Visa Screen Certificate / CGFNS

Put yes, as a nurse in the US, and working at a hospital, you will get more than enogh hours to meet the requirements. In the past, I got over 150 hours per year until the past couple of years. It is very easy to get them. They are looking to see if you are coming here for two years and returning home afterwards. Remembe that VCS is also required for those in other health care fields that are not RNs and do not get expedited for the green card and can qaulify for the H1-B. RNs cannot get that visa.

There is a page that is included with the application for the VSC, it is called Verification..........that needs to be sent to CA along with $60 US for them to forward it on to ICHP.

They do not accept letters, it must be that form to be used.

You won't find the information on the CA website, and is included with instructions as to what the verification is used for. But each state has a different fee and that needs to be verified. CA is definitely $60.

Visa Screen can use the same documents that are sent with the CES application, you do not have to resend them. You can decide when you want to submit the application and the fee with it.

And thank you for the very nice note.

There are no working visas for nurses, other than the H1-C that we do not recommend at all. And actually you need a VSC in hand for the petition to be submitted for that temporary visa. Not when you go to the US Embassy. Anyone working as a nurse in the US that is getting a visa, must have a Visa Screen Certificate.

hi suzanne4,

can you possibly give me the website for my reference where it is stated that ICHP will not require me to resend the school documents that were used for my CES report if i am to apply for my VSC. I've been browsing the cgfns website for VisaScreen but I cannot find it. But it was specifically stated under the CES services that, "If you have applied for other CGFNS International Services prior to applying for CES, you are still required to send all mandatory documentation from your school of general healthcare, as well as any additional schools where you have completed a specialty or post-basic program. There are different requirements for each CGFNS International service and the documentation in your file that was submitted for another CGFNS International program may not be sufficient to prepare a CES report."

Your response will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Hi Kanebo! I can't help noticing your post. Though it was aimed for Suzanne, I'll also answer your question. I hope that will be okay.

Anyway, I myself was confused whether I should mail another set of the same documents for my VisaScreen. I applied for CES a year earlier. I emailed CGFNS about it and they told me that I don't need to submit it again. There were 3 documents that I passed for CES that's also required for the VisaScreen service; the documentation of my secondary school, academic records from my professional school, and my license validation from the Phil. I didn't pass any of those again. My VisaScreen Initial Certificate was mailed to me 2 weeks after.