Compact Licenses

Compact license has nothing to do with what you are talking about. The Compact License Pact is among multiple states so that nurses thatlive on the borders did not have to get a license in multiple states or for travel nurses.

Noe for your problem. There is no requirement to work in the US that you must have two years of experience in your home country, that may be an agency telling you that, but that is not true.

All that you need is to pass the NCLEX and have a Visa Screen Certificate and you can work, once you get thru the immigration process.

Nursing licenses are usually good for two years in the US in most states, and some are four years such as Arizona. The issue is that you are a new licensee and some states, such as Vermont only give the license for a certain number of months for a foreign nurse, then you must provide a SSN# before they will renew your license.

As soon as you have passed the NCLEX exam, the immigration process can be started for you. No need to wait, you just need to have the VSC in hand when you go for your interview at the US Embassy, the final step.

Hope that this clears up things for you.

Just renew it when it is due, there is nothing more than that to be done any differently, and this goes for all states.

As long as you pay the fee and have completed the required continuing ed hours, then there is nothing else to do.