Nurse Visa's in 60 days "Discontined"

[raineedaze]

I read in the newspaper a couple days ago that the emergency visa's that they have been handing out in 60 days is coming to a end. Starting January 1 2005 they must wait their turn with the rest of us. The article said that thousands of necessare nurses were coming in each month from the Philipines and China. The said that this quick process was slowing the system down and had to end. I would think that this would make a big difference in the coming months. I also imagine that there will be a record number come in over the next 3 weeks. Does anyone know anything about this and how it will help us trying to get our loved ones here.

 

I hope I am doing this right, this is my first post. If not I will soon get it right. I also have many questions but I am learning from your great replies. Thanks

[Guest Gene]

Welcome Aboard

[bobmal99]

CONRATULATIONS, do not know about these Nurse Visa's. Welcome to our family!!!

[cosmiclobster]

Welcome to CFL!

I hope we can help you in your process.

Here is the referenced article (or one of them anyway)

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/10/nurse...e.ap/index.html

It says Phillipines and to a lesser extent, China.

Also includes Doctors and Tech workers - this could mean a lot of people!

I think we'll take any help we can get!!!

[yave20b]

Having worked in the medical field for 25 years, I would say that it will have little impact on us waiting for fiancee visas from the US Consulate in Guangzhou. The vast majority of the foreign nurses (>90%) coming to the US to work in the past 25 years have been from the Philippines. The main reason - they all speak English. I'm sure it will help those who are suffering from the long wait for fiancee visas for those who are marrying someone from the Philippines. Most of the nurses from China don't speak English. Singapore is a big importer of Chinese nurses from China since most people in Singapore are Chinese. I toured two hospitals there several years ago and was told this by the hospital staff. I really can't imagine more than a few Chinese nurses every month taking up space at the US Consulate in Guangzhou. I've been to different hospitals in China in different cities and met not one nurse there who speaks English. You can sometimes find a doctor there who speaks English but not many nurses.

[lele]

There should be minimal impact on us. Our visas are handled by the IV Unit - as in Immigration Unit. Nurses, students, business and tourist visas are handled by all of the consulates in China, including GZ, though their NIV Units. Non-Immigration, that is.

No, these were special Immigrant Visas or H1-B's that were being offered (the same as for the highly skilled workers) and they were hence immigrant visas.

 

But, I believe the argument above is what holds, there were *very few* nurses. Most of the highly skilled workers are in academic fields anyway, and this number will likely change very little...if anything it will only get more difficult as the number of Investor Immigrant Visas goes up.