H-1B & Registered Nurses: Anyone used this?
Mar 27th 2001, 9:23 pm
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Hello!
Would like to talk to anyone who's had experience using H-1B to hire foreign
Registered Nurses. It can be done.
As immigration attorney Carl Shusterman says on his web site at:
http://shusterman.com/healthcare.html "Registered nurses usually aren't considered
professionals for purposes of obtaining an H-1B since most hospitals routinely hire
staff nurses who lack a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). However, if an employer
can establish that a particular RN position requires a four-year degree (say for a
supervisory position), an H-1B may be approved."
I'm looking into hiring Australian, New Zealand & British/Irish Registered Nurses for
area hospitals, and would like to know what experience anyone else has had who's used
the H-1B process, since H-1A is no longer available and H-1C is virtually useless.
Thanks!
Serwind Netzler [email protected]
Would like to talk to anyone who's had experience using H-1B to hire foreign
Registered Nurses. It can be done.
As immigration attorney Carl Shusterman says on his web site at:
http://shusterman.com/healthcare.html "Registered nurses usually aren't considered
professionals for purposes of obtaining an H-1B since most hospitals routinely hire
staff nurses who lack a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). However, if an employer
can establish that a particular RN position requires a four-year degree (say for a
supervisory position), an H-1B may be approved."
I'm looking into hiring Australian, New Zealand & British/Irish Registered Nurses for
area hospitals, and would like to know what experience anyone else has had who's used
the H-1B process, since H-1A is no longer available and H-1C is virtually useless.
Thanks!
Serwind Netzler [email protected]
Mar 28th 2001, 12:06 am
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UCLA employs two nurses who hold H-1B status. Private attorneys were hired to prepare
the H-1B petitions. One went fairly smoothly. The other petition was difficult; it
took nearly a year from filing to approval, including an RFE and response. The issue
of the RFE was whether the employer required the bachelor's degree for the position.
See http://shusterman.com/siu.html, number 4, on what recruiters are doing: getting
employment-based permanent resident status to get nurses into the U.S. "Health care
providers are currently forced to recruit abroad, complete the necessary petitions,
and then wait 18-24 months for the nurses to enter the U.S. for employment. One major
U.S. medical center recently recruited over 300 nurses in the Philippines. Other
health care providers are recruiting nurses from Canada, Ireland, Great Britain,
South Africa, Australia and New Zealand."
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UCLA employs two nurses who hold H-1B status. Private attorneys were hired to prepare
the H-1B petitions. One went fairly smoothly. The other petition was difficult; it
took nearly a year from filing to approval, including an RFE and response. The issue
of the RFE was whether the employer required the bachelor's degree for the position.
See http://shusterman.com/siu.html, number 4, on what recruiters are doing: getting
employment-based permanent resident status to get nurses into the U.S. "Health care
providers are currently forced to recruit abroad, complete the necessary petitions,
and then wait 18-24 months for the nurses to enter the U.S. for employment. One major
U.S. medical center recently recruited over 300 nurses in the Philippines. Other
health care providers are recruiting nurses from Canada, Ireland, Great Britain,
South Africa, Australia and New Zealand."
