time/suggestions for CA licensure

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As far as I know, you do not need to wait until the move to apply and receive your Ca license. You can have dual licensure.......

Check out www.rn.ca.gov & all will be revealed.

thoughtful_one,

I just moved to California two weeks ago from Kansas. Like you, my home state was not part of the NurSys. I printed out the PDF forms for CA licensure. One of those forms included a verification form you can send to your state you are licensed in. For my state, I sent this and paid a $25 fee. I did this about 10 days prior to leaving. Really that's all you need to do in advance before going to Sacramento. Once you're in Sacramento, you bring in your application (printed off from their website), pay $80 for it and get your fingerprint card done their, too. It costs $66. Be prepared to wait several hours, though, before they issue you a temporary license. It took me about 5 hours to get the fingerprints and an hour for the temporary license. All-in-all it's a pretty good system. I hope this helps!

If the BON has received verification from your state, then you can do the live scan for the fingerprints, and have a temporary license in hand in about 5 hours, if you take the trip to Sacramento. Well worth it in my opinion.
( My fingerprints took less than 35 minutes to get, but I needed to go to Kinko's for the nursys application, etc. Was on the road back home by about 1 pm. Just try to be at the BON office when they open in the morning. The DOJ (Dept of Justice) for the Live Scan is just a short drive from there.