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 Suzanne....Im a June 2006 passer but i have taken and passed the retake already. I also passed the CGFNS exams....and now recently passed NCLEX.

If I'm going to apply for my visa screen, i can file it now and take my ielts this month???

Can i just use my CGFNS exam instead of NCLEX in applying for VSC so it would save me time and I would not need to pay my BON for forwarding my NCLEX results?

Lastly, I dont need to ask PRC to send verification of my local license and I dont need to ask my school again to send them my transcript and RLE since i have already sent them those when i applied for my CGFNS exam right???

Im not sure if this has been asked here before but i would really appreciate your help with this....

thank you.....

Not Suzanne, but will answer some of your queries.

First of all, in my opinion, it would be better if you just take the IELTS first and make sure you have passed it already than apply for visa screen first. It would be safer this way. ICHP has a 1 year deadline now to send all the reqt's and unfortunately many people take the English Prof. exam for granted. A good significant of applicants for VSC are actually held up for their lacking English Prof. exam. They either already passed the CGFNS exam or NCLEX but find it hard to pass the English exams. This happens more often than most know

Secondly, yes, you can use or CGFNS exam instead. This is the reason why you will be asked in the application form if you have previously done other services from CGFNS and to provide your CGFNS ID # so that they can use everything you already have given and done from previous services. This is also the reason why there is only one ID # for both CGFNS and ICHP services and all accounts are consolidated in just one personal account.

Regarding, you re-sending your license verification from PRC - depends. It would be best if you e-mail this concern directly to CGFNS to be sure.

My take on this is if you never waived your June 2006 license and passed the re-take then you do not have to re-send it. Just inform them on a separate cover letter that you are one of the re-takers for test 3 and 5 and have passed it. If you waived it and taken the whole exam again and passed it, you definitely have to send another license verification from PRC as you will now have a new license.

Hope this helps.

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Thanks Lawrence01 for the quick reply. Well, I will follow your advise on passing IELTS first before applying for VSC.

I did not waive my June 2006 license so i still have the same license number.So i guess, a cover letter's fine.

Again my sincerest thanks!!!

God bless!!

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Just an add-on to what Lawrence said for those who waived their June 2006 licenses:

Aside from the usual license verification being sent by PRC to CGFNS, CGFNS also requires a letter confirming that you passed the June 2007 NLE. You can secure one from the State Board Verification Counter and the Registration Division/Customer Service.

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Just an add-on to what Lawrence said for those who waived their June 2006 licenses:

Aside from the usual license verification being sent by PRC to CGFNS, CGFNS also requires a letter confirming that you passed the June 2007 NLE. You can secure one from the State Board Verification Counter and the Registration Division/Customer Service.

Thank you very much for the info.

I have a question though.

I'm also a second courser. That is I'm both physical therapy and nursing graduate. I'd like to ask if I'm needed to indicate in the NON-PROFESSION RELATED COURSE that i finished PT. If yes, do I still need to request the school where I finished PT to send another TOR even if my subjects (in PT) are already included in the school where I graduated nursing from.

Thank you very much.

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Thank you very much for the info.

I have a question though.

I'm also a second courser. That is I'm both physical therapy and nursing graduate. I'd like to ask if I'm needed to indicate in the NON-PROFESSION RELATED COURSE that i finished PT. If yes, do I still need to request the school where I finished PT to send another TOR even if my subjects (in PT) are already included in the school where I graduated nursing from.

Thank you very much.

You are applying for a Visa Screen Certificate, so anything having to do with any health care field must be included, as well as from the licensing board for physical therapists as well. If the courses are listed on the one transcript, they do not need to be sent again, but the school must be listed on all of your documentation and then just include that the transcripts are on the one TOR.

And PT is not non-profession related, it is directly related to health care and also requires a VSC if you wish to work in that field in the US. You do not want to leave one thing off from your application, all must have the same information on them, including your application for licensure, etc.

Hope that this helps.

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Hello Suzanne I wanted to ask you about VSC. Do I need to apply for this certificate if I already have a green card? Thank you Dima.

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You do not need a Visa Screen Certificate if you already hold a green card, it is only required for those that are applying for a visa to work in the US as an RN, or other health care specialties.

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Thank you Suzanne!:yeah: I also have a question about documents that I need for NCLEX. I looked through there are three steps 1 one is CES report but there are several types of reports which one I need to choose? Thank you again for your help!

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Thank you Suzanne!:yeah: I also have a question about documents that I need for NCLEX. I looked through there are three steps 1 one is CES report but there are several types of reports which one I need to choose? Thank you again for your help!

We always recommend full course for CES as can be used if looking at further education at a later date

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hi...i still have some questions regarding my application for my vsc...i really hope someone can answer and i dont if it was already answerd...

i took my cg exam last 2006 but unfortunately i failed, but i managed to pass my nclex and ielts this year... the thing is...when i checked my status online, it was stated there that my photo, my highschool diploma, my prc vlidation and my TOR from my prof school was RECEIVED BUT REVIEWED SO IT MEANs that i no longer have to send them all of that?? secondly is the LICENSE VERIFICATION, do i have to send the same form to both prc and ca bon or only the ca bon??? im quite confused...thank you so much...

as of now, im still happy though i was not able to pass my cg exam bcause i was able to use it now for my vsc processing..am i rite???

thank you so muh for anyone who wil reply..god bless po!

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thank you so muh for anyone who wil reply..god bless po!

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In order for you to have been able to write the CGFNS exam, it means that you wrote and passed the NLE. So you are going to have to have that license verified as well.

The application for the VSC states that you have to include all licenses, not just what you have for the US. And even if you worked in any other countries, that also needs to be included with that application. And those licenses verified.

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