piglett

The only thing they understand is "no". So long as you keep forking over money, they have no reason to work or cut expenses.

My wife spent money I sent for travel expenses on clothes instead. I had already purchased the Superferry ticket and the money was for food, cabs in Manila, etc. I said no. So she went without food and had to walk long distances in Manila. She would not talk to me for two days, but she never did it again.

The father wasn't working and I heard every excuse in the book about it from my wife. I found him a job in one day using the internet. The mother asked for money to buy pigs, and incredibly didn't bother to tell her husband what her plan was. So she spent the money on chickens instead when he disagreed. I've never sent her another dime for such schemes.

A lot of them use such things for money laundering. You buy the pigs, they sell them and spend the money, and then ask for more pigs. That isn't a business.

It sounds like your wife's father is a professional bum like many, and what you will find is that they are cunning, relentless, and have an answer for everything because that is their profession.

When they tell you the electricity is going to be cut off tomorrow if you don't send money Western Union today - don't pay. Otherwise every month will be the same thing.

I love my family, but I also told them emphatically that I would leave their daughter if I got so much as one phone call or email with an emergency or crisis they manufactured to get money from us. Medicine for a sick baby is not an emergency. That is a normal life expense they better prepare for instead of blackmailing me for it.

So now her father has been working for two years. We don't have our intelligence insulted with lame excuses. My wife initially argued with me about it. I would not have married her if she didn't change her mind. She did, and we are very happy on account of it.

Wow i sure hope your not predicting my future with that story.

piglett

Well, if My father-in-law has pigs to raise, he will be busy working the farm vs. drinking Matador at the ####### fights.

hey good to know he knows how to relax & have a good time drinking with his friends & betting on the cocks.

piglett

Well that is good that she has been a nurse for 5 years. You are ok as far as experience goes. You could have her do the exam in another state and not worry about CGFNS. On the other-hand you may want to have her try a couple of CGFNS practice tests and see how she does. If she does ok then just go for it.

hey straight out of a review class she mite do really well, guess we will see.

thanks

piglett

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The problem is not that she is a foreign nurse. From what I quoted a nurse needs four years of experience as a "RN" to transfer over a license from another state. Now since your soon to be wife is a new nurse this to me is the sticking point for the endorsement to work. If she were a foreign nurse with the four years experience I think you could do it.

She has already been working as a nurse for 5 years....but she has never taken the RN test. Instead she took the 1st job offered to her & that was that.

I would suggest two things at this point.

1. None of us really know for sure about New Hampshire nursing regs. I would make a couple of calls. Maybe ask the straight question first on fiancee coming directly from Philippines as a new nurse. Then I might have a friend call and ask same question but say fiancee got nursing license in another state.

Her & i are already married so she will not be coming here as my fiancee but instead will receive her green card once she arrives here in the CR-1 visa.

2. Have your fiancee take the CGFNS. Part of the test will be on nursing which she will have to study for anyway. The other part is English. I am not sure how strong she is in this part but maybe have her take some classes to help or you help yourself. She passes the CGFNS and NCLEX then you don't have to worry about any of these other options.

her english is very good, the nursing classes in the Philippines are taught in english.my understanding is that the nursing boards in the philippines are tough to pass so if she can do that maybe the CGFNS & NCLEX will not be all that tough for her when she gets around to taking those???? i hope so anyhow

thanks

piglett

Hey i also have a plan (B)

rent an apartment in either Maine or Vermont so my wife can work from there for a year.

then transfer to new hampshire.

I don't like it but it could work if nothing else does.

piglett

That works in some states but according to what I am reading it wont work in New Hampshire

which states under licensure by endorsement:

In order to apply for a license by endorsement, you must have an active license in another state. In addition, you must meet the continuing competence requirements in NH which include having earned 30 continuing education contact hours in the past 2 years, and having been "active in practice" for a minimum of 400 hours in the past 4 years. "Active in practice" means working in your license category, either for pay or in a volunteer status. Information about continuing competence can be found under Continuing Competence and directions and forms for license application are available under Forms.

http://www.nh.gov/nursing/licensure/general_info.htm

Look under #5

I see what you are talking about but...... they keep saying "another state"

would this also apply to "another country" ?

i know there must be foreign nurses working in new hampshire , so how did they do it ??

there has to be a way.......rite?

i will have to see if i can find a new hampshire nursing site & see what other info i can dig up.

