ATTENTION: Arkansas Board of Nursing Now Requires SSN

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Arkansas Board of Nursing released a notice on October 25th which stated that they now require an SSN for licensure application and applicants will not be permitted to sit for NCLEX without providing an SSN.

In addition, ARSBN now requires Credential Evaluation and English Proficiency from foreign educated RNs.

I have spent a few hours on the phone with Arkansas Board representatives to clear this issue up and can tell you the following:

SSN requirement is not part of the Board policy and is therefore not up to interpretation, this is a STATE LAW and must be enforced strictly.

Any applicants already granted eligibility prior to October 25th will still be allowed to sit for NCLEX but will NOT be issued licenses and must provide an SSN before the expiration date which appears on the letter of passing.

Any applicants who HAVE NOT been granted eligibility must wait for their INDIVIDUAL evaluation.

Currently there are more than 600 nurses pending applications, the applications will be evaluated one at a time to determine if eligibility will be granted (based on the stage the application is in the evaluation process) or not.

ARBSN has not yet determined if there will be any refund issued for those applicants who have not been granted eligibility. As of my last conversation with them, they are considering simply holding the applications and waiting for SSN to be provided in order to grant eligibility.

More info will be posted here as I receive it.

NOTE: I am NOT a representative of Arkansas or any sort of placement/staffing agency. I am a nurse advocate and career consultant.

My advice is to consider the state you wish to live and work in. If that state will not allow you to apply directly due to SSN requirements then seek out a state which will issue a license number without SSN and permit you to renew it while in the Philippines.

Hey do you know if there's a time limit for an Nclex passer to provide SSN to ARSBN? just like in Cali - the 3 year validity. My exam's scheduled on August.

Oh SSN why are you so precious!!!

Thanks in advance :)

I'm a newbie here. aww.

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Hello! I am from the Philippines and planning to take NCLEX...WHAT ARE THE STATE THAT DO NOT STRICTLY REQUIRED FOR SSN-SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IN ORDER TO TAKE THE EXAM???

AND WHAT IS A COMPACT STATE MEAN????

I AM PLANNING FOR CALIFORNIA SINCE THEY REQUIRED SSN NOW, I AM LOOKING FOR STATE NOT REQUIRING FOR SSN... :D

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Ignore compact state as that will not apply to you until you are living in the US in a state that participates in it

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could be the FEIN-Federal Employer Identification Number used in Application of NCLEX for those state requiring SSN.. http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/applicants/ssninfo.pdf

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
could be the FEIN-Federal Employer Identification Number used in Application of NCLEX for those state requiring SSN.. http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/applicants/ssninfo.pdf

I doubt it but only way to find out is ask the BRN

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could be the FEIN-Federal Employer Identification Number used in Application of NCLEX for those state requiring SSN.. http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/applicants/ssninfo.pdf

Are you the employer? It that is what Federal Employer Id Number, it is what an employee puts on their tax form when filing taxes.

It makes no sense to put an employer tax number on a personal form.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

ITIN numbers will not be accepted

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