I'm torn between my husband and America

[sadgirloverseas 10]

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

If you actually had to apply for a residency permit where you are now (not just going back home or example using EU right to live anywhere in EU) then unfortunately that looks even worse for giving up residence. 
 

You can apply for SB1 if you want but my honest opinion is that you have an exceptionally high chance of denial. What kind of work are you qualified for? 

I know you're right. I think getting a resident permit here means it's over for me. I'll probably surrender it. My husbands goes to nursing school, I heard they had special visas for that kind of work, right?

[mushroomspore 3,044]

2 minutes ago, sadgirloverseas said:

I know you're right. I think getting a resident permit here means it's over for me. I'll probably surrender it. My husbands goes to nursing school, I heard they had special visas for that kind of work, right?

I personally don't know about those visas but they're most likely non-immigrant. Unlikely that they allow spouses to be added as beneficiaries but that's something that can be easily researched. Good luck.

[SalishSea 18,125]

4 hours ago, sadgirloverseas said:

Exactly. Unexpired. 
That's the thing. I'm waiting on my I-751. If they approve it without an interview (unlikely, but it can happen), do I still have hope?

Why would they approve it without an interview?

[SalishSea 18,125]

46 minutes ago, sadgirloverseas said:

I know you're right. I think getting a resident permit here means it's over for me. I'll probably surrender it. My husbands goes to nursing school, I heard they had special visas for that kind of work, right?

Not anymore.  He would have to be petitioned by an employer, like anyone else.  Not likely to happen for a brand new nurse with foreign credentials.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, sadgirloverseas said:

I know you're right. I think getting a resident permit here means it's over for me. I'll probably surrender it. My husbands goes to nursing school, I heard they had special visas for that kind of work, right?

If your husband becomes a qualified nurse (at a level acceptable to the US, not all country degrees qualify), it is one of the easier routes to getting an employment sponsored green card, actually. There are agencies that help with completing the US exams (NCLEX, must be done before you'll get a job/visa) and finding an employer, the quid pro quo is that you contract to the employer for usually I think 3 years in exchange for them sponsoring the green card. I know someone who went this route (she was already qualified), the process from application through exams to immigrant visa took about a year, obviously pre Covid. I can't imagine demand for nurses is going to fall so this could well be a viable route once he is qualified.

 

 

Edited December 5, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, mushroomspore said:

I personally don't know about those visas but they're most likely non-immigrant. Unlikely that they allow spouses to be added as beneficiaries but that's something that can be easily researched. Good luck.

EB3 immigrant visas, get green card plus derivatives can come. It is absolutely an option.

 

 

Edited December 5, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[SalishSea 18,125]

39 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

EB3 immigrant visas, get green card plus derivatives can come. It is absolutely an option.

 

 

In theory.  In all practicality, I can't imagine employers going for this to petition new graduates, when they can easily spend the same money or less to hire well qualified, experienced travelers.  

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, Jorgedig said:

In theory.  In all practicality, I can't imagine employers going for this to petition new graduates, when they can easily spend the same money or less to hire well qualified, experienced travelers.  

There’s a chronic shortage of nurses in some areas of the country. Same way Canada does (or used to anyway) get newly qualified doctors to go spend ( 4? 6? I don’t remember exactly)years working in the boondocks. My cousin did that somewhere in Saskatchewan, there were 6 doctors at the rural hospital he was at, 4 of them were South African. The green card friend I mentioned above was employed somewhere in rural South Carolina. Can you walk into Mount Sinai Manhattan with this? Highly unlikely. Can you find a job somewhere Americans don’t want to live? Highly possible imo. Depends what you want to do for a green card.

 

Anyway - it’s an option for them to look at.

Edited December 5, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[SalishSea 18,125]

5 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

There’s a chronic shortage of nurses in some areas of the country. Same way Canada does (or used to anyway) get newly qualified doctors to go spend ( 4? 6? I don’t remember exactly)years working in the boondocks. My cousin did that somewhere in Saskatchewan, there were 6 doctors at the rural hospital he was at, 4 of them were South African. The green card friend I mentioned above was employed somewhere in rural South Carolina. Can you walk into Mount Sinai Manhattan with this? Highly unlikely. Can you find a job somewhere Americans don’t want to live? Highly possible imo. Depends what you want to do for a green card.

 

Anyway - it’s an option for them to look at.

I'm not saying it's not possible.  I'm saying its very unlikely to happen for a brand new nurse with no work experience.  Most healthcare employers in the US that could afford to petition an RN for a job, would do that for a foreign RN with >1 year of practice.  Even new grads without visa issues can have a hard time finding jobs, despite the chronic nursing shortage.

 

So - in OP's case, her SO would have a better chance at such a visa after working for a year or two.

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

I'm not saying it's not possible.  I'm saying its very unlikely to happen for a brand new nurse with no work experience.  Most healthcare employers in the US that could afford to petition an RN for a job, would do that for a foreign RN with >1 year of practice.  Even new grads without visa issues can have a hard time finding jobs, despite the chronic nursing shortage.

 

So - in OP's case, her SO would have a better chance at such a visa after working for a year or two.

I’m sure a competent agency will advise of the best route, likely to be a year studying for and doing the US exams etc anyway so he can get work experience then. Part of the incentive for the employer btw is paying lower wages than they would otherwise have to with nurses not bound to them. No such thing as a free lunch, or a free green card.

[sadgirloverseas 10]

19 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

Why would they approve it without an interview?

Because they didn't interview me for my 2 year card.

[Crazy Cat 42,212]

1 minute ago, sadgirloverseas said:

Because they didn't interview me for my 2 year card.

Then they WILL interview you for the I-751....imho.

Edited December 6, 2020 by Lucky Cat