| Do You Qualify for a Nurse Work Visa? | | | | also have to pass a medical exam administered by |
| Every year, the United States of America issues | | | | their state of destination. They must also be qualified |
| hundreds of thousands of working visas, green cards | | | | as a medical professional according to the standards |
| and citizenships to a wide array of people originating | | | | set out by the United States. Finally, the person must |
| from a wide array of countries. Many of these people | | | | have received a certificate from the Commission on |
| will be coming to America to be with family, others | | | | Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools as well as |
| perhaps for employment reasons. One of the most | | | | having passed the National Council Licensure |
| valued (and hard to achieve) forms of working visa in | | | | Examination for Registered Nurses. |
| the United States is the Nurse Work Visa, also known | | | | Unlike a standard United States working visa, the |
| as the H1C visa. | | | | Nurse Working Visa is offered exclusively to members |
| The United States government only issues 500 of | | | | of the medical profession. This list of prerequisites may |
| these visas per year. The H1C visa is offered to | | | | seem heady; however to a registered nurse or doctor, |
| people on the condition that they perform medical | | | | these things are not quite as daunting. It should be |
| work in an area which has a lack thereof. So, a doctor | | | | noted that the exclusivity of the H1C visa is really a |
| will probably be eligible to receive the Nurse Work Visa | | | | good thing. It means that the outsourced medical work |
| if they are going to work in an area of the United | | | | brought to the US is of the highest quality. And not only |
| States which has a pre-existing shortage of medical | | | | that, it's used where it's needed most. |
| professionals. The reason for the rarity of the H1C visa | | | | If you think you qualify for the H1C working visa, and |
| is that it is only assigned to medically trained people | | | | would like to find out or need guidance in your |
| who meet very specific criteria. | | | | application, it's recommended that you speak with a |
| These criteria include the person having being in | | | | trained immigration specialist. They will be able to help |
| possession of a full license to practice nursing or | | | | you every step of the way, and even offer you all the |
| medicine within the country where they received their | | | | forms you'll need. |
| training, or within the United States. The candidate may | | | | |