USCIS Approves New Credentialing Organization for Healthcare
Workers
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved International Education
Evaluations, LLC, as a new credentialing organization for
healthcare workers for certain immigration purposes.
USCIS explained that "an individual who seeks admission to
the United States as a nonimmigrant or immigrant, or who is the
beneficiary of a change of status request, or who is applying for
adjustment of status, in the United States for the purpose of
performing labor in certain healthcare occupations is inadmissible
unless he or she presents a certificate from an authorized
credentialing organization." Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) regulations authorize the Commission on Graduates of Foreign
Nursing Schools, the National Board for Certification in
Occupational Therapy, and the Foreign Credentialing Commission on
Physical Therapy to issue such certificates. DHS regulations also
"establish
