Our Program

AUSTRALIAN NURSES
Due to a special non-immigrant visa category available to Australian citizens, Avant is able to offer limited positions to Australian Registered Nurses, contact us for more information or apply online.

The Avant program offers successful applicants

• Free NCLEX review program - provides a combination of online reviews, textbook review and assistance from our experienced NCLEX Instructor. We have been experiencing a 95-98% first time pass rate!
• Licensure and visa processing provided by Avant's experienced in house team
• Free Flights and accommodation for your NCLEX examination if applicable
• Free Flight to the US for commencement of work
• Clinical and Social Transitions assistance to ensure your move to the US is as smooth as possible.
• 3300 hour contract term , with all hours worked being applied to your contract
• Generous salary and bonus options on arrival and throughout the contract term
• Comprehensive benefits packs including medical, dental, life and malpractice
• Credit card and car purchase programs
• Supportive employers who understand the needs of an international therapist.

For applicants from other countries, Avant has had to suspend recruitment of Registered Nurses for their US program. This is due to the unavailability of visas under the permanent residency visa category due to Immigration retrogression.

What does Retrogression Mean?
By law, there is a quota or limit on the number of people who can be granted permanent residency visas (green cards) in any given year. Retrogression refers to the situation we face currently where the quotas have been overused and visa numbers become unavailable. It is not clear as to when visas will become available again but it seems real progress will not be made until 2010.

There continues to be a shortage of nurses here in the US with the Department of Health and Human Services advising that more than a million new and replacement nurses will be needed by 2020 to address the country's severe nursing shortage. 

As a founding member of AAIHR (The American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment), Avant continues to be involved in lobbying towards a resolution as we have been since retrogression began and while progress has been slow in recent months we remain committed to seeking a resolution.  This year the AAIHR convention is located in Washington D.C. where they are planning to spend time on Capital Hill lobbying for relief.

If you do not already hold the NCLEX or the CGFNS and wish to continue to move your process along to be ready when retrogression lifts, you may wish to consider taking the NCLEX or CGFNS examinations (both are not required and so if you plan to do one the NCLEX is a better choice) and then you will be closer to coming to the US once Avant is recruiting again.

• For Information on the CGFNS Certification process go to www.cgfns.org
• For information on the English requirements and exam centers go to www.ielts.org
• For Information on the US Boards of Nursing go to www.ncsbn.org

There are many good products around for NCLEX review such as Kaplan, Saunders, and NCSBN courses for NCLEX and CGFNS preparation.

If you have completed an application or submitted a resume, we will keep this on file for the US program and be in contact with you once retrogression has been lifted.