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  The pandemic has aggravated the nursing shortage in the United States. Hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities are desperate to remedy their staffing shortage and are once again turning to other countries for nurses, like the Philippines where 40% of current U.S. nurses are from.   Eager to work in the U.S., foreign Read the full article…

By Reuben S. Seguritan To ensure that employment-based petitions (Form I-140) will not be rejected or delayed in their adjudication, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a question and answer guideline on how to prepare and file them. An I-140 petition is filed by an employer to classify an alien beneficiary as Read the full article…

May a foreign registered nurse (RN) or physical therapist (PT) file for a green card while in the US if she has fallen out of status?   This common situation among foreign RNs and PTs arises from a variety of reasons. For instance, the tourist visa of the RN may have expired while waiting for Read the full article…

By Reuben Seguritan   When a child is born in the United States, he or she is a United States citizen at birth. If a child is born outside the United States, the child may also be a US citizen at birth, so long as at least one parent is a US citizen at the Read the full article…