It is well known that U.S. economy is going through a crisis and that very crisis has recessed global financial market a lot. Eventually it has significantly increased the number of people seeking information related to foreign degree evaluations. As cutbacks and mergers have created unemployment; to ensure their present job security and to check other job openings this number is on high. Those people who has been able to show their credentials to meet the U.S. standard have been able to withhold their position. So this parameter has spread its importance very quickly.

People who has foreign education credentials, which also includes college or high school degrees obtained from aboard are often asked for their equivalency of degrees to the U.S. during their application process to the probable employers. U.S. job sectors in many cases do not accept the degrees earned outside U.S. This is so likely when they are looking for work or employment visa(EB VISA). Those who are interested in continuing their education to undergraduate or graduate degrees are often asked to fulfill this criteria. As the education standard is no match to the third world countries the students seeking higher education degree are sometimes bound to go through this process.

There is more. Each year H1-B visa numbers filled every year depends highly on the current financial state of the nation.  It is true that a huge number of U.S. industries for manpower, are highly depended on the workers coming to U.S. in a temporary basis. This companies have an urgency to meet their demands of manpower at an early basis. H1-B visas are served in rolling method. So it has been seen so many times that these foreign labor based companies start filing very early.

Although there has been a continuous evaluation that if by any chance the visa issued as H1-B can be increased to promote these industries. This notion is highly appreciated and supported by people like Janet Napolitano, who has been nominated for a cabinet post by President Obama himself. Though due to the recession this proposal has been considered under great scrutiny. In U.S. the number of jobs are short now and new job openings are limited. New industries are not being established and many of them are in the process of releasing their current manpower. So unemployment is a huge problem now. In this circumstance, U.S. people are highly unlikely to import more manpower from outside of U.S. by the government and they are even protesting the existence of current workers in this highly competitive job market. Due to this resistance the proposal has a chance to be hindered for long term. To show the ability there is no other way to evaluate the credentials equivalent to U.S.

But the U.S. government can understand some facts that these protesters have been unable to. Government know very well that the work position which are fulfilled by giving work permit or these employment based visas cannot be fulfilled with native workers. These visas are given because the specialized knowledge required for this kind of work is not available in U.S. workers. They are importing which does not mean that non-immigration visa workers are being prioritized. But their skills and knowledge is no match for these highly skilled foreign workers. They are getting these  jobs because they earned it with the special qualifications.

It is not easy to tell that in which way President Obama’s office takes policies. The people are looking forward to a policy which actually decease the unemployment problem rather than taking measures to the immigrants. The policy which creates more job for both native and immigrant is the best move to make.

Don’t hold back thinking that you would need to complete your study in the USA to get your credit equivalent to an US degree. All you need to study or work in the USA is an evaluation of your degree to the US equivalent.

Most of the people think the US army as the mighty force which is more powerful than the government of any country. But the director of EvaluationCredentials.com, Sheila Danzig is not worried about that.

A challenge was offered by her to members of the US army who were educated overseas. She said that she was ready to offer free degree evaluations for a total of 50 army personnel in each month. So, what will happen for the 51^st person? Well, she said that there won’t be any case like that as she doesn’t think that this number of military personnel will come and take free help every month. Should this occurs- she added, the next one will be the first person whose evaluation would be completed by the following month.

Those who have completed their degree from outside of the US need to evaluate their credentials so that they can be verified for the US equivalency. This process is a costly one which can be upto $100. And Sheila Danzig is ready to offer this evaluation for free for our military.

She said that our military has ben serving the nation without any rest and not many people come forward to do something for them. This offer, she thinks would be a means to showing her support to their relentless effort.

The Evaluation Credentials will keep the data for army personnel who have come to take this service each month. She mentioned that this offer is valid for the entire military of the US.

Check out more by visiting the site. www.evaluationcredentials.com. Besides of performing regular evaluations, we are specialized in evaluating credentials that are denied by USICS.

According to the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) agreement, an additional qualification has been offered to the people of Mexico and Canada who are qualified to work temporarily under the category of NAFTA. This visa is known to be the TN visa which covers a large number of working areas including accounting, mathematics, scoence, social work, nursing etc. Although the visa is primarily issued for a single year, extension is available for years.

To quaifly for this visa, the applicant needs to hold a bachelor’s degree of US equivalent. This degree then needs to be verified by a professional credential evaluation service like the Evaluation Credentials and then submitted to USCIS for approval.

