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RNS Number : 8511V  CGFNS International  06 December 2023

As Health Systems Struggle With Nursing Shortages, CGFNS International Sees a
Sharp Rise in Nurses Seeking to Migrate to the U.S.

Report Shows Visa Certifications Hitting a New High in 2023 But a Decline is
Likely With U.S. Immigration Limits

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESSWIRE / December 6, 2023 / In a report published
today, CGFNS International (https://pr.report/5p8ZxibR) revealed that in 2023,
it issued its highest-ever number of occupational visa certifications to
nurses and other skilled health workers seeking to migrate to the U.S., where
health systems confront a staffing crisis.

CGFNS 2023 Nurse Migration Report

The company, a non-profit that verifies credentials for immigration
authorities and state licensing boards, said it issued nearly 27,000 of its
VisaScreen(®) certificates during the government fiscal year that ended in
October. That is more than twice the number of certificates CGFNS issued the
previous year.

The increase continues a six-year upward trend, during which the annual number
of VisaScreen(®) certificates has quadrupled. Over this time, U.S. health
systems have increasingly scrambled to fill staff vacancies amid a
longstanding nursing shortage that was aggravated by pandemic-era challenges
and is projected to worsen through the end of the decade.

In the report, CGFNS stated that higher levels of nurse immigration in recent
years are likely to have peaked, even as the nursing shortage widens. This is
because, barring intervention, U.S. visa availability is declining to
pre-pandemic levels.

Download the 2023 Nurse Migration Report: Navigating Nursing Shortages and
Immigration Barriers. (https://pr.report/Pcy8BjZX)

Data in the report were derived from applicant information submitted to the
VisaScreen(®) Service and the CGFNS Credentials Evaluation Service, two
leading pathways through which foreign-educated nurses and other healthcare
professionals can migrate to and work in the U.S.

Other key findings in the report:

·      The Philippines continues to be by far the largest source of
immigrant nurses for the U.S., accounting for more than 60% of the total
VisaScreen(®) certificates issued by CGFNS.

·      In 2023, the vast majority (85%) of certificates were issued to
registered nurses (RNs), with another 14% issued to clinical laboratory
scientists.

·      More than three-quarters (78%) of those applying for certificates
were seeking permanent green cards, up from 64% in 2018 and up nine percentage
points in just the past year, showing a strong trend toward permanent
migration among nurses.

"Recruitment of nurses from outside the U.S. by using best practices has been
critical to helping U.S. health systems cope with extraordinary staffing
challenges and to ensure patient safety. With many thousands of qualified
foreign-trained nurses willing and waiting to migrate to meet this present
need, now is not the time to further restrict their numbers, especially when
nurses want to come to the U.S. to advance their careers," said Peter
Preziosi, President and CEO of CGFNS.

Contact Information

David St. John
dstjohn@cgfns.org (mailto:dstjohn@cgfns.org)

SOURCE: CGFNS International

 

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