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Nursing News: Fewer nurses took NCLEX in 2009

As the United States still had to allow the massive influx of foreign nurses to its shores due to a severe lack of nurses, the number of Filipinos that sought to enter America’s nursing profession plunged by 26 percent in 2009, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said in a statement Sunday.

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February 2010 Visa Bulletin

February 2010 Visa Bulletin

Department of State has released the latest visa bulletins, which saw little movement for EB3 category.

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Visa Update: Bill filed to lift retrogression

Visa Update: Bill filed to lift retrogression

Democrat Representative from Illinois filed a bill in US Congress that will hopefully end nurse visa retrogression

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December 2008 Visa Bulletin

The Department of State has just released theDecember Visa Bulletin. Ordinarily the VB is released around the 15th of the month so this is a little early. 

The dates for employment based categories are:
EB1: all Current
EB2: all Current, except China (01Jun04) and India (01Jun03)
EB3: all 01May05, except China(01Feb02), India(01Oct01), and Mexico(01Sept02)
As expected, these dates are unchanged [...]

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