nclex in hongkong or saipan?

if you're in the phils., contact micronesia airlines makati office for its nclex travel package to saipan for nurses. ask for the requirements and the procedure for the visitor's entry permit to saipan. the preferred hotel is saipan ocean view hotel which is right across the test center. the gold beach hotel is not very near to the test center.

if you prefer hongkong, you can try this: http://cebupacificair.com/funtours/f...chongkong.html

or you can look for a travel agency that can give you a good deal to stay in central park hotel (5 minutes walk to test center) via PAL or cebu pacific air. an option is lan kwai fong hotel (newest, also near to the test center, higher rate).

check this: http://www.asiatravel.com/hongkong.html

To put another rumor to rest, the test is not easier in one state over another, nor easier in one country to write it over another.

It is a national exam, and could care less about where you are or for which state. The questions get asked based on how you answered the questions before, therefore, the exams are going to be different for each nurse that is taking it in the same room.

You base your choice on where you can actually get a spot to take it in.

Hong Kong has minimum of a two month wait, so unless there is a cancellation at the last minute, your chance of taking it there is quite slim.
I suggest that you focus on where you can even test. Saipan actually only has a few seats per day, and they fill up fast as well. So you may want to consider another country as well. Seoul is available, as well as Taiwan. and even Japan.

The reason why many examiners prefer HK is that they can do some sightseeing or a little bit of shopping afterwards and it doesn't cost too much plus usually the airfare for Saipan/Guam plus the hotels there are a little bit more costly compared to HK (esp. if its not peak season) so the extra $150 for the International fee would be negligible.

Another testing site that you would like to consider is Taiwan.