2ndDegreeNurse
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Do you guys have any information on the hospitals which sponsor green card for RN's? I mean, is there a list available somewhere or do you know any hospital, etc? This will be great help.
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@ 2nd Degree nurse
Hospitals all over the US are sponsoring GC's. As long as you are in Status, all you need to do is call or e-mail human resources dept. of the Hospital and tell them who you are and what you want. Most of them will be willing to do that for you, especially hospitals in Atlanta GA, Texas, New york, Florida.
@ Abandookwala63;
Have you done and passed the NCLEX? Do you have a Visa Screen Certificate?
Not all hospitals do the sponsoring. You've to try as many as you can. You may have to relocate. No pain no gains!!!!!
abandookwala,
My spouse is also in an RN program in the Houston area. Here are my thoughts
1) You should have asked your wife to temp change visas from H4 to F1 that way she would have got OPT and been able to work for 1 yr after graduation to put her knowledge to use.
2) As part of her RN program she must have visited Hospitals for training. Those hospitals would be her best bet since she is already familiar with them. It would help if she can meet the Nurse recruiter in tyhe hospitals she went to as part of her training.
3) Nurses are pretty much screwed until more visa numbers are available. You could look under H1 C program .
4) Get reference from some of her teachers in her collge or director of nursing program. These ppl have great contacts and can help.
Best of luck
Thanks you for your response.
Is she has to study once visa is changed fron H4 to F1. Once 1 year is over then what, has she has to go back to India and re-enter or just transfer her visa to H4 again. I have been givento understand that H4 visa cannot be transfered to F1 over here but she has to back to her own country. I would appreciate if you will throw some light on the matter. Thanks once agin
Ash,
1) You can definitely chnge from H4 to F1. No need to go out of the country unless you want to do visa stamping to travel. Lots of ppl do this. After 1 yr of OPT if visas are still unavailable she can go back to being on H4.
2) Did she only go to UTMB for clinicals or other hospitals also ?
3) I know that HCA in Houston for sure hires and sponsors nurses. Problem though is right now no visas are available to sponsor.
4) If she does MSN and becomes a clinical specialist or Nurse Practitioner she will be elig for H1. Regular RN's are not elig for H1.
5) Check this site for more info on H1C. Its not very well known since its a very small program and only 14 hospitals in the country qualify for it. The closest hospital to Houston is in Beaumont (lucky us)
http://shusterman.com/toc-rn.html#7
6) For a forum related to nursing and immigration issues visit
www.allnurses.com