If you are a Filipino nurse who was abandoned by your nursing agency — left in the dark after passing the NCLEX, ghosted during visa retrogression, or watching years pass after your previous sponsor cancelled your petition — your American Dream is still possible.
You are not alone. Hundreds of Filipino nurses have experienced exactly this.
And under U.S. immigration rules, the priority date you already earned is often still valid — meaning the years you have already waited do not have to be lost.
This page explains what to do if your employer cancelled your U.S. nursing job offer, how to recapture your priority date as an abandoned nurse, and how the Grandison Revive Your American Dream Program has helped Filipino nurses like Iris Tiffany — abandoned for 13 years before joining us — finally arrive in the United States.
At a glance:
In this “EB3 Visa Landscape | Grandison Immigration Q&A,” immigration attorney Cadence Moore address the topic of abandoned nurses and the process of recapturing or retaining priority dates.
Definition of Abandonment: Cadence notes that while there isn’t a “hard definition,” a case is typically considered abandoned if a former employer explicitly states they will no longer pursue the application or if they have completely stopped communicating with the nurse [29:22].
Recapturing/Porting Priority Dates: She explains that if a nurse has an i140 receipt or approval notice from a previous employer, that priority date can generally be “ported” or retained for a new filing with a different employer, such as Grandison [29:48].
Process for New Filing: When filing a new i140 petition, the legal team includes the previous approval/receipt information to request that the original priority date be applied to the new case [29:55].
Grandison’s Policy: The company’s representatives (Joyy and Avi) confirm that they welcome abandoned nurses and PTs. They even mention a specific “Revive Your American Dream” program designed to help these individuals move forward with their applications using their existing priority dates [30:15].
Documentation: Cadence emphasizes the importance of having proof of the prior priority date (like the i140 notice) to ensure it can be retained in future filings [30:01].
Legitimacy: CEO Avi Lang adds that while they assist abandoned nurses, they must ensure the nurse has been properly “relieved” or is no longer legally tied to the previous company to avoid jeopardizing the new petition [34:53].
Associated Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9LUiMXot0Q
If your U.S. employer or sponsor has just told you they are cancelling your petition — or you suspect they have effectively cancelled by ghosting you — here is what to do, in order of priority:
What you should not do: assume your priority date is gone, restart the entire process from scratch with today’s priority date, or give up on the U.S. and pivot to a different country. In most cases, your years of waiting are still worth something — you just need the right partner to help you claim them.
For Filipino nurses joining Grandison after agency abandonment, the Revive Your American Dream Program is our structured five-pillar framework. Each pillar addresses a specific part of the abandonment recovery process.
Your first step with Grandison is a comprehensive case review.
We help you determine:
This program is designed specifically for Filipino nurses who meet most of the following:
Willing to be placed in a U.S. skilled nursing facility through Grandison’s Secure Placement Model.
We could explain the program in twenty more paragraphs. Or we could tell you about Iris.
Nurse Iris Tiffany passed the NCLEX over 13 years ago. Her previous agency filed her I-140 — and then went silent. Months turned into years. Years turned into a decade.
She was, in her own words, “left in the dark.”
At one point, the lack of movement became so discouraging that Iris seriously explored relocating her nursing career to Europe — a path many abandoned USRN applicants eventually consider when the American Dream feels permanently out of reach.
Three years ago, she made a different choice. She found Grandison.
She did her homework before signing. Two things convinced her:
From day one, the difference was structural.
Within five days of joining Grandison’s program, Iris had a facility interview. Her new I-140 was filed shortly after. And then — because nothing in international nurse recruitment is ever fast enough — she faced another two years of visa retrogression.
But this time, she was not waiting alone.
Throughout that wait, Iris credits Miss Chris, Miss Kazy, Miss Jane, and Sir Jerome of the Grandison team for keeping her informed, encouraged, and focused. She specifically describes Miss Chris’s regular calls as the single biggest factor in sustaining her hope through retrogression.
Today, Iris is a deployed USRN in the United States.
In her own words, the advice she gives to other abandoned Filipino nurses:
“Everything happens for a reason. Don’t let go of your dream. Skill up while waiting for your turn to be deployed — so you’re ready when the U.S. finally calls.”
And her message about the agency that finally helped her get there:
“Be grand with Grandison.”
Read Iris Tiffany’s complete success story →
Iris is one of many. More abandoned-nurse success stories:
If you are a Filipino nurse with an existing priority date, an approved or pending I-140, and a story of being abandoned by a previous sponsor — here is exactly what to do next.
Recapture and revive your American Dream now with Grandison Nursing. Apply now.
