foreign graduate nurse moving to las vegas

I moved your thread to the International Forum since you have many other approvals that need to be done over an American that is applying to NV for licensure. They need to do nothing else but submit the application for licensure; you need to have the CES completed and approved first before NV will even look at your application.

It takes on average about four months to get the CES done, then another 6 weeks on average before you are given permission to test for the NCLEX exam. You are unable to get any job that requires a license until you hold one.

Not sure what type of visa that you are coming over on, is it the K-1? If so, you need to understand that it is usually months before you will be able to work in any job with that as you do not get your SSN# and EAD right away, that is not until you have gone for your interview once you are here and in the US and the marriage ceremony has been completed. It is never immediate that you will be able to work upon arrival to the US.

Fingerprinting is done in a matter of days, there is usually never a hold-up with that as most things are computerized here now.

Since you are having to do things as a foreign nurse, we ask that you post under the International Forum. Most American nurses are not familiar with what you need to do in order to get licensed in the US.

Best of luck to you.

The BON will not look at your application without the CES being completed. You will find it quite hard to get hired without having the NCLEX exam written and passed before you even apply for a job. As a foreign-trained nurse, things are different for you than they are on the website that is designed for Americans and those that trained here.

Sure, you can work as a caregiver while waiting, but you need to be preparing for the exam; the NCLEX-RN exam is unlike anything that you have ever seen. And if you can get by without working, then that would be the way to do it. I would highly recommend that you do not begin to work until you are well prepared for the exam.

You can find tips on preparing under the student tab at the top of this page and then scroll down and look for the NCLEX Forum.