Recent Posts Tagged With 'immigration'

• Bill Creating Special Non-Immigrant Visa Category for Foreign Registered Nurses Introduced

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 03:17 in immigration, retrogression update, non-immigrant visa for nurses

  RETROGRESSION UPDATEA bill has been filed in the U.S. Congress seeking to create a special non-immigrant visa category for filipino nurses and other foreign registered nurses.The proposed legislation dubbed, "The Nursing Relief Act of 2009" (H.R. 100...

• New Jersey Senator Files Bill Recapturing Unused Visa Numbers

  Posted on Tuesday August 12th, 2008 at 14:38 in immigration, retrogression update, wa, immigrant visa for nurses

  RETROGRESSION UPDATEEarly this month, Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey filed a bill called The Visa Efficiency and E-Verify Extension Act of 2008.The proposed legislation seeks to recapture unused or unclaimed employment-based visas and family-s...

• U.S. Senate Passes Bill Recapturing 61,000 Schedule A Visas

  Posted on Wednesday October 24th, 2007 at 06:23 in immigration, schedule a nurses, retrogression update

  RETROGRESSION UPDATEHammond Law Group reported today, in its website, that the U.S. senate formally passed and added a bridge amendment to the Labor Health and Human Services appropriations bill.The amendment calls for 61,000 visas for Schedule A occ...

• Total Lost Revenues From JPEPA Could Pay For Salaries Of RP Nurses

  Posted on Monday September 17th, 2007 at 07:38 in immigration, nursing jobs, filipino nurses, health agreement, nurse migration, free trade agreement, nursing shortage, nursing opportunities, jpepa

  By IBON MediaREPUBLISHED WITH PERMISSION.....The Philippine government could actually keep Filipino nurses from going abroad by utilizing revenues it would otherwise have foregone under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).The...

• BusinessWeek: Are Nursing Shortages Causing Deaths?

  Posted on Saturday September 8th, 2007 at 17:28 in immigration, nurse staffing, filipino nurses, nurse migration, nursing shortage, cir

  A nonprofit group\'s report says more immigrant nurses and training programs are needed to ease patient suffering By Moira Herbst The U.S. is facing a severe nursing shortage, and it\'s causing increased death and illness for American patients, says...

• Filipino Nurses in UK Face Possible Deportation

  Posted on Saturday July 28th, 2007 at 02:29 in immigration, united kingdom, nursing jobs, nursing contracts, nurse staffing, filipino nurses, nurse migration, uk jobs

  A dozen filipino nurses, working as senior carers, in Cambridge, United Kingdom face possible deportation after the Home Office refused to renew their work permits according to a report by the Cambridge Evening News.Home Office officials also announc...

• New Zealand Health Board to Hire Filipino Nurses

  Posted on Friday July 13th, 2007 at 13:27 in immigration, new zealand, nursing jobs, nursing contracts, filipino nurses, health agreement, nurse migration

  The Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB), a government health board in New Zealand, plans to hire filipino nurses for Auckland according to a report by GMANews.TVCMDHB is one of the largest providers and funder of primary, secondary and ter...

• NCSBN will begin NCLEX testing in Manila Starting August 23, 2007.

  Posted on Thursday July 12th, 2007 at 01:25 in immigration, nursing jobs, schedule a nurses, i-140, nursing review, nclex

  The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN) announced that it will begin accepting registrations via Pearson Professional Center for the U.S. nursing licensure exams (NCLEX) beginning Friday, July 13, 2007. The exams, conducted dail...

• U. S. Department of State Revises July 2007 Visa Bulletin; Retrogression is Back

  Posted on Monday July 2nd, 2007 at 13:13 in immigration, nursing jobs, nurse staffing, filipino nurses, nurse migration, uscis, schedule a nurses, retrogression update, i-140, visascreen certificate, nclex, cir

  RETROGRESSION UPDATEThe U.S. Department of State (DoS) today (July 2 in the US, July 3 in the Philippines) issued a revision on its previously released July 2007 Visa Bulletin effectively retrogressing all employment-based visa numbers.Last month, th...

• Retrogression Lifted Temporarily; Senators Looking to Revive Stalled CIR Bill

  Posted on Thursday June 14th, 2007 at 03:24 in immigration, nursing jobs, nursing contracts, nurse staffing, filipino nurses, nurse migration, uscis, schedule a nurses, retrogression update, i-140, visascreen certificate, cgfns

  RETROGRESSION UPDATEThe US Department of State has released its Visa Bulletin for July 2007. The bulletin includes a summary of available immigrant visa numbers. Effective July 1, 2007, all employment-based immigrant petitions will become "current."...

• Retrogression Drags On As US Senate Withdraws Controversial Immigration Reform Measure

  Posted on Friday June 8th, 2007 at 05:50 in immigration, nursing jobs, nurse staffing, filipino nurses, nurse migration, uscis, schedule a nurses, retrogression update, i-140, visascreen certificate, cir

  Retrogression Update ...The debates in the United States Senate on the proposed Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) bill bogged down less than three hours ago after Democratic leader Harry Reid withdrew the controversial measure.The move came afte...

• Proposed CIR Bill to Abolish 'Schedule A Category'

  Posted on Tuesday May 22nd, 2007 at 22:26 in immigration, nursing jobs, nursing contracts, nurse staffing, filipino nurses, nurse migration, uscis, schedule a nurses, retrogression update, i-140, visascreen certificate, nclex

  RETROGRESSION UPDATEGood News: A few days ago, the US senate announced that they have reached a 'deal' on the polarized issue of Immigration Reform.Bad News: The supposed deal eliminates the 'Schedule A Category'Passage of a long-overdue immigration...

• NY Times Sees Possible Compromise on CIR Debates

  Posted on Sunday April 22nd, 2007 at 11:08 in immigration, filipino nurses, nurse migration, uscis, schedule a nurses, retrogression update, i-140

  RETROGRESSION UPDATEThe April 22 editorial of the New York Times spoke of "Touchbacks" and "Triggers" which are viewed to be potential areas of compromise in a much heated and highly polarized debate on US immigration reform...."Touchbacks" refers to...

• Retrogession Update: Two New Bills Introduced

  Posted on Friday April 13th, 2007 at 11:56 in immigration, nursing jobs, nursing contracts, nurse staffing, nurse migration, uscis, schedule a nurses, retrogression update, i-140

  The Hammond Law Group (HLG) announced the introduction of two (2) new bills in the United States senate believed to be beneficial to international healthcare workers, specifically nurses and physical therapists....The first bill is a re-introduction...

• Hutchison Amendment Shot Down

  Posted on Wednesday March 14th, 2007 at 01:01 in immigration, uscis, schedule a nurses, retrogression update

  The Hammond Law Group (HLG) today announced that S.4 where the recapture provision was attached, passed but without the Hutchison amendment recapturing 90,000 unused visa numbers for nurses and physical therapists.A new bill with the same racapture a...