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.)

I am not quite sure I well understand, if you ask for a visa under 5 years is it easier to get in? and you don't need the visascreen?

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Visa screen certificate is mandatory??? I mean if I only want to work in USA on work visa and don't want to go for green card do I still need to go through visa screen??? I am a canadian citizen and passed NCLEX.

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Visa screen certificate is mandatory??? I mean if I only want to work in USA on work visa and don't want to go for green card do I still need to go through visa screen??? I am a canadian citizen and passed NCLEX.
Yes it is required
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I am not quite sure I well understand, if you ask for a visa under 5 years is it easier to get in? and you don't need the visascreen?
Visa screen certificate is required if you are the main applicant for either immigrant or work visa
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I am from canada did my BScN from York university ready to apply for visa screen but confused about the part where we have to send an application to our university from we have perused the degree. How did you apply for it? I mean do we send the application direct to the university? How de we pay for it and how do we know the university is processing it?

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I am from canada did my BScN from York university ready to apply for visa screen but confused about the part where we have to send an application to our university from we have perused the degree. How did you apply for it? I mean do we send the application direct to the university? How de we pay for it and how do we know the university is processing it?

You can check the CGFNS website for all of that.

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Hello,

I am a Canadian citizen who has an RN license with the state of Minnesota. I want to work in Texas, so I applied there by endorsement. Now, my question is, I am still in Canada, to be able to work in Texas I know I can get a TN visa and for that, I need the Visa Screen correct? What is the CES (Credentials Evaluation Service)? Please advise, as I have been reading the CGFNS website (quite confused) and it mentioned something about Texas needing CES. I have been wanting to speak to somebody from the Texas BON but to no avail. The line is busy every time I contact them.

And just wondering if you know - the licensure endorsement application requires you to take a Texas Nursing Jurisprudence Examination - when do you take that?

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If you look at the Texas state nursing board website it should indicate what is required to endorse. Usually if trained outside the US then they use an acceptable agency that assesses your transcripts and sees that your training matches theirs. CES is the usual agency and your documents can be used for both CES and VSC.

I think you will find you have to do the Jurisprudence exam

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If you look at the Texas state nursing board website it should indicate what is required to endorse. Usually if trained outside the US then they use an acceptable agency that assesses your transcripts and sees that your training matches theirs. CES is the usual agency and your documents can be used for both CES and VSC.

I think you will find you have to do the Jurisprudence exam

I guess my question really is...which one do I need Visa Screen? or both?

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You need both. CES meets state requirements and VSC meets federal requirements

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