We specialize in helping foreign nurses with green cards and us
nursing jobs.
We are nurse recruiters. We
will help you get a us employer to sponsor your green card.
here is how the green card process typically works.
The sponsor Employer files the
Form I-140 and ETA 9089 along with the required supporting
documents with the USCIS.
Once the USCIS approves the I-140 Petition (3-6 months), the USCIS
first sends the I-140 Petition to the National Visa Center (NVC)
in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The NVC then forwards a packet to the nurse or her attorney
containing biographical information forms to be completed by her
and her family members, and a list of documents which must be
presented at her interview for permanent residence.
The RN sends the signed and completed forms to the U.S. consulate
where the nurse will have her interview for permanent residence.
At this interview, the nurse must present various documents
including the following:
a. Application for Immigrant Visa
b. Police Clearance
c. Birth Certificate
d. Marriage Certificate, if any
e. Divorce or Death Certificate of Spouse, if any
f. Valid Passport
g. Medical Examination
h. USCIS Photographs
i. Recent job offer letter (or employment contract)
j. Financial information regarding employer
k. Government filing fee
l. Visa Screen Certificate
The Visa Screen Certificate requirement was imposed by §343, a
last-minute amendment to the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). It added
“uncertified health-care workers” to the list of persons who are
inadmissible to the U.S. See §212(a)(5)(C), INA.
A Visa Screen Certificate is issued only after the RN has
demonstrated that:
1) her education, license and training in her country are
equivalent to education, licensure and training in the U.S., and,
2) her level of competence in oral and written English are
appropriate to practice professional nursing in the U.S.
In addition, unless the nurse was educated in an English-speaking
country (U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, United Kingdom or
Canada - all provinces except Quebec), she must achieve a certain
score on tests in written and spoken English administered by TOEFL
(Test Of English As A Foreign Language) or MELAB (Michigan English
Language Assessment Battery) in order to qualify for a VisaScreen
certificate.
The USCIS regulations provide that the only organization
authorized to issue VisaScreen certificates to RNs is the
Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS).
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