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.)

toma visascreen certificate requirements are passing of CGFNS/NCLEX and IELTS with speaking band score of 7

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toma visascreen certificate requirements are passing of CGFNS/NCLEX and IELTS with speaking band score of 7

yes, but what i would like to know is that if it is ok to send my application form even though im not currently in practice.. there is a question in the form that ask about working experience as to where and no. of hours, so i was wondering if the applicant should be currently employed or have worked before..

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to which page in the form are you referring to?Thanks!

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to which page in the form are you referring to?Thanks!

the first page of the form that should be filled up by the applicant, it says,

I worked in ________________________________ as a __________________________________ for _______ years.

City/Country Profession Specialty Number..

i dont know what to write in it coz i dont have any working experience yet.. what do you think i should write? i know its a stupid question but i dont want to fill in wrong answers.. i had a reply before that i should complete it with zero..

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good day! i would just like to ask if it is a requirement for applying a visa screening certificate to be currently working? i passed my nclex recently and im just waiting for my ielts result. im still inexperienced working in a hospital. do i need to have a working experience or to be currently employed in order to apply for a visa screening? the cgfns visa screening form is asking the duration of working experience, can i leave that blank?

a reply would be deeply appreciated.. thanks in advance!

It is not needed to have work experience, it is only interested in the NCLEX passing as well as English exam passing.

I would not focus on getting the VSC right now as it is only valid for five years and then needs to be renewed. We are expecting a wait of five years plus to get thru immigration if you are given the chance and then you would be having to get that renewed.

Best would be to wait for that.

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the first page of the form that should be filled up by the applicant, it says,

I worked in ________________________________ as a __________________________________ for _______ years.

City/Country Profession Specialty Number..

i dont know what to write in it coz i dont have any working experience yet.. what do you think i should write? i know its a stupid question but i dont want to fill in wrong answers.. i had a reply before that i should complete it with zero..

You can put zero or N/A since you do not have any experience; there is nothing else that you can put there.

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Hello Suzanne.

I applied a visascreen initial certificate online and was assigned an order# appearing on Request for Academic Records forms from CGFNS. I then had my schools fill it up. Now that I am about to complete all the needed requirements and to pay online in full, CGFNS will assign me a CGFNS ID#. Can I just fill up the ID# by handwritten on the Rquest for Academic Records froms?

Thanks in advance and God bless you.:wink2:

You already have a CGFNS ID#, that is the order number so that everything gets to your one file. That number is to be used for everything that gets sent to them.

The form should have been given to your school to complete and they need to be the ones to send it in, or they can give it to you in a sealed envelope that has the school seal across it. There should be no way for you to have any access to it at this time if it has been completed by the school already.

I would get payment into them as soon as possible as their is no liability on their part to do anything with what they have received or will receive if payment is not received by them. No contract exists if no money is in their possession from you.

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You can put zero or N/A since you do not have any experience; there is nothing else that you can put there.

ok, thanks for the reply!

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Hello Suzanne. Thank you so much for the quick responses to my queries. This time, my question concerns authorizing the BRN-CA to submit my NCLEX result to CGFNS/ICHP. Would it be safe to just enclose a postal money order amounting to $60 as processing fee in my letter to BRN-CA?

Another question is regarding how to sign on the front side of my passport size photograph in the CGFNS/ICHP Photo Identification Form. Do I sign using my entire name, or just my usual signature?

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hi there... i just have a quick query about the CGFNS exam... i already received a confirmation letter that i've already been rostered for the exam this nov 12, '08 here in the Philippines. funny thing is, the letter didn't include the location and time of the exam, it's the same thing when i check it online, those mentioned parts are N/A and that the exam site is currently unassigned. i was just thinking that it's because the exam for this month has not started yet that's why they didn't give any information on the location and time. am i wrong about this? i do hope you'd enlighten me on this. thanks so much

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Hello, just wondering why ICHP didnt review my Photo. it said that, they recieved but not reviewed, but all my documents, e.g. TOR, License verifications (Philippines and CA), NCLEX, HIgh School Diploma, were all reviewed. and the IDP sent the my IELTS Result to them and as I tracked it, they recieved it on Sept10, but until now, thers's no progress " WAITING FOR PASSING TEST RESULTS".

Now, my problem is to have Hospital experience. Pretty hard here in the Philippines to get one. Nurse Orientee can be use as experience? I will ask the Chief Nurse who issued my certificate to change it from volunteer nurse into nurse orientee. Which one would be good to use? Nurse orientee or Trainee Nurse to put on?

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Hello Suzanne. Thank you so much for the quick responses to my queries. This time, my question concerns authorizing the BRN-CA to submit my NCLEX result to CGFNS/ICHP. Would it be safe to just enclose a postal money order amounting to $60 as processing fee in my letter to BRN-CA?

Another question is regarding how to sign on the front side of my passport size photograph in the CGFNS/ICHP Photo Identification Form. Do I sign using my entire name, or just my usual signature?

What i did for my verification to CA was, I email my Letter of request to my sister in US with my signature on it, then she printed it, enclosed $60 cheque and sent it to CA BRN, In case u had relative there in US. which i prefer and faster.

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