I just received my California RN license but I live in NJ (20' minutes commute to downtown NYC). I need to decide between NY vs. NJ before I start working on changing my license but I am not sure which state to pick. Can anyone please give me some pros and cons? Your help would be greatly appreciated.

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same here, i also applied to cabon for first licensure(i am a foreign grad.)and i live in ny. i am confused where to endorse my license. ny requires cvs from cgfns and its very lengthy process and i hope nj is faster in doing endorsement...but, the problem is i want to work in such a facility which sponsers green card. i dont know how fast nj state is in issuing green card..i heard that ny needs only few weeks....

Same here, I also applied to CABON for first licensure(I am a foreign Grad.)and I live in NY. I am confused where to endorse my license. NY requires CVS from CGFNS and its very lengthy process and I hope NJ is faster in doing endorsement...but, the problem is I want to work in such a facility which sponsers Green Card. I dont know how fast NJ state is in issuing Green Card..I heard that NY needs only few weeks....

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NJ and NY processes Green card in about the same speed. As to how fast green cards are processed, it would usually depend on the processing center of the USCIS, currently : Vermont (where NJ & NY are included), California, Texas and Nebraska processing centers. Texas usually is the longest, more than 1 year to get your approval, then California, then Nebraska, and then there's Vermont processing center, where it takes about 2 weeks to 2 months. I got my approval in about 3 weeks. So it doesn't matter much if u pick NY or NJ, processing time is the same. You will need your english exams though before you can be processed.

Good luck to you. :)