Ilia

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   Ilia replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

   Suzanne, thank you for all your time. We'll either go through CGFNS for this exam, or she will go work in retail or elsewhere - if the CGFNS exam will seem like too much and not worth the effort. You are right - we should have checked before starting...

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   Ilia replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

   No, Suzanne, we did not check with CT - we were under impression that NY license is good enough for any state for endorsement - and we did not even know about CGFNS certification program (as you correctly pointed out, it is geared towards those, who ...

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   Ilia replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

   Thank you for your mail Suzanne, and for the response. Unfortunately, we live in Hartford, CT, so we are 1.45 hours away from the border - commute is out of the question. I guess we shouldn't have gone through NY to begin with and should have started...

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   Ilia replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

   Suzanne, I just got a response from the CT Department of Public Health. They basically say the same thing: CGFNS is required. In my intitial inquiry I did tell her that in NY CGFNS Certification is not required and that the NYS Board of Education has...

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   Ilia replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

   Suzanne, thanks for the advice. I was thinking about going there with all the letters we received from the NY Board of Education and a note from CGFNS saying they are transferring the results to NY Board of Education. However, because the instruction...

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   Ilia replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

   Suzanne, thank you very much for the expertise. You gave me hope. I will try to get a hold of them, although speaking to the live person seems like an impossible dream these days. Ilia

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   Ilia replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

   suzanne, thanks again and i sent you a response already, but just to be on the safe side, i am going to repeat it here, because it is important. the ct general statutes are different from the instructions for out-of-state endorsement license (may be ...

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   Ilia replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

   Suzanne, I just sent you an email regarding endorsing NY RN license in CT and the CGFNS exam they seem to require for "foregn trained" applicants - which she is. She was educated in Russia, but the is permanent resident and has been working as the nu...