Nepali Keta, What you have heard is correct. US Educated nurses who have 4-years BSN degree and an RN license can apply for H1B if needed (for example when EB3 category is unavailable). However, certain conditions (most likely similar to any other corporations) have to be met by the sponsoring hospital. US Educated nurses who have only 2-years Associate degree can't apply for H1B. In both cases, if the Visa Number is available (Nurses and Physical Therapists were Schedule A category until last October and they were able to file in EB3 category until then), they can file directly for green card. In this case the requirements are: 1. US Associate or BSN degree. 2. (passed NCLEX and hold) Unrestricted license in the intended state of work 3. VisaScreen certificate from CGFNS (US nursing graduates do not have to retake the English test, but have to verify their US license, NCLEX result and Transcript from CGFNS to get this certificate). You are ready to file for green card (when new law passes and more quota is available) if any hospital is willing to hire you. Foreign educated nurses who have passed NCLEX from any state have to go through the same VisaScreen process, with an added requirement of satisfactory English test result to issue VisaScreen Certificate. Let me know if you need any more information (I am not lawyer but have some practical experience in this matter :-)