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Welcome to the website of the American Association of Foreign Educated Nurses!
The AAFEN is a non-profit professional organization whose purpose is to bring together and establish an
internet "Community" for those International Nurses currently working in the United States. Nurses from around the
world who are seeking to work as a nurse in the US are also invited to join!
Scroll down for the latest Visa information.
* Basic membership is Free! All
you need to do is register on our FORUM.
Today's Update
July 4-6, 2008
- Happy 4th of July (Independence Day) Weekend!
- Newspaper Article: Nursing Shortage of 7,000 by 2010 - A shortage of 7,000 nurses is predicted in the State of Michigan by the year 2010.
- Newspaper Article: Shortage of Nurses Getting Serious - Article about the increasing shortage of nurses in South Korea.
- No recent update on HR 5924, the best hope for increased visas in the near future.
- The August Visa Bulletin will be published next week. We expect the dates for
EB-3 visas will continue to be "Unavailable."
Today's NCLEX Review Question
Q. The home health nurse is visiting an 18-year-old with osteogenesis imperfecta. Which
information obtained on the visit would cause the most concern? the patient:
a. Likes to play football
b. Drinks several carbonated drinks per day
c. Has two sisters with sickle cell tract
d. Is taking acetaminophen to control pain
Answer to Yesterday's Question
A. (Answer C is correct) Measuring with a paper tape measure and marking the area
that is measured is the most objective method of estimating ascites.
(We will post in "Today's Updates" any information that is of interest to international nurses. When this
section is revised the following day, any information that is of long term importance - such as news articles and announcements
- will be shifted to the appropriate page)
VISA UPDATES
Latest News:
(06/10/08) - The July Bulletin has been published. The status of the visas is as folows:
EB1 - All current
EB2 - All current, except India and China (April 1, 2004)
EB3 - Unavailable
It is expected that EB3 will remain "unavailable" until the new fiacal year begins witht he publicantion
of the October Visa Bulletin.
(05/12/08) - The US State
Department issued its June Visa Bulletin. The status for the visas are as follows:
EB1 - all current.
EB2 - all current, except China (April 1, 2004), and India (April 1, 2004).
EB3 - all countries
(March 1, 2006), China (March 22, 2003), India (November 1, 2001), Mexico (July 1, 2002), Philippines (March 1, 2006).
There has been NO changes for EB-3 visas since last month. The dates for EB-2 visas for China and India have moved
forward 3 months.
(04/29/08) - Rep. Wexler (D-FL) introduced H.R. 5924.
The legislation will lift retrogression for Schedule A workers (Registered Nurses and Physical
Therapists). Visa quotas will be increased to 20,000 per year for "Shortage Occupations."
The USCIS must review (and approve or issue a RFE) all Schedule A I-140 cases within 30 days of receipt.
* You can follow the progress of this Bill as it works its way through
Congress by clicking HERE.
(04/23/2008) - Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced H.R. 5882: "To recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family-
and employment-based immigrant visas in the future."
This Bill is a new attempt by the House to overcome retrogression. It seeks to recapture unused
visas from fiscal years 1992 through 2007. While the exact number of recaptured visas is uncertain, the
bill states that there will be a minimum of 226,000 visas reissued.
* You can follow the progress of this Bill as it works its way through
Congress by clicking HERE.
(04/11/2008) - The Global Competitive Act of 2008 was introduced in the Senate (S. 2839) on April 10, 2008. This legislation is another attempt to recapture, and reissue
61,000 visas for use by nurses and other healthcare workers. The previous effort was blocked by the US House of Representative
back in November 2007. We will follow this legislation, and keep our members informed as to its progress.
* You can follow the progress of this Bill as it works its way through
Congress by clicking HERE.
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