Mclapperton

Hi all

After a little advice / assistance / experience.

We are considering a move to Boston MA as a post has opened up there within the company I work for .

My wife would be coming with me . She is a staff nurse and employed by the NHS in Scotland

She would like to get employment in the US and this is a key decision and factor in me considering the overseas assignment within the company .

Google says she would have to sit the Cgnfs exams to get the correct "conversions" to work as a nurse in the US

I would have a visa and she would come with me on a dependants visa to start with.

Would you have any experience or life tales for this type of situation ?
How easy (or hard ) is it for a UK nurse to land in the Boston area and find employment ?
Any pitfalls or gotcha's for nurses ?

At present she has no sponsorship and would be a dependant . I would be looking to get a L1 visa with my employer.

GeoffM

I thought she'd need NCLEX anywhere in the US, and CGFNS only in some states, of which MA may well be one. My wife only had to do NCLEX - I say "only" as it was not easy! She'll need records/transcripts to prove her nursing education, and may even need extra classes (if you search by username, SilverDragon has mentioned the usual issues a few times but I forget what they are).

Patient to nurse ratios might be worse (ie more patients) depending where she would go. Make sure her potential HR department take into account UK experience rather than treating her like a new graduate.

Bob

Get on FB and check out the Boston Brits group.

There's a few doctor/nurse types on there that might be able to help.

Though the couple of folks I know, just didn't bother in the end. To much effort to get certified. Plenty of jobs if you have the contacts though, as there are a lot of good institutions around Boston.

If you come on a L1, she, as a L2 holder would have to get a EAD and that takes 90 days. She won't be able to work till she has that.