Showing posts with label Registered Nurses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Registered Nurses. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

American Hospital Association Urges Trump to Exempt Health Care Personnel from $100,000 H 1B Fee

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Recently, the American Hospital Association (“AHA”) voiced its support for an exemption from the $100,000 H-1B fee for health care workers. ...
Monday, November 10, 2025

CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT OF HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE RESILIENCE ACT

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As discussed in a previous blog post , Musillo Unkenholt is pleased to report that the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (HWRA) has been r...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE RESILIENCE ACT REINTRODUCED INTO CONGRESS

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Musillo Unkenholt is pleased to report that the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (HWRA) has been reintroduced into Congress. The HWRA has...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Immigrant Caregivers are Crucial to Staff Direct Care Industry

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President Trump’s “immigration crackdown” has elicited a warning from the direct care industry: immigrants are essential. Although immigra...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Webinar: Immigration Updates for the Healthcare Industry

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MU will be hosting a FREE webinar on Thursday, July 10 at 3PM Eastern for our friends and clients.  Please join us!  IMMIGRATION UPDATES A...
Monday, June 2, 2025

Foreign-Trained Nurses Can Help Fill Critical Gaps in the Healthcare Sector

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As the U.S. healthcare system grapples with a critical nursing shortage, maintaining lawful, streamlined immigration pathways for foreign-tr...
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Department of State Launches IV Scheduling Status Tool

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On April 29, 2025, the Department of State launched the Immigrant Visa (IV) Scheduling Status Tool , which will provide greater transparenc...
Friday, May 2, 2025

USCIS Should Update H-1B Policy for Nurses

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The USCIS should consider issuing a new policy memo to modernize and liberalize the approvability of H-1B visas for registered nurses. The c...
Monday, April 21, 2025

Immigration Policy Essential to Ease U.S. Healthcare Staffing Crisis

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Legal immigration pathways remain necessary to meet U.S. healthcare staffing needs for positions throughout the industry, including Register...
Friday, March 28, 2025

Healthcare Workforce Coalition meets with Lawmakers on Increasing Nurse Visas

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In March 2025, the Healthcare Workforce Coalition issued a press release on their recent meetings on Capitol Hill. The purpose of their mee...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

CGFNS International reports nurse migration rates to the U.S. remained high in 2024

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CGFNS International released a report last month concluding that nurse migration to the US remains high as healthcare systems continue to l...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

CGFNS International to Change Its Name to TruMerit™

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The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) announced it will change its name to TruMerit™. Immigration regulations re...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

English Exam Score Set at 50 for International Nurses: Could Increase in Future, says HRSA

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The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) announced that it will reset its standard passing English exam score to 50, ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

USCIS DATA ON SCHEDULE A NURSES 2018-2022

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In April 2022, MU filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, requesting a complete dataset of all I-140 registered nurse immigrant p...
Monday, October 28, 2024

International Education Evaluations, LLC Now Authorized to Issue Visa Screens

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As of October 25, 2024, USCIS has added International Education Evaluations, LLC to the list of organizations authorized to issue certificat...
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

NCHWA: NURSE SHORTAGE TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 2036

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The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis projects a 9 percent nursing workforce shortage through 2036.   The problem will be parti...
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

PHILIPPINE NURSES CHOOSING TO WORK ABROAD

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Philippines nurses seem to be choosing contract positions with an aim toward moving abroad.    ABS-CBN News reports that ACT-Teachers part...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

WEBINAR - H-1Bs FOR REGISTERED NURSES

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MU Law will be hosting a  FREE   webinar for our clients and friends on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern (12:00-1:00 pm Ce...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

WEBINAR - H-1Bs FOR REGISTERED NURSES

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MU Law will be hosting a  FREE   webinar for our clients and friends on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern (12:00-1:00 pm Ce...
Friday, November 3, 2023

BILL INTRODUCED TO INCREASE VISA NUMBERS FOR NURSES AND PHYSICIANS

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US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and US Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced a bill , known as the Healthcare Workforce Resilien...