An applicant for TN visa can also apply for the TD visa that allows his spouses or children to come and stay with him in the US. However, people with the TN visa may not be allowed to work within the US. Citizens from Canada are given the TN-1 and citizens from Mexico are given the TN-2. The process for these two types differs. The TN-1 applicants are eligible to apply for the visa in both the Canadian airports or the Canada-US border.

Recently, the procedure has changed for citizens of Mexico applying for TN-2 Visas through the Matamoras, Mexico Consulate. Although this change has not yet been reflected on the consulate’s website, these new changes became effective on September 10, 2008. Visa applicants must now call for an appointment or schedule one online at the consulate website, located at http://matamoros.usconsulate.gov/matamoros/nafta_visas_tn.html.

For the citizens of mexico, a recent change has been made on the TN-2 visa process which has been active since 10^th September, 2008. In this system, all the applicants are required to call for the appointment. They can also schedule the appointment in online from the website http://matamoros.usconsulate.gov/matamoros/nafta_visas_tn.html. The employer needs to submit the credentials of the applicant to the USCIS for an evaluation. And after an approval has been made, the employer can fix an appointment for the visa. Prior to this change, applicants could submit their credentials before the interview.

Citizens of Canada and Mexico can apply for work permits in the US under the NAFTA. Visas like these are known to the TN visas. These visas are for those people who seek a temporary work opportunit in the US. Canadian citizens get TN-1 visas and Mexican citizens get TN-2 visas.

In order to get a TN visa, the applicant needs to show that he has a froeign degree that is equivalent to the US bachelor’s degree. For some fields like computer science, this requirement can be lightened and replaced by an associate degree with 2 years of working experience. The credentials, however need to be evaluated by a credential evaluation company and accepted by USCIS.

Along with the credentials, the applicant also needs to provide a proper document mentioning that he is staying in the US only  temporarily. The USCIS always presumes that a foreign citizen intends to stay permanently in the country. The applicant, however can express his interest in immigration, but this needs to be done after the TN visa period.

There are a number of evidences that people can show to prove his intend to stay in the US temporarily. One of the most common documents is the ownership of property back at home. Taking the visa for a single year is another proof of the intention of staying temporarily.

People from a number of occupations can work in the US which include- scientists, zoologists, nurses, physicians, biologists etc. Professionals from healthcare need to show the government issed license for practicing.

People form some other fields like medical technologists, therapists or nurses need to show the certification as health care workers. This certificate will demonstrate the educational qualification of that person which is equivalent to the US degree. This certificate also illustrates the ability of the person in communicating in English at a competent level which is approved by a type of standardized test.

For citizens from Mexico and Canada, it is recommended that a very good attorney handles that visa procedure. For evaluation purposes, seek help from a reputed evaluation agency.

The problem of US mortgage crisis is growing at a higher rate every month. Sheila Danzig is well experienced with the features of persons who are looking to get some degree evaluations for different visas like the EB-2 and EB-3. With an analysis on this thing, her experts recommended a proposal on the voice chat board in the immigration, which can largely relief this housing problem while also contribute in the economic growth of the country.

Workers with the employment type visa are living in the US. And those who are applying for a PR have been residing for five years or more. Most of them possess professional degrees while an amount hold a master’s degree or a PhD. These visas were given because there were not many US workers available to perform duties that organizations demanded from them.

The average yearly income of workers with EB visas rounds to $65000. Most of these workers are very skiled at their workers. They even expect to buy a homoe and settle their family there. But, they need to remain at an intermediate state before their visas are approved by the USCIS for green cards.

In fact, some workers are forced to wait for up to seven years before receiving a response to their application. They hold foreign credentials U.S. equivalency of professional degrees, and are workers critically needed by our society, yet they wait to learn whether they have the right to remain in this country! Some of them even have to wait upto seven years just to get a response to their applications. This is very sad as these employers are much needed for our country’s economy.

In this process, many visa numbers have been lost and thus many million dollars have been lost too. At that period of time, some 800,000 workers need to wait and see if they are going to be approved to stay in the US. A half of this number wish to buy a home and stay here. And if they were approved to pay a 20% down pament for private homes, the gain would have been $1.6 billion!

Immigrants from foreign countries try hard to make themselves a part of the US culture. They need to be given our support which will also help our economy to revive.

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