Great English classes could bring a high-skilled immigrant from dishwasher back to doctor, and bring his bilingual-bicultural skills to patients who need them.
College-educated immigrants with low English skills are twice as likely to be underemployed - Migration Policy Institute
New Americans are closing employers' high-skill gaps and keeping cities vibrant.
Nearly half of the nations largest metro areas attract 25% more college-educated immigrants than immigrants without a high school diploma - The Brookings Institution
A skilled immigrant can provide a better future for her children and the economy. Success shouldn't have to skip a generation!
Almost 17 million children live in immigrant families. Successful, integrated immigrant parents raise children with greater academic achievement and psychological and physical well-being. - Peabody Journal of Education, Future of Children, Russell Sage Foundation
A New American entering into a higher-skilled job pays more taxes; her old job can then be filled by a person with the right skill-set.
If just 5% of the 2.7 million underutilized immigrant professionals could find $35,000 a year jobs, it would generate $6 billion in taxes over a 5-year period.
A civil engineer parking cars for a living? The careers of skilled immigrants can stall without the right orientation to the U.S. professional job search.
22% of immigrants with at least a Bachelor's degree are employed in low-skilled jobs; another 20% work in jobs that require only an Associates degree. - Migration Policy Institute

Latest News

New! IMPRINT mentioned in National Journal article (5/16/2013)

IMPRINT Communications & Policy Director Amanda Bergson-Shilcock and Steering Committee member Nikki Cicerani comment on brain waste, the need for skilled immigrant integration and the Senate's immigration reform bill.

Did you miss our webinar, Integrating Immigrant Health Professionals: A Program Model? (5/9/2013)

Slides and a recording are now available! In this hour-long webinar, IMPRINT member the Welcome Back Initiative explains how they help immigrant health professionals re-establish their careers in the US.

IMPRINT joins the conversation on Comprehensive Immigration Reform! (4/19/2013)

In written testimony to Congress, IMPRINT explains why skilled immigrant integration is needed in the upcoming legislation.

Check out our blog post about immigrant women and Comprehensive Immigration Reform. (4/12/2013)

As part of a blog carnival hosted by Moms Rising and We Belong Together, IMPRINT explains why Comprehensive Immigration Reform should go Beyond the Green Card.

Read our testimony to Congress on immigrant women and families. (3/18/2013)

IMPRINT is honored to submit written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on "How Comprehensive Immigration Reform Should Address the Needs of Women and Families."

IMPRINT : Immigrant Professional Integration

Welcome!

The United States continues to be a beacon attracting immigrants from around the world. Many of these are highly educated with in-demand skills.

They come by a variety of means, including marriage to US citizens, winning the Diversity Visa lottery, direct investment, or being granted refugee or asylee status. Such New Americans are work authorized and here to stay.

Yet for a surprising number, their American Dream is deferred by multiple challenges to rebuilding their careers in the US. The taxi driver who was a scientist “back home;” the nanny earning poverty-level wages while her international nursing degree collects dust on her dresser.

Most of the challenges to re-entering the professional workforce can be overcome, as the member organizations of IMPRINT have proven in our more than 40 years of collective experience. This consortium represents practitioners leading the US in the new field of high skilled immigrant workforce integration.

We connect this untapped talent pool with resources and employers for the benefit of all.

We hope you will learn more about these issues by exploring the site. Lend your voice to ours as we reach out to government, business and other practitioners with our proven, innovative models. And please join our mailing list for updates!
Thank you!

– The IMPRINT Team

The Challenge

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Imagine a doctor who must work as a dishwasher, or an engineer driving a taxicab. Unfortunately, these people aren’t imaginary – they represent the more than 2.7 million immigrant professionals across the US who are unemployed or work in jobs far below their capacity.

Their under-employment has high costs for their families and communities. When these talented workers are unable to apply their international education and training to work in the United States, they face low wages, while the broader community suffers a tremendous waste of human capital.

About IMPRINT

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IMPRINT is a coalition of organizations active in the emerging field of immigrant professional integration.

IMPRINT members draw on specialized knowledge to guide work-authorized immigrants in applying their international postsecondary education and professional experience to careers in the US. Member organizations include practitioners, educators, researchers, and policy professionals.

IMPRINT members provide a wide range of services to immigrant professionals, including:

Credential evaluation
Soft-skills and specialized technical training
Educational advising
English language instruction
Professional acculturation
Employment placement
Networking skills

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Our Organizations

IMPRINT members are doing innovative work across the United States. Learn more about their efforts:

Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education

Welcome Back Initiative

Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians

World Education Services

Upwardly Global