Moving from uk to florida

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Jun 4th 2014, 6:40 am

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Re: Moving from uk to florida

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Originally Posted by Silverdragon102

Canada getting strict with nurses and they too like the US require general training. Plus many provinces requiring IEN to take some form of assessment which generally results in further study costing $$$

I know. But at least as a nurse the OPs got a route to a visa for Canada (for now anyway), unlike the US.

Jun 4th 2014, 12:13 pm

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Re: Moving from uk to florida

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Originally Posted by jeepster

In your situation if you want to live in the States, the best way forward is to get in by going to school. International students are quite common. Find a state that you want to live in (make sure they have a nursing shortage) and contact the State University(s). Tell them who you are and what you want to do.

With respect, I don't think you fully understand the issue. What you're suggesting is an F-1 student visa for her to study nursing in the US. Given that she's going to be studying nursing in the UK, your suggestion puts her in a precarious financial situation considering the international tuition rates and the fact that she has to have sufficient funds up front before she can even get the visa. This is compounded by the fact that she can't work on an F-1 visa except on campus (unless she gets special permission), and not at all during the first year. Further, say she does do a nursing degree in the US... that doesn't actually help her either - because she still can't work in the US without being sponsored... and there are no visas for nurses. She might be able to get an H-1B... but even that's a long shot.

I'm sure your post was well intentioned, but it contains a number of hidden problems.

Ian