nyc: Does anyone know how a filipino nurse can work in NYC? What are the procedures and how long is the process?|||pass nclex find an employer. get to america. can take from one year to two years.|||I would guess that they would have to pass a test or something to that effect.|||Check: http://www.travelnurse.com/asktheexpert.鈥?/a>|||Do you have your heart set on NYC? Ireland is DYING for nurses, and routinely recruit Filipinas. It's one of the very few occupations that can get you an almost immediate visa there. Also, you get paid in Euros, which are worth more than American dollars right now.