is the philippine local boards required for work in US?

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hi everyone! i am a nursing student from the philippines and will be graduating soon. i was wondering if i need to take the local board in the philippines first before i can take cgfns and nclex? i really want to work in the US after graduation, so any info you can share to help me speed things up will be greatly appreciated :) as it is im really confused with the different requirements and exams that i have to take...do i really have to take them all??? thanks thanks!!!! hope to hear from you!!!

i'm just wondering, if local license is not a requirement then why require for a retake of june 2006 passers if they pass the NCLEX exam anyway. If they pass the NCLEX, doesn't that prove that these 2006 passers also are competent in terms of knowledge just like everybody elase who passed the NCLEX.

The issue is about comparability. I suggest you read CGFNS's statement regarding the circumstances surrounding that decision. True, a local license is not needed for the VSC.. But the existence of Phil. licensure here is not being viewed as a prerequisite for immigration purposes. However, if local licensure DOES exist, there is the necessary prerequisite that such license must be unencumbered. (Not revoked, suspended, etc...). This is in the interest of screening nurses who are "moving" their practice in order to get away from any encumbrances in their license. (A person who was never licensed has no license to encumber). Since comparability in the process of licensure in the US and the Phils cannot be established, it was therefore CG's decision to deny the VSC until the challenged part of the exam was replaced with something comparable to the US manner of obtaining the license.

hi i'm a newbie here. I'm really confused with the nursing issue here in the Philippines and reading this forum made me think more. I would just like to ask some questions.

If I don't plan to work here in the Philippines, then I should have just taken the NCLEX RN exam, pass it together with the IELTS then there will be no more problem in applying for the visascreen?

If a license is not required in applying for a visascreen, then why do we have to retake the exam again?

Reading this made me realize that I should just retake tests 3 and 5 and not retake all the exam again and applying for a waiver for my license.

Please enlighten me on this matter. What we, together with my collegues and of course most of the nursing grads here is that we need to be licensed just to have that visascreen application. I know for a fact that I don't need to be licensed in applying for the NCLEX exam. But I also think that most of us wants to be registered nurses here in the Phlippines and at the same time in the USA. If the premise is that if you want to work in the USA, then take the NCLEX and not the local board. We should be enlightened with this matter.

I'm so sorry if I happened ask the same questions but I'm really confused. Thanks a lot :balloons:

hi i'm a newbie here. I'm really confused with the nursing issue here in the Philippines and reading this forum made me think more. I would just like to ask some questions.

If I don't plan to work here in the Philippines, then I should have just taken the NCLEX RN exam, pass it together with the IELTS then there will be no more problem in applying for the visascreen?

If a license is not required in applying for a visascreen, then why do we have to retake the exam again?

Reading this made me realize that I should just retake tests 3 and 5 and not retake all the exam again and applying for a waiver for my license.

Please enlighten me on this matter. What we, together with my collegues and of course most of the nursing grads here is that we need to be licensed just to have that visascreen application. I know for a fact that I don't need to be licensed in applying for the NCLEX exam. But I also think that most of us wants to be registered nurses here in the Phlippines and at the same time in the USA. If the premise is that if you want to work in the USA, then take the NCLEX and not the local board. We should be enlightened with this matter.

I'm so sorry if I happened ask the same questions but I'm really confused. Thanks a lot :balloons:

There are already lots of threads for the explanation you want and esp. in this particular thread. But to sum it up for you is that when you already took it and got licensed (from the June 2006 batch) then you have to re-take the exam again. The decision has already been decided for you by CGFNS/ICHP w/ that respect.

If you haven't taken it, you can apply w/o a license as you have no license to declare. As far as your case is concern there is really nothing much that you can do than re-taking it if you want to have the visa screen certification issued to you. Whether it be just test 3 and 5 or the whole exam is your choice.

Hi Everyone,

Very confusing and yet very interesting thread here...I am really learning.....anyway...mind if I ask for the requirements for Canada?

Anyone here.....?Please help....

Thanks and Have a nice day everyone.....

Hi Everyone,

Very confusing and yet very interesting thread here...I am really learning.....anyway...mind if I ask for the requirements for Canada?

Anyone here.....?Please help....

Thanks and Have a nice day everyone.....

Threads/posts not Philippine-related issues are best posted in our Int'l forum. Thank you.

If you want a legitimate employer in the US, you are going to need to take the entire exam. Hospitals want the entire exam rewritten, and we have been saying that since last summer.

CGFNS to issue the VSC is only requiring the Part 3 and Part 5. But that will not get a job.

And as Lawrence stated, there is much on this topic. Just do some reading.

hi guys.. im just new here.. can someone please help me....

"how do i get to the philippine forums?" hehehe.. thanks.! ;)

hi guys.. im just new here.. can someone please help me....

"how do i get to the philippine forums?" hehehe.. thanks.! ;)

you are already in our philippine forum ;)

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