Nurse Petition Process and Requirements

EB-3 green cards for foreign nurses

“A Nurse Petition is Pre-certified Schedule A. This means you do NOT need a PERM with the Nurse Petition and can go right to the I-140.”

— Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer
Do you need a sponsor for the Nurse Petition?

Yes

Must the sponsor be a hospital?

Not necessarily. It could be a home health care or other agency that needs RN’s.

Can a CN or LVN do a nurse petition?

No. It must be an RN

green card process

This type of visa will allow you to obtain the Green Card for you, your spouse and your unmarried children under 21 years old.

green card process

If you are a nurse, you do not need to go through the lengthy Labor Certification process which can take several years.
Rather, if you pass the required examinations, you can have a sponsor petition you immediately.

green card process

Nurses
(a)
Need to show employed as professional nurse;
(b) Need to show that nurse received a certificate from CGFNS, holds a full and unrestricted permanent license to practice in the state of intended employment or has passed the NCLEX-RN.

Years past, there were years that people had to wait in order to proceed forward.
However, most of the EB-3 from most of the world has a much shorter wait these days.

green card process

green card process

You cannot self-petition as an RN and must have a sponsor.

Schedule a nurse petitions can be processed relatively quickly if done properly

green card process

“Physical Therapists are also Schedule A pre certified positions as is an RN. Therefore, you do not need a PERM if you are a Physical Therapist.”

–Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Attorney

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