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New Jersey Senator Files Bill Recapturing Unused Visa Numbers
Pinoy R.N. | August 12th 2008
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 read more
July 2008 Visa Bulletin Released; Nurse Visa Category Becomes Una…
Pinoy R.N. | June 10th 2008
RETROGRESSION UPDATEAs projected in a Pinoy R.N. report last month, the employment-based 3rd preference (EB3) visa numbers for the month of July are unavailable according to the State Department's most recent visa bulletin (July 2008). The unavailab read more
June 2008 Visa Bulletin Released; No Movement for EB3 Category
Pinoy R.N. | May 12th 2008
RETROGRESSION UPDATEAfter two months of rapid movements in the EB3 dates, the June 2008 Visa Bulletin released by the U.S. Department of State today showed that the priority dates for employment-based visas for filipino nurses remain at March 1, 2006 read more
Bill Lifting Visa Retrogression Filed
Pinoy R.N. | April 30th 2008
RETROGRESSION UPDATEToday is labor day in the Philippines and filipino nurses, the best labor export of this nation of 90 million, have something to smile about despite the bleak employment outlook locally.The Coalition to Improve Healthcare Staffing read more
Texas Senator John Cornyn Files Bill for U.S. Global Competitiven…
Pinoy R.N. | April 15th 2008
RETROGRESSION UPDATEIn an apparent response to an announcement by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that it received enough petitions, in just 24 hours, to meet the congressionally-mandated cap of 65,000 H-1B visas available for next read more
May 2008 Visa Bulletin Released; EB3 Dates Move Forward to March…
Pinoy R.N. | April 11th 2008
RETROGRESSION UPDATEThe U.S. Department of State has released its Visa Bulletin for May 2008 and it showed all categories to be current except for EB2 and EB3.However, a bit of good news came with the bulletin as the EB3 category for the Philippines read more
April 2008 Visa Bulletin Released; EB3 Dates Jump Further to July…
Pinoy R.N. | March 14th 2008
RETROGRESSION UPDATEHere's a bit of good news for filipino nurses with approved immigrant petitions on or before July 1, 2005. The priority dates for the EB3 category, where professional nurses belong, has progressed to July 2005 from January 2005 la read more
EB-3 Dates Jump to January 2005
Pinoy R.N. | February 15th 2008
RETROGRESSION UPDATEThe U.S. Department of State released its March 2008 Visa Bulletin a few days back and it reflected a significant update on the priority dates for the EB-3 visa category.Those petitioned under the EB-3 visa category before January read more
Visa Recapture Dropped from Approriations Bill
Pinoy R.N. | November 3rd 2007
RETROGRESSION UPDATEThe much talked-about Labor Health and Human Services appropriations bill, where a recapture of 61,000 nurse visas was initially attached, was approved yesterday by a combined conference committee of both the U.S. House and Senate read more
U.S. Senate Passes Bill Recapturing 61,000 Schedule A Visas
Pinoy R.N. | October 24th 2007
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 read more
U. S. Department of State Revises July 2007 Visa Bulletin; Retrog…
Filipino Nursing Employment Place | July 7th 2007 by maria
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, t read more
U. S. Department of State Revises July 2007 Visa Bulletin; Retrog…
Pinoy R.N. | July 2nd 2007
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 read more
Retrogression Lifted Temporarily; Senators Looking to Revive Stal…
Pinoy R.N. | June 14th 2007
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." read more
Retrogression Drags On As US Senate Withdraws Controversial Immig…
Pinoy R.N. | June 8th 2007
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 read more
Proposed CIR Bill to Abolish 'Schedule A Category'
Pinoy R.N. | May 22nd 2007
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 read more
Retrogression update from INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
nurse's thoughts, what's on my mind? | May 19th 2007 by richelle
U.S. Senators in bipartisan deal on immigration billSenator Edward Kennedy, center, at a news conference in Washington Thursday with, from left, Senators Dianne Feinstein, Mel Martinez, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson. (Jamie Rose for The New York read more
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nurse's thoughts, what's on my mind? | May 3rd 2007 by richelle
HLG will be traveling to Washington DC for a meeting Wednesday with a Senator's lead staffer on immigration. The Senator is one of the six people who we have regularly mentioned as key on this issue. The meeting was set-up by one of our best clients. read more
NY Times Sees Possible Compromise on CIR Debates
Pinoy R.N. | April 22nd 2007
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 read more
Retrogession Update: Two New Bills Introduced
Pinoy R.N. | April 13th 2007
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 read more
Hutchison Amendment Shot Down
Pinoy R.N. | March 14th 2007
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 read more
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