It almost looks like it may be up to the people in new hampshire who are doing her paperwork ??? maybe not , but it looks like this whole deal could go a couple of different ways & there may be some " gray area"

thanks

piglett

Your wife may take the NCLEX without undergoing or passing the NLE in the Philippines. She just have to apply for the examination thru state that does not require CGFNS like California. After she can pass the NCLEX, she can apply for Licensure by Endorsement in the state where she's interested to work that requires CGNFS. Usually the applicant for Licensure by Endorsement is no longer required to take/pass the CGFNS. In my case here in Georgia, I just had a Credential Evaluation Service (CES)(by submitting copy of my transcripts) to the CGFNS for the endorsement process.

But if she intends to take the NCLEX thru the state which requires CGFNS, then she has to pass CGFNS before she can sit down the NCLEX..it's a looong way process.

well thanks for the info.

are you saying that you don't think she even needs to pass the nursing boards there in the Philippines ?

piglett

Right now, they make charcoal...We are looking at starting a piggery, to give them an added way to make money.

HEY pigs are people too he he he

but I think that because my wife is married to a kano, that is the primary reason for her being held responsible...

Oh i am sure of that & i am in the same boat.

I hadn't even married my wife yet & her dad starts to ask for money from me

piglett

Hey Piglett, I don't really know anything about CGFNS but snoop around the link and you should be able to find out answers to your questions.

http://www.cgfns.org/

also check this link out:

http://www.testprepreview.com/cgfns_test_breakdown.htm

hey thanks for the 411

piglett

If you can barely afford to visit her now then you aren't ready for this Visa Journey. Spend a year working on getting a better job or something. The expenses are more than you can imagine. Since my wife arrived last November we've burned through several thousand dollars just getting everything needed for her to be here and all of the doctors visits (not that she was in bad health but you'll want her to be looked at here).

Money is one of the biggest causes of marital strife and can lead to divorce quicker than you can get a crisp $20 from your local ATM. If it is tight now it will be impossible when she arrives. Don't count on her getting a job quickly in the US, look at the current unemployment rates and the backlash against immigrants.

I just spent $3500 & not i am getting ready to spend that much again or more.

I purchased a plane ticket from the NE united states it was $1500

the church wedding came in at another $1500 it started out at $2300 but we were able to cut out some things & yet it was still very nice & my wife was really happy with it.

Things will happen in the Philippines & they will require you to reach in your pocket & spend some of your hard earned cash. that is just the way it is over there.

My wife is a nurse so now i get to send her to a review class so she can take her nursing boards. then i get to spend another $1500 on her CR-1 visa.

now i knew all of this when i started the process & i can deal with it.

I took on some extra work on the side to pay so far for everything straight out of my pocket & i can tell you my pockets are not that deep either.

get a 2Nd job for a year & save that extra cash & go have a great time over there.

stop spending money, stop eating out, start to pile up cash.

in the long run it will turn out much better.

good luck dude

piglett

uhmm one $1k is really enough if u will just stay with her in 3wks., not to buy expensive things or will not rent a hotel, just stay to her home..... uhmm yes i think it will do the foods and etc. well all everyday needs... u can bring her to mall too.. buy her especial things but not too expensive... but if u will get married don't invite her whole family, oh gosh u giving me a problem how to budget ur money hahahaha... to make it short.. ur money, $1k is really for u and ur fiancee only.... :P

well good luck to u and ur gf.. have a nice stay here in Phil. when u come here...

I just spent $1500 for a church wedding in the province.

$1000 total & he will get married there on just that ?

better be a small civil wedding

piglett

cops like those sure do make the rest look rather bad don't they?

piglett

I have a few Filipina nurses working for me. If you have any specific questions I can ask them for you.

When I took my NCLEX I just got practice test books and went over questions and rationale for answers over and over again.

Hey thanks i may just come up with some before the whole dog & pony show is over.

I figured my wife could take her review class & go pass the nursing boards & then take the NCLEX & problem solved ! WRONG oh well it was a good plan until it turned into a poor plan.

Ok so who do i have to kill, bribe, or whatever so my wife can pass the CGFNS?

also how soon after she passes the Philippine nursing boards can she start the CGFNS?

