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.)

does that mean that i really have to send all of it again in the cgfns although it was stated in my status on cgfns that those were already received but not yet reviewd?and that i have to pass both prc and the cabon the license verification form...thank you ms suzanne4!

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my status says that the certificate has already been mailed last January 31, 2008 but i haven't received the certificate yet. i have emailed CGFNS twice but to no avail. for Philippine nurses, does it really take this long for the certificate to come? i asked for a tracking number and the name of the courier (if they do give out those information) so i'd be able to track the certificate.

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It took it 9 days from the time they mailed my certificate until i received it from the courier (UPS-2Go). You should be able to track the document with the tracking number they provide (the tracking number for my package was posted on my online account next to "Issued Certificate"). They also sent this notification to the email address I enlisted.

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It took it 9 days from the time they mailed my certificate until i received it from the courier (UPS-2Go). You should be able to track the document with the tracking number they provide (the tracking number for my package was posted on my online account next to "Issued Certificate"). They also sent this notification to the email address I enlisted.

thank you nowhere. i checked my online account and i did not see a tracking number next to Issued Certificate. the only thing written was the mailed date. i will try to email CGFNS again regarding this, maybe it was just overlooked. thanks again.

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does that mean that i really have to send all of it again in the cgfns although it was stated in my status on cgfns that those were already received but not yet reviewd?and that i have to pass both prc and the cabon the license verification form...thank you ms suzanne4!

If they have it, then it does not need to be sent again. You must have results of exams/licensure forwarded to them. No licensing authority can just release results without your written permission, and they usually charge a fee to do this. CA charges $60 US for it.

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hi im celica marie from philippines..

i passed the cgfns qualifying exam and ielts..cgfns issued me a certificate.. sad to say my ielts expired and i was not able to apply immediately for a visa screen..and then i took ielts for the 2nd time and i passed..i want to apply for visa screen and these questions are bugging me..

1. do i have to apply a new cg certificate??because i have a new ielts result??

2. if cg does not require me to apply a new certificate..

2.1 what are the requirements for visa screen...

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How long ago did you pass CGFNS exam? The only other requirement for VSC is pass in NCLEX and this these days are what employers are looking for when offering job. Also with retrogression you are looking at years before getting a visa to work in the US and currently we are hearing of employers not looking at foreign nurses due to the delay in not knowing how long it will be before you are over there working

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hi im celica from philippines..

i have my cg certificate and ielts(band score of 6.5/speaking=7), im supposed to get a visa screen but unfortunately my ielts expired so i had to retake it and once again i passed with same result..my questions are:

1. do i have to get another cg certificate because of my recent ielts result so that i could apply my visa screen??

2. what are the needed requirements in applying visa screen??

3. is it ok to pay cgfns thru bank draft just like what i did when i applied for the qualifying exam??

pls.. MODERator Help me..

Have posted some answers on your other post. We ask that you don't post the same question in different threads, allow people time to read the one question and give their answers.

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hi im celica from philippines..

i have my cg certificate and ielts(band score of 6.5/speaking=7), im supposed to get a visa screen but unfortunately my ielts expired so i had to retake it and once again i passed with same result..my questions are:

1. do i have to get another cg certificate because of my recent ielts result so that i could apply my visa screen??

2. what are the needed requirements in applying visa screen??

3. is it ok to pay cgfns thru bank draft just like what i did when i applied for the qualifying exam??

pls.. MODERator Help me..

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hi im celica from philippines..

i have my cg certificate and ielts(band score of 6.5/speaking=7), im supposed to get a visa screen but unfortunately my ielts expired so i had to retake it and once again i passed with same result..my questions are:

1. do i have to get another cg certificate because of my recent ielts result so that i could apply my visa screen??

2. what are the needed requirements in applying visa screen??

3. is it ok to pay cgfns thru bank draft just like what i did when i applied for the qualifying exam??

pls.. MODERator Help me..

1. No, you do not have to get another CG certificate.

2. Pls. go to www.cgfns.org and read their latest Handbook for 2008.

- It needs transcript evaluation so will have to let your school send your transcripts BUT if you already have your transcripts evaluated already from another CGNFS service such as from CGFNS certification or CGFNS' CES program then you do not have to do it again since they already have a previous evaluation of your transcripts. Provide your CGFNS ID # in your Visa Screen Application Form to facilitate this and answer what service you have availed from CGFNS before if asked in the form.

The Visa screen Certification program now has a 1 year deadline to send in all reqt's, and in your case the IELTS results, so would recommend that you take the IELTS exam first and pass it before applying for the Visa Screen Certification. Had reports of the Visa Screen application expiring after 1 year when the applicant could not pass the IELTS within the 1 year period.

3. Yes, it's ok to pay via bank draft. Do the same procedure as before when you applied for the CGFNS certification. I recommend providing your credit card number instead (if applicable) for safety. If you choose bank draft, I recommend sending your application form via Fedex or DHL for safety as well. There has been reports of mails containing bank drafts never reaching their destination.

*P.S. Will be merging the replies to your other posts re: the same topic in this thread for you and deleting your other duplicate posts from other threads as well. Pls. keep everything on this thread. Thanks.

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I have a question about the online application. What do I put on the "Professional Title Obtained"? This is located under the Schools Attended (college specifically). I put Registered Nurse but I was told by somebody that I should have put "BS Nursing" because I did not obtain my RN from simply graduating with a BSN as I had to take the local licensure exam to obtain the RN. Should I write to CGFNS to change it, or is that understood and accepted that after graduating, I obtained the RN by passing the local board? Also, I need to add information on the "Name of diploma" blanks for high school and college - I need to put "High School Diploma" and "BS Nursing diploma" on these blanks. The reason I didn't was because I thought it was understood that since "Secondary Education" is written there and bec. I'm applying for VisaScreen (nurse), I didn't have to. But now it's bothering me that I didn't fill these up.

I cannot edit the online application as the attestation has already been signed and the fee already been paid for.

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P.S. "BSN" is a degree, and "RN" is a title so I put RN instead of BSN. Was I wrong in doing this and do I need to write to CGFNS to change it?

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You cannot make any changes to what you have submitted so it does not matter at this point.

But for others that are reading this, this is the reason that I never advise anyone to use the on-line application; many have problems with a wrong date and then things get delayed for months trying to correct it.

Always better to print out the application, enter the information, then review it, and then send it in. Doing it on-line does not save you any time at all, and there are no visas at this time. So no hurry in actually mailing the application in. But it can cost you extra months when trying to correct something that you submitted and attested to being correct in the first place.

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