Some info abt Cali NCLEX-RN passing result to NM BON

Every Board will have their policy but if you already know that VT is able to accept this unlike NM, then why even bother trying to endorse or apply for initial licensure to NM ??

Also, not sure if you already know but CA BRN also extends that 3 year deadline to another year upon formal request at the proper time (when it is near expiration) and you still have 2 years to go until your letter from CA expires.

And who knows by the time your letter from CA BRN expires in 2 years time, each Board would have changed their policies regarding that issue. So, doing an extensive research now would not do you much good, in my humble opinion. What you know now is enough. Just do another research when the time comes if the information you know now still holds true. There are a lot of things that can change in 2 years time.

In my experience, the common mistake everyone does seems to be expecting that a certain rule, policy or whatever will still hold true for years and not bother to research on what still holds true at their moment of time and just rely on what they previously knew w/c could have been true at that time but may not be true anymore at the present or in the near future.

The Fl board has the same policy as CA does w/ regards to US SSN. You will only get licensed if you provide a US SSN and you'll only get one when you arrive in the US and apply for one.

However, you have to apply to Fl BON first for licensure before they can recognize you.

You need to contact them as well just like how you contacted the NM BON and ask the same questions you did and apply either for initial licensure or endorsement depending on their policy.

The usual is that the NCLEX passing letter CA gave you is enough. What the personnel told you when you contacted the NM BON is not the usual, so contact the FL BON and ask the same questions you did when you contacted NM BON to find out for sure but there are many that have done that already before and did not have problems like that from what you just learned from NM.

If retrogression gets lifted and you are able to arrive in the US before the expiration happens then just apply for a US SSN ASAP and send that to the boards ASAP as well to get your license.

With regards to applying to FL BON now or just wait when you arrive is a hard decision you have to make on your own. First of all, there is no guarantee on when will you arrive even if retrogression gets lifted. There are many here who are 2-3 years on their cases already and still waiting, so don't count or make any predictions on when you can possibly finish your case and arrive in the US as there is no guarantee on when will that happen.

All I know is that you need to contact the Fl BON first and clarify on w/c you can do then take it from their if you want to do it now (even if you still have 2 years on your CA letter w/ a possibilty of a 1 yr extenstion) or do it later on and always keeping in mind that maybe 2-3 years from now, what the FL BON told you today may not anymore hold true by that time. Also, contact your agency and ask them, you may not even have a choice on what to do.

*Try searching for fruity's thread on how she was able to endorse to VT and at the same requested CA BRN for an extension - w/c was granted.

Hope that helps.

Please contact the BON of Florida before you do a thing now. Last that we are hearing is that they will not endorse someone from another state that does not have two years of experience in the US as an RN first if you trained out of the country.

There have been several posts about this lately being enforced.

Florida also requires the CES before they will look at your application, but again, check directly with them and check out the other threads on this same topic about what is happening in Florida right now. There were several that had gotten licensed in other states then moved to Florida and they are unable to get licensed there now.

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Each state can change their requirements at any time and they do, and they can begin to enforce requirements that they actually had in place before. Example is that CA will not permit one to test if they do not have a local license any longer. They just required a letter as to why one did not test, but they are no longer accepting that.

Look at their website, it states now that the nurse has to have two years of experience before they will permit endorsement if they trained out of the US.

It is in black and white on their site.

Best of luck to you.

Better clear that up directly with the FL Boards and please kindly share it here again.

There have been issues just recently that nurses who graduated from Cuba and fully licensed in NM, if my memory serves me right, was being asked to provide proof of 2 years US experience. We were not sure if it's something to do that they are already fully licensed in another State and can legally work there or something else.

Your situation may be different, since you never technically got licensed in any State.

Best way is to clarify it directly with the Board.