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.)

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Thanks again, I guess I will see what happens, and look at starting my RN process. I am motivated and can not give up now.

Good for you, life always throws hurdles up, retrogression is mine at the moment so stuck waiting in the UK, but things will move forward and get where you want in time, just takes a while. Good luck

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I have applied online for Visa Screen with my CP Certificate and IELTS as my qualification and I did not have to submit the requirements all over again. However, my online status says: License Validation Form from Phils was received but not accepted. I surmise it is because I passed the June 2006 local board. I have passed the retake exam in June 2007 and have on hand the DOLE-issued Certification. I emailed CGFNS & they told me they would only accept documents from PRC. My question is: Does PRC provide CGFNS a list of those who passed the retake of Tests 3&5? or do I have to go to PRC and have them accomplish the Request for Validation of Registration/License, pay the fee and the courier cost all over again? :uhoh3:

hi there! we have the same problem. CGFNS told me that they will wait an official notice about the retake. and i asked them what kind of notice and i also told them that i sent them the DOLE certificate, but unfortunately, they said they didn't receive anything, but i have an e-mail notification that they did receive. It just that, through e-mail, they don't respond effectively. Sometime they respond off topic. What have you done to fix this? can you share it to me? i believe it's not just us who has this problem. i guess we just have to wait.

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Licensure and immigration are two very different things. No issue with getting a license, but the problem is with getting a visa thru immigration.

The TN Visa from Canada requires the RN after your name, as that is the requirement for that visa. We do not have a shortage of LPNs in the US, so there are not any visas available.

Anna has given excellent advice to you.

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hi there! we have the same problem. CGFNS told me that they will wait an official notice about the retake. and i asked them what kind of notice and i also told them that i sent them the DOLE certificate, but unfortunately, they said they didn't receive anything, but i have an e-mail notification that they did receive. It just that, through e-mail, they don't respond effectively. Sometime they respond off topic. What have you done to fix this? can you share it to me? i believe it's not just us who has this problem. i guess we just have to wait.

Official documents must be sent by the PRC, they are never accepted directly from the nurse in any case and for whatever reason. Same way that a BON will not accept anything from another state that was submitted directly by the nurse.

There is no hurry in getting the VSC to you as they are very aware that there are no visas available for you at this time. You need to make sure that they receive the document directly from the issuing office and not from you. Just because it is received, does not mean that it will be accepted from you.

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I applied for Visa Screening amd submitted all the requirements but when I opened my account it says that "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FROM CORRESPONDENCE TO CGFNS - WAITING TO BE RECEIVED" and

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I applied for Visa Screening and submitted all the requirements but when I opened my account it says that "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FROM CORRESPONDENCE TO CGFNS - WAITING TO BE RECEIVED" and it has a note telling "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT - passed NCLEX per application, but no state". Do I have to send a letter again to California Board of Nursing to re-send the result of my exam? Please help. Thanks.

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I applied for Visa Screening and submitted all the requirements but when I opened my account it says that "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FROM CORRESPONDENCE TO CGFNS - WAITING TO BE RECEIVED" and it has a note telling "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT - passed NCLEX per application, but no state". Do I have to send a letter again to California Board of Nursing to re-send the result of my exam? Please help. Thanks.

How long has it been since CA BRN sent it? It usually takes another 2-3 weeks or so after it has been sent for CGFNS to update your file and they have been known to be late on updating their client's on-line file as well.

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It about 2 weeks since I asked the CA board of Nursing to give the result of my NCLEX to CGFNS. So does it mean that I have to wait for some more days before doing any action? :uhoh3:

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It about 2 weeks since I asked the CA board of Nursing to give the result of my NCLEX to CGFNS. So does it mean that I have to wait for some more days before doing any action? :uhoh3:

I would give it a bit longer

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It about 2 weeks since I asked the CA board of Nursing to give the result of my NCLEX to CGFNS. So does it mean that I have to wait for some more days before doing any action? :uhoh3:

Anna, is right it would be longer. The 2-3 weeks or so I gave was base on when CA BRN was able to send it.

My experience w/ CA BRN is they only send it after 2-3 weeks or so as well upon receiving your request. They do these manually.

So, that is 2-3 weeks or so of lag from your request to CA BRN and then another 2-3 weeks or so for CGFNS to review and update your file after they receive that letter from CA BRN, for atotal of 4-6 weeks. And it is not uncommon as well that it can take longer than that.

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hello! i have a question about the application form for the VSC. this might've been asked before, but i've read through this whole thread and i felt that i haven't sufficiently gotten an answer for it, hence this inquiry.

anyway, i went to this university before going to nursing school. i only spent 2 years there, didn't finish my degree, then i transferred to my nursing school where i eventually graduated. so, i've written this university under the post-secondary, non-profession-related program of the education evaluation part of the application. my question is, what do i write under "name of diploma or certificate in its original language"? do i write the degree/course i took in this university or do i just leave it blank because technically, i didn't receive any diploma or certificate for that? and for the "degree obtained" part, do i put an X, N/A or do i just leave it blank? lastly, will i need to give them a "request for academic records" and ask them to send my documents to ICHP?

any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated. thanks, in advance.

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Hi, I'm kinda new here. It took me almost 2hours to read everything in this thread. I must say I learned a lot especially from suzanne and silverdragon. I still have some questions in mind:

I registered with the online service of CGFNS last april supposedly for visascreen, because I have passed both NCLEX and IELTS last february and march 2007, respectively. But the problem with the june 2006 exam prompted me to cancel my visascreen application and I focused instead on the june 2007 retake-all exam. Fortunately I passed the exam again and is now resuming the process of VSC application. My question is,

1. Do I have to apply for a new account? Because I'm worried that my application will expire and I have to pay again.

2. Which is better? Online application or via mail?

3. If via mail, how will I check the status of my application online?

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