Different Steps that Foreign Nurses must take to immigrate to the US

When a Foreign Registered Nurse wants to file for immigration and to work in the US she ( or he ) must go through a very hard and tough program

here are the different steps :

- CGFNS Commission = commission of graduated foreign nurses
- English exams = IELTS / TOEFL / TSE
- NCLEX exams
- VISA SCREEN PROGRAM =
- Find a sponsor / job offer
- Fly to the US and sign the offer ( meet with the recruiters ) or being recruited online ( be aware of recruiting agencies and groups that might not be serious )
- Once the job offer is signed, wait for contact of attorney at law of the sponsor ( hospital, clinic , etc...)
- Wait for USCIS approval
- Wait for National Visa Center approval

all these different steps require money , time and patience

Retrogression comes at the final step : for schedule A nurses ( EB3) skilled workers category : the PRIORITY DATE is june 2002
this is the website of NVC ( national visa center ) :
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1335.html