?
Thanks a lot to all bloggers and HLG also who provided a good plate Form for RNs.
How much time it may take to arrange an employment letter from the hospital? Plz reply.
Egon u know any other White Glove Nurses, who received there visas?
Hi Pushok,
I am so disappointed with your case.... First of all you should not attend the interview without the letter from your agency. The letter must be like this....
With the Logo of the agency, address to the immigrant Visa Chief officer, Your agency must know whom to address the letter.
The letter stating that you were offered permanent employment as RN by your agency, that you are qualified as RN with experience of so in so..... Also they should state which hospital are you going to work in USA. basically that's all you need, must be signed by the Director of immigration and licensure of your agency and must be Notarized.
If you have this letter they will give you your VISA, please hurry before you it's tool late....
Don't forget to xerox at least 4 pcs. you will be needing that in USA.
Goodluck and I hope this will help you.
Marvin,
In fact, very difficult to predict this time. bse USCIS has already predicted in June visa bulletin that annual limit for EB3 is reaching and it would be retrogressed further. But as per law, more visas can be available in the final quarter. NVC also now process cases upto December 08 indicating PD advance further.
Either USCIS is lying or they are smart in using EB3 in first 3 quarters.
Let us wait for another 10 days to unvail the drama. Bulletin can come by 13th
There is an update on www.immigrationvoice.org regarding the 3 Lofgren bills including HR 5882). It states that all 3 immigration bills have been scheduled for hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on 16th and 23rd. Although the official web-site for that committe has not been updated for those dates I guess IV is right about the info.
Source:http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19435
I hope HLG will manage to get a hearing for our bill too.
abc123,
Did you mean 16 and 23 June?
These are Mondays and House Committees do not meet on Fridays and Mondays...
Can you repost your link?
To Leen
This is what I was provided with from my agency.Maybe Cons. Officer needed offer of emploment from hospital. Which are closed now.And my agency is working to obtain another for me. Do u know how much time it may take?
To egon
Do u know any other nurses from our Agency, who got visas?
Hi all,
06/05/2008: House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Schedules a Hearing on the Need for Green Cards for Highly Skilled Workers
* House Judiciary Committee Immigration Subcommittee will hear testimonies from the witnesses on the issue of need for permanent residence for highly skilled foreign workers on June 12, 2008 09:30 a.m., next Thursday. This hearing is related to the pending bills on this subject. For the pending bills, please visit our report on May 20, 2008. As soon as we learn the list of winesses and outline of testimonies, we will report it on this site. Please stay tuned.
http://www.immigration-law.com/
Pushok,
Why do you need an agency in the firs place?
Why don't you contact any hospital directly? It is so easy, and by doing this you would avoid USCIS main question - ability to pay you prevailing wage
Hi Pushok,
It will take a while, since your main petitioner is your agency you have to wait, basically your agency will show your files in each hospital and if the hospital agreed with the condition by the agency then be it, you might be lucky if you will not undergo Phone interview. You cannot apply directly to the hospital, because your petitioner is your agency, just don't give up, always have contact with your agency if possible everyday, By the way is your agency valid? I mean POEA accredited? check it out.
Pushok,
Is white glove agency main brach in NY? it seems they stated all kind of hospital but they did not mention which hospital....some agencies did. anyway why don't you call the main branch in USA NY? they will help you for sure. just try it.
Just an advice.
im also under whiteglove care in NY. i applied through their online application in their website. our communication is through phone and email only. they did work on my petition and my PD is Mar 16, 2005 (still waiting). i don't have an Employment letter from the Hospital too. maybe i wil be asking them for that now. though i have known a somebody who is under whiteglove too and had her visa 2 years ago. she didn't have any problem with the interview.
HLG ,
what is the update ? is there any good from that hall way walk ?
we would like to here from you as early as possible . i have a strong feeling that this is it we could have some thing done soon . if hr 5924 becomes bill and passes i personally will send chris a $51 (only) check to you .
thank you so much for your hard work.
To pushok,
I know a few people who signed up with WG, and they are all pending with the USCIS. I think at least my papers would reach the visa center so that when the retrogression is lifted I will be given visa. But up to now it is still pending. Very frustrating! Something must be wrong, by the way, WG is located in New York.
To Leen,
Hi, I m from ROW, not from Philippine. Yes my agency is in NY and they hire foreign nurses for NY only. What usually is asked if I shall have to undergo Phone Interview? Thanks.
To Mixxer,
Hi, Ur PD is earlier than mine, why u r still waiting? I m from EB-3 ROW. Ur Employment letter shall be a part of ur Interwiew package, which u shall receive from the employer when u shall have an IV interview date.
Ask Agency, where u shall be working if u r NCLEX passer with NY License.
To Egon,
Hi, Very strange that ur cases are pending. My case was processed in VT center. I think there is nothing wrong with our AGENCY. But better to confirm and reconfirm. I think if they r hireing so much nurses, everything should be OK with our Agency.
Where r u from? ROW?
TO Igor,
Hi, its too late now to think about.I m attached with my agency almost 4 years. In the beginig I didn’t know how to do it myself.
To Igor,
You are right but I got the info from IV and those are the dates they posted, better check the committee web-site schedule for correct info.
Pushok,
During phone interview they will ask you your employment history, which hospital you are currently working, what kinds of equipment you handled, if you are assigned in M/S ward or wherever, definitely will ask you the cases, and will give some scenario for that cases, if you are under stress because of lots of things to do how will you handle it? mostly that stuff. Depend on your experience. it will take 45 min. to 1 hour.
to PUSHOK
do u have email add? can i have it?
To Mahrz, Mixxer & Egon
khan_shahidali@yahoo.co.uk
To Mahrz,
I m waiting for ur mail.
What u wanted to tell me?
to pushok...
hello i already sent u an email. if u have YM plz add me...
To pushok
Your email add seems to be not working. I sent you an email but it came back to me, there was a failure notice.
pushok,
did whitglove already interview you though phone? by the way, what is your PD? mine is mar16,06 but i don't have an interview date yet. what is your YM? can i ask you some more question.
whiteglove seems to have problems with employment letters for their applicants.
anybody here who knows the curent PD in the Philippines?
mixxer,
its in NVC web site,March 01 2006 for EB3-phil.unfortunately your PD is not yet current...hope this month of July visa bulletin it will move...
To EGON
My adress is rite plz try again.
To Mixxer
I didnt have fone Interview yet.
My PD is July,2005 ROW.
Send me e-mail via Khan_shahidali@yahoo.co.uk
May be ur rite about.
Current PD for Phil. is 01 Mar. 2006
To Egon & Mixxer
jido_472000 my yahoo Messenger
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