Visa Screen Certificate / CGFNS

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Visa Screen Certificate is required by all foreign nurses wishing to obtain a green card to work in the US, as well as any type of temporary work permit, such as the Nafta TN Visa for those from Canada and Mexico.

It requires that you pass either the NCLEX-RN or the CGFNS exam, as well as the series of English exams if you are not exempt from them.

The CGFNS exam is only required now in about five states, and rumor is that one or two will be removed from that remaining list as well. Do not bother with that exam if you are not going to work in a state that does not require it, or you have no way to be able to take the NCLEX exam from where you are currently located.

The application for the VSC is now only good for one year.........please do not apply for it until you have passed at least one of the required exams, or you may need to pay an additional fee.

(This thread is replacing the original thread that was from more than 2 and 1/2 years ago, and has updated information.)

hi suzane pls helpsory for posting agin i dont know wer to post my question sory. just need help.

i have a question.. im currenty on the phillipes and i have the employer on illinois and i passed all the exam nclex from cali ,cgfns, my local board here in our country and my ielts english exam, my employer requires me an reciprocity application from chicago illinois before they hire me and petition me. but i dont know where to get the endorsemnt application from chicago. can anyone help me pls?

States do not have reciprocity, only endorsement to the new state. But, you do not have a license to endorse. Passing the NCLEX exam for CA does not give you a license. They will not issue it until you are in the US and ready to begin work.

You are going to need to apply to IL with the License by Examination, and then have CA submit your results to the new BON. You are also required to have the CES done by CGFNS before they will even look at your application. And you will actually find this faster to do it this way, IL is usually very slow with endorsements.

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Suzanne, I applied in September for the visa screen. I am awaiting validation of my pic,my Georgia license, and my NCLEX result.

Do I get the TN the day that I move or do I go to the airport ahead of time?

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My VSC application status said waiting on required documents :license verification and nclex test results ,however i had since submit the license validation form to NYSED. Do I have to pay and if so how much?.

it is very difficult since NYSED they don,t even respond to say whether or not they receive your correspondences.

God bless this forum to keep us inform and -to- date.

I passed nclex-RN January and was hoping that NYSED would have submit the passing results.

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Suzanne, I applied in September for the visa screen. I am awaiting validation of my pic,my Georgia license, and my NCLEX result.

Do I get the TN the day that I move or do I go to the airport ahead of time?

When did you actually pass the NCLEX exam? That is when you should calculate average amount of wait time, not when the application was submitted. Usually is about a month after they have received all of the required materials.

All you need to do is have the VSC in hand, as well as a job offer letter and then you are all set. You do not need to do anything ahead of time.

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Suzanne, thanks for your replies You have helped me more than words can say.:kiss passed the exam Nclex Jan 23/07.

Thanks spirit11

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Suzanne, thanks for your replies You have helped me more than words can say.:kiss passed the exam Nclex Jan 23/07.

Thanks spirit11

You are quite welcome.:balloons:

Did you submit the form to the BON for them to complete and send on to ICHP? They cannot release the information without that form, and most Boards of Nursing also want a fee to send the information on. Just want you to be aware that it does not get automatically sent.

And congratulations on passing that exam.

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i would like to say that i think the process for the visascreen does not seem just and equitable.i do not understand how the CGFNS can and must evaluate all foreign-educated healthcare professionals who would like to immigrate to the US by looking at their credentials and making sure that these people meet the Standards of the government, while they choose to exempt those who are foreign-educated but have "relationships" with US citizens.

i mean, does it make sense??they have to make sure first if you're good enough to care for american patients, while those who are fortunate enough to acquire green card status are already deemed good enough based on the fact that they are married or will be married to a US citizen even though they had their nursing education in exactly the same schools??

does it not seem to be a little unfair?

anyhow,

hello ms. suzanne,

i am licensed in the US because i passed the nclex exam.but i failed the june 2006 NLE. right now i am waiting for my visascreen certificate.

i applied last january, way before CGFNS made the decision about the june 2006 passers. in the VSC application form, you have to provide the registration/license in your country of education.i simply put NONE since i didn't pass the local board exam.when i filled out the form,i did it in a logical way with no intention to misrepresent.now they have given their decision for the june 2006 passers.what should i do,ms. suzanne?

(maybe i should just find an american to marry? just joking..)

i would appreciate your advice regarding this matter.thank you.

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hi suzane pls helpsory for posting agin i dont know wer to post my question sory. just need help.

i have a question.. im currenty on the phillipes and i have the employer on illinois and i passed all the exam nclex from cali ,cgfns, my local board here in our country and my ielts english exam, my employer requires me an reciprocity application from chicago illinois before they hire me and petition me. but i dont know where to get the endorsemnt application from chicago. can anyone help me pls?

There is no reciprocity application, there is only license by endorsement available. But you do not qualify for that route as you do not have a license to endorse. You need to use the Licence by Examination application and then have CA sumbit your passing results to them.

You cannot use the endorsement application. There are multiple threads on this forum as to what you need to do for working in Illinois, please just check them out.

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i would like to say that i think the process for the visascreen does not seem just and equitable.i do not understand how the CGFNS can and must evaluate all foreign-educated healthcare professionals who would like to immigrate to the US by looking at their credentials and making sure that these people meet the Standards of the government, while they choose to exempt those who are foreign-educated but have "relationships" with US citizens.

i mean, does it make sense??they have to make sure first if you're good enough to care for american patients, while those who are fortunate enough to acquire green card status are already deemed good enough based on the fact that they are married or will be married to a US citizen even though they had their nursing education in exactly the same schools??

does it not seem to be a little unfair?

anyhow,

hello ms. suzanne,

i am licensed in the US because i passed the nclex exam.but i failed the june 2006 NLE. right now i am waiting for my visascreen certificate.

i applied last january, way before CGFNS made the decision about the june 2006 passers. in the VSC application form, you have to provide the registration/license in your country of education.i simply put NONE since i didn't pass the local board exam.when i filled out the form,i did it in a logical way with no intention to misrepresent.now they have given their decision for the june 2006 passers.what should i do,ms. suzanne?

(maybe i should just find an american to marry? just joking..)

i would appreciate your advice regarding this matter.thank you.

My take on it is that all should each have to go thru the VSC process. But the US government is only requiring it for those that are applying for a visa on their own. CGFNS does not make the rules, this is from the US government, they just provide this service for them.

There has been talk since last August that CGFNS would not issue a VSC to those that took the NLE exam; and even this past January, it was already a well-known fact that it was on hold. So even that you applied in January, it was on the CGFNS website that the VSC was on hold for you.

And just because you passed the NCLEX exam, does not guarantee a job in the US. Employers are looking at everything very carefully, and you would have been asked about that exam, and you would have found that employers would want you to retake the exam.

You also did not pass the NLE the first time that you took it, so that would need to be corrected. If you never took the exam, that is one thing, but if you took it and did not pass it, then you need to retake it.

Question for you: Why would an employer want to hire someone that was unable to pass the exam in their own country, if they took it? What would you do if you were the employer?

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cross-fingers....i already have my visa screen...just waiting for Schedule A visa to become available again...

Off topic: Visascreen have expiry date.

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Off topic: Visascreen have expiry date.

It's good for 5 years and applicants can pay a fee to renew it, so no problem.

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happy Easter everyone!

i have a simple question... how is VSC sent, via e-mail or standard ground mail?

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and how long normally does CGFNS process it? I've applied since early feb and they received all requirements/documents and verifications 2nd week of march, except photo which they got hold of just last week bcoz i was only able to send it much later. Will i have to wait for some more weeks? or will i expect to receive it anytime now. Thanks for any replies.

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