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Manila U.S. Embassy and the Era of 221(g)
If you are a nurse currently living in the Philippines with an upcoming embassy interview, then you might be affected by the 221(g) notification from the U.S. Embassy in Manila. In the past six weeks only applicants attending their embassy interviews in Manila have been issued 221(g) administrative processing notifications. Exactly What Does a 221(g)…
Read More2020 – The Year of Direct Hire Nurse Domination
2020 could very well be the year of direct hire nurse domination. If there was only one thing for international nurses to take away from 2019, it was being reminded time and time again that all job offers are not created equal. Many nurse applicants who had staffing agency and travel nurse companies file their…
Read More4 Steps to Best Prepare for Your Video Interview
You get a phone call or an email from a recruiter regarding a position that you applied for, but first you have to complete a video interview. It can be nerve-wracking waiting all day for this interview. You never know what the recruiter is going to ask. You begin to get anxious and nervous. Don’t…
Read MorePreparing for the Green Card Interview
The final step of obtaining a green card is the interview, which is scheduled by the National Visa Center (NVC) if the green card applicant is living abroad or by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) if the green card applicant is living in the United States. The green card interview may be months away,…
Read MoreIs Your Facility Suffering from a Recruitment Misdiagnosis?
Diagnosing a patient for a certain condition and treating them accordingly when the diagnosis is wrong to begin with, won’t achieve the desired treatment outcome. In fact, it might even be catastrophic. The same is true in the recruitment industry. Every day talent acquisition leaders are monitoring symptoms such as chronic vacancies, increasing reliance on…
Read MoreWhat Does HealthStaff Want to See on My Resume?
Your resume is an important tool in the recruitment process. It is your chance to make a great first impression since it is the first thing the HealthStaff recruiting team will see. Your resume needs to be able to tell a short story about your career. Keep in mind that every culture is different when…
Read MoreDidn’t Land the Job? 5 Easy Steps to S.M.I.L.E Through Rejection
You wanted the job, you prepared yourself, you probably even practiced a conversation to yourself in the mirror. But you did not get an offer. In fact, it was given to somebody else! You cannot believe it. So now what do you do? Should you give up? Should you look somewhere else? In the midst…
Read MoreImmigration Process – Don’t Get Discouraged, Trust the Timing
Recently, WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions had a visit from one of our nurse candidates who just arrived in North Carolina from the Philippines. She was preparing to begin her new career as a RN in the United States. The HealthStaff team had a Q&A with her and I had asked her the following question: “Some candidates…
Read MoreIs Premium Processing Right for Me?
Update: November 2023 – With the current U.S. visa bulletin retrogression, premium processing will not affect overall immigration timelines to the U.S., therefore there is little benefit to request it at this time. The offering of premium processing will be dependent on visa bulletin updates and job offers. When a U.S. immigration application is filed, it has…
Read MoreNavigating the Visa Bulletin
At first glance the Visa Bulletin can be overwhelming and intimidating. It is issued every month by the Department of State. It shows which green card applications can move forward based on when the I-140 petition that starts the green card process was originally filed. Additionally, it estimates how long it will take before an…
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