UK Nurse wanting to nurse in the US
#16
Re: UK Nurse wanting to nurse in the US
The two RN "mavens" of the immigration bar are Carl Shusterman in L.A. and James David Acoba in Irvine, CA.
I am not expert in that area and would consult with Carl or J.D. when I had a nurse question. One thing that I remember is that Canadian RN education/licensing is coordinated with the US systems. I'm not sure how that may help.
I am not expert in that area and would consult with Carl or J.D. when I had a nurse question. One thing that I remember is that Canadian RN education/licensing is coordinated with the US systems. I'm not sure how that may help.
#17
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Re: UK Nurse wanting to nurse in the US
True, but an RN-BSN or RN-MSN requires RN licensure in one of the 50 states. There is a possibility of a pre-licensure RN program, which at the associates degree level can take three years, a BSN four years. Some nursing schools are offering an expedited MSN if the candidate has a bachelors degree in any discipline, the University of Virginia has this option. Most leadership roles, and all advanced practice roles are at a minimum masters prepared.
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Re: UK Nurse wanting to nurse in the US
Here's how I'm doing it.....
I initially applied to the Californian board of nurses for my nursing licence back in 2009, it was an easy process. I sat my NCLEX exam in London in 2010(I passed),however at the time the processing time for nurses visa was back logged by about 7 yrs.
I now live in Canada and my plan was to stay here and citizenship and then move on a at visa. That was my plan until Nov last year when I receieved an email from a very large multinational nursing agency,who I had previously registered with. They were recruiting specialist nurses (ICU,A&E etc), I'm an ICU nurse with 10yrs experience and after a Skype interview they are sponsoring me. They applied for the first part of my green card application in Feb. As I'm being sponsored by an agency they have the time to wait etc...
As all my paperwork was certified and stored with CFGNS I won't have to sit the NCLEX again, I will just have to get my licence renewed as California "disposed" of my paperwork as I never got my SSN to complete my licence application.
This is a link to check the processing dates for visa's, I'm going in the employment section 3, so they are processing visa applications from Oct 2014. After my date becomes current I'm looking at about an 15month wait for my green card.
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin/2015/visa-bulletin-for-april-2015.html
So yes things are beginning to move along a bit quicker now. I would recommend being a specialist nurse and getting experience and you never know what may happen!!!!
I initially applied to the Californian board of nurses for my nursing licence back in 2009, it was an easy process. I sat my NCLEX exam in London in 2010(I passed),however at the time the processing time for nurses visa was back logged by about 7 yrs.
I now live in Canada and my plan was to stay here and citizenship and then move on a at visa. That was my plan until Nov last year when I receieved an email from a very large multinational nursing agency,who I had previously registered with. They were recruiting specialist nurses (ICU,A&E etc), I'm an ICU nurse with 10yrs experience and after a Skype interview they are sponsoring me. They applied for the first part of my green card application in Feb. As I'm being sponsored by an agency they have the time to wait etc...
As all my paperwork was certified and stored with CFGNS I won't have to sit the NCLEX again, I will just have to get my licence renewed as California "disposed" of my paperwork as I never got my SSN to complete my licence application.
This is a link to check the processing dates for visa's, I'm going in the employment section 3, so they are processing visa applications from Oct 2014. After my date becomes current I'm looking at about an 15month wait for my green card.
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin/2015/visa-bulletin-for-april-2015.html
So yes things are beginning to move along a bit quicker now. I would recommend being a specialist nurse and getting experience and you never know what may happen!!!!
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Location: Vancouver, BC
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Re: UK Nurse wanting to nurse in the US
Oh if you want a quicker state to register with try Minnesota, that's who everyone around here seems to register with.