Healthcare worker (emergency visa appointment)

[tino_04 14]

Hello everyone, 

 

Hope all is well, does anyone in here submitted a emergency visa appointment as Healthcare worker and received an interview date as soon as you requested it? As per Department of State guidance, Healthcare workers may request an emegency visa appointment. It also states in DOS website that procedures will be posted in US embassies websites, but we have been checking US Embassy Philippine Website and they haven’t posted any instructions/procedures for requesting emergency visa appointment. My sister is under family base visa petition (F1 - Sons and daughters of US Citizen above 21) and she is US Registered Nurse. Her case was expedited and has been sent to US embassy manila since February 2021 but still no Interview Letter yet. Your response would highly appreciated. 

[Boiler 43,429]

Is she licensed to work in the US

 

Does she have a Covid related job offer

[Adventine 3,187]

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[tino_04 14]

15 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Is she licensed to work in the US

 

Does she have a Covid related job offer

Yes, she is US Registered Nurse but no covid related job offer. 

[Boiler 43,429]

I would have thought that would be easy to get.

[SalishSea 16,769]

45 minutes ago, tino_04 said:

Yes, she is US Registered Nurse but no covid related job offer. 

Which US state is she licensed in?

[tino_04 14]

4 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Which US state is she licensed in?

She is license in state of New York but she is planning to endorse her license in California. 

[Joe Kano 327]

8 hours ago, tino_04 said:

Yes, she is US Registered Nurse but no covid related job offer. 

US Natural Born Citizens  are not allowed to be a Registered Nurse in the PHilippines, and are not even allowed sit for the PRC Nursing boards even if you completed your BSN degree in Philippines, but Philippines citizens are allowed to sit for NCLEX in the USA and become RN's. 

 

The USA quit importing nurses around 2011 due to retrogression, Bringing nurses into work to USA isn't really done much now of days, plus the USA has plenty of RN to fill the the work in the USA.  To be a RN in the USA you only need a 2 year Associates Degree and many community colleges offer that.

[Joe Kano 327]

10 hours ago, Boiler said:

I would have thought that would be easy to get.

Hospitals quit bringing in RN from around the world around 2011 time frame due to retrogression.  They had to petition them, sponsor them, put them up in housing for about a year, give them a per diem, pay for their living and travel expenses.

 

Now of days plenty of nurses in USA to fill those spots and plus all the added expense hospitals had to pay to recruit them, remember 15 years ago when they had 5k to 10k signing bonus for RN in the USA, those are gone as well.

[Boiler 43,429]

EB3 is the visa normally now used by nurses.

[flicks1998 1,044]

3 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

Hospitals quit bringing in RN from around the world around 2011 time frame due to retrogression.  They had to petition them, sponsor them, put them up in housing for about a year, give them a per diem, pay for their living and travel expenses.

 

Now of days plenty of nurses in USA to fill those spots and plus all the added expense hospitals had to pay to recruit them, remember 15 years ago when they had 5k to 10k signing bonus for RN in the USA, those are gone as well.

I work in a large domestic and international health care provider with hospitals in the Northeast as well as Europe and Asia.  We actually have openings for several thousands nurses because it can be nearly impossible to find them.  We employ a little over 100K people with many of these health professionals.  If you know nurses in the US looking for a job, PM me  The tightening of immigration requirements over the last 4-5 years has really hurt health care organizations hiring for medical professionals.  This includes doctors as well.  We are opening 5 hospitals in China, with the first to open next year and to find specialist doctors in the US is also nearly impossible.  We are looking to fill those positions by Europeans.

 

I joined the organization just after I left the Philippines and just before Covid.  I recommended to help fill the shortage of nurses, med tech, etc etc positions to look into the Philippines, although from working there I knew the challenges they could face.  One of the recruiters told me that they no longer recruit from the Philippines as it was too much of a hassle.  Key issues were candidates mis-representing themselves, being qualified on paper but unable to perform the job when hired, difficult processes to follow with DFA just to get people out of the Philippines to work, etc etc etc.  If I was in a hospital on my death bed, I would still like to have nurses etc from the Philippines as I feel most have a unique ability for empathy.  

Edited September 18, 2021 by flicks1998

[Joe Kano 327]

18 hours ago, flicks1998 said:

I work in a large domestic and international health care provider with hospitals in the Northeast as well as Europe and Asia.  We actually have openings for several thousands nurses because it can be nearly impossible to find them.  We employ a little over 100K people with many of these health professionals.  If you know nurses in the US looking for a job, PM me  The tightening of immigration requirements over the last 4-5 years has really hurt health care organizations hiring for medical professionals.  This includes doctors as well.  We are opening 5 hospitals in China, with the first to open next year and to find specialist doctors in the US is also nearly impossible.  We are looking to fill those positions by Europeans.

 

I joined the organization just after I left the Philippines and just before Covid.  I recommended to help fill the shortage of nurses, med tech, etc etc positions to look into the Philippines, although from working there I knew the challenges they could face.  One of the recruiters told me that they no longer recruit from the Philippines as it was too much of a hassle.  Key issues were candidates mis-representing themselves, being qualified on paper but unable to perform the job when hired, difficult processes to follow with DFA just to get people out of the Philippines to work, etc etc etc.  If I was in a hospital on my death bed, I would still like to have nurses etc from the Philippines as I feel most have a unique ability for empathy.  

I do agree they have more patience, But I remember when they shut down the NCLEX testing center in Manila due to widespread cheating.  Plus you know the game in the Philippines of paying off a person or a teacher to get your degree as well.

 

I have a neighbor came to USA about 20 plus years ago via work visa to be a nurse, she is the one whom let her Philippines passport expire and since her father was born in China she can't get it renewed at the Philippines Embassy in the USA, she has tried two times, they tell her she can only get it renewed in the Philippines.   She keeps telling me they send her home early or cancel her shift due to not having enough work at her hospital, which I find strange.  She has her real estate licenses and seems to keeps busy doing that.

 

My wife is a Registered Nurse from Philippines, and she worked for about a year in the USA as a RN, After that I decided it was better for her to stay home as a housewife and she does some kind of work online from home and it really works out well for us since my business stays pretty busy and she can help out with paperwork and payroll.

[Crazy Cat 39,214]

On 9/18/2021 at 5:59 AM, Joe Kano said:

To be a RN in the USA you only need a 2 year Associates Degree and many community colleges offer that.

Depends on the state.  Some states require a BSN.  Becoming a Registered Nurse is no easy task, by any standard.  It was more difficult than anything I faced during my 20 year career in the military as a missile maintenance technician & ICBM missile launch crew member.....but Nursing is extremely rewarding. 

 

-Retired Registered Nurse with practice in Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, Adult Psych

 

 

Edited September 19, 2021 by Crazy Cat

[Joe Kano 327]

2 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Depends on the state.  Some states require a BSN.  Becoming a Registered Nurse is no easy task, by any standard.  It was more difficult than anything I faced during my 20 year career in the military as a missile maintenance technician & ICBM missile launch crew member.....but Nursing is extremely rewarding. 

 

-Retired Registered Nurse with practice in Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, Adult Psych

 

 

Incorrect: Just a handful of states require a BSN

[Crazy Cat 39,214]

7 minutes ago, Joe Kano said:

Incorrect: Just a handful of states require a BSN

Not incorrect at all, Joe.  As I correctly stated,  "Depends on the state.  Some states require a BSN" .  The point of my comment was that even the 2 year Nursing programs are tough.

Edited September 19, 2021 by Crazy Cat