1 week,1 month,1 year ?

also how hard is the CGFNS i am not even sure what this thing is so i am at this point,sort of flying blind. i guess it has something to do with someone researching her grades, schooling , or something to that effect.

thanks

piglett

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that California is one state that does not require a foreign-trained to have an RN license in order to sit for the NCLEX. There also may be other states that do not require a foreign-trained nurse to have an RN license to qualify for the NCLEX. In that case, it would not be required that your wife pass her Board Exam in the Philippines. She could simply apply through California to sit for the NCLEX. When she passes the NCLEX, she would then be a licensed RN in California. She could then transfer her California license to New Hampshire.

that all sounds good to me. She will have already passed her board exam in the philippines though. She starts her review class on Aug 9TH. If she is going to have to wait in the Philippines for a year for her CR-1 i don't see any reason why she shouldn't put that time to good use.

piglett

Your wife could apply through the state of California to sit for the NCLEX exam. It does not matter if she ever lives there or works there. She does not even have to take the NCLEX test in California. She can take the NCLEX test anywhere it is offered. She can take it in Manila if she wants to. The important thing is that she apply to sit for the NCLEX test in a state that does not have those strict CGFNS requirements. I'm guessing that she should check out California and New Mexico. I think Vermont now uses CGFNS. I don't know about the other states.

Maybe you can check out the allnurses.com web site. Or, check out each state's Board of Nursing web site.

When she passes the NCLEX exam, then she can transfer her RN license to New Hampshire. Just make sure to check out New Hampshire's Board of Nursing web site so you can find out what the requirements are for transferring an RN license from another state to New Hampshire. It is probably not as strict as the whole CGFNS thing. Good luck...

man O man i checked out the new hampshire nursing board web site & i didn't understand what in the world they were talking about

I'm not sure what the CGFNS is or why my wife would or would not want to deal with it.

I think i better stick to doing what i do for a living & let my wife investigate what is needed for her to work here as an RN. the good news is that by christmas she should be an RN in the philippines which is the 1ST step to becoming an RN here.

piglett

well i think that's just the way thing are done in the Philippines.

My new wife is expected to pay for her younger brothers tuition, he starts collage in Manila this fall. The good news is that my wifes older sister will pay all of his other costs.

Also i have found that these lades sometimes have the old (Oh it will all work out) outlook on life. I normally at that point say something like "no it will probably not work out unless we figure out the costs & plan ahead"

now in your case Doberman have you married your girl yet?

i just got back from there & did just that.

So now i am going to send my wife to a review class so she can finaly take the test so she can be an RN there. & i guess while she is trying to better herself i will be the guy that pays for her brothers tuition. Now that i am married to her i have no problem sending her a few bucks here & there, even though she still doesn't like me to.

good luck

piglett

well that sounds like something that i need to check into.

so if my wife applies for say for example the NCLEX so she can work in california but never actually workes in that state that may be enough that my state will all her to be an RN here?

i will have to research it but it sounds goo to me so far.

thanks piglett

My wife is starting her review class on Aug. 9TH so she can become an RN in the Philippines.

once she finished school she didn't have the money to take a review class so she just took the 1ST job she was offered.yes she wants to pass the local boards. As far as the NCLEX goes i really don't know much about it & if the state of new hampshire where she will be working requires the CGFNS too

After hearing about some nurses having lots of trouble getting certified here in the USA i decided that it was best that she try to take all the tests & exams she can while waiting for her CR-1.

My understand with the CR-1 is that after only 2 or 3 weeks she should be able to start working (unlike most K-3's)

thanks to all

piglett

I am just wondering if anyone here has married a nurse from another country.

my wife is from the Philippines & she has never taken her review class so she could be an RN.

rite now she is just working as what we would call an LPN

her review class ( she found one close by in Manila) will start on Aug. 9Th & it will be 2.5 months long.

then there is about a 1 month wait till she can take the big test.

so I hope by christmas she can start to think about taking the NCLEX

so when she gets here she will not have any trouble/waiting finding a job she likes.

piglett

Hey thanks everyone

piglett

Advice - Begin by clicking on the word "Guides" at the top of any page here. After you've studied the appropriate guide, download the I-130 and the instructions that go with it and study them both carefully. Then...ask any remaining questions.

I took copies of the I-130 & G325 with me to the philippines. I am still waiting on the rest of the legal documents from the province & them at that time I hope/guess i'll be ready to buy a stamp & send some documents off.

piglett

Hello everyone this is my 1st post here.

I just got back for the Philippines on 06/09

I spent 17 days there & had a great time.

while there I married my sweetie in a big church wedding out in a remote province.

She is working as a nurse in manila but she wanted to marry in her home town.

after doing some research I think i want to file for the CR-1 visa

thanks for everyones advice in advance

piglett