RETROGRESSION UPDATE
A 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. 1001), will create a temporary W Visa category for registered nurses. It will work in a very similar way as the H-1B visa except that the category is exclusive to registered nurses.
The proposed W Visa cateogory will have a yearly numerical limit of 50,000. However, the cap may be increased depending on the demand for foreign nurses. A W Visa will be valid for three (3) years at a time.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1001.IH:
Yeah yeah!!!! Now I’m very hope full that bill would pass, I bet many nurses are looking forward into that. US wait for me,,, haha
