My gf is a registered nurse in the phil. and she want to go california and get a green card how long it takes?

my girlfriend is a registered nurse in the phil. and she want to go to california and get a green card? how long it takes to get it?? and if he get it she can give a fiance visa????

actually, for california, she doesn't need the cgfns. all she needs is the nclex and the english exam (toefl). the problem though is that the US hasn't been giving out green cards through employment for more than a year now. people who have applied for about 3 years are still waiting for an approval... and since october of last year, no philippine nurse has ever left for the US.

also... if she is planning to go about it that way... go to california... find an employer to petition for her... i doubt if she'll be granted a tourist visa to enter the US. once the consul knows she's a nurse... he'll deny her the visa. when my family came to the US for vacation years ago (before we moved to canada... and before i moved to the US), during the interview the consul kinda wavered about granting me a visa because i was an incoming senior nursing student. finally, he decided to give me a 3 week stay visa valid for 3 months. so think about how your gf would look to the consul since she's an actual RN.

I am sorry, buy why does she not use her skills to better lives in her own country?

All that you are proposing will take years and years to accomplish, if ever. Sorry.

First, she needs to pass the CGFNS (The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools) examination and the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) examination. After she passes them both she needs to find a US employer who will sponsor her for a visa.

She will have to work at least 5 years on the visa before her employer can sponsor her for a Green Card.

No, as a visa holder and/or Green Card holder she cannot sponsor a fiance visa, that is ONLY for US citizens.