Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

There is nothing cheap in Makati, that is one of the most expensive places in town.
Try looking online for places in Mandaluyong, Pasay or Taguig.
You'll need to ask the hotel if they are near to Makati area.

You can also find a place near the LRT.
SOGO hotels have a bad reputation but nonetheless they are inexpensive, clean, safe and always located close to LRT lines, then you can take the LRT train and go down at Buendia station to get to the testing site.

Good directions:
From Buendia LRT Station take a Guadalupe-bound jeepney. Trident Tower is located immediately after the old Shell Maya station, just off the Ayala-Buendia stoplight. Examinees coming from EDSA (Buendia MRT or Guadalupe Tulay) should take an LRT-Taft-bound jeepney and alight just before the Ayala Avenue - Malugay intersection. Those coming in from Ayala Avenue should walk towards Buendia via Geronimo Street (RCBC Plaza and Metrobank GT Towers)

Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

You will have to call the PearsonVue Asia-Pacific Number at 603.8314.9605. Please make sure that you have enough credits because the call will take more than 10 minutes and make sure that you have your ATT with you. Please remember that this is an international call.

Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

Once i get to the testing center, what are the things that i should look out for? The first thing that i would do and what are the things that i am allowed to bring with me at the testing center? Do they have individual lockers in there?

Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

Originally Posted by stsinner

Once i get to the testing center, what are the things that i should look out for? The first thing that i would do and what are the things that i am allowed to bring with me at the testing center? Do they have individual lockers in there?

If you do to the NCSBN website and check under NCLEX the bulletin there is a list on what is acceptable to bring to the test center. What I will say is study material is not acceptable and not to be brought into the center.

Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

The most important things you should bring are:
ATT
Passport with signature
Additional ID (in case there is confusion regarding name)

Anything else you will need to ask the testing center directly.
They do not permit study materials but I am uncertain about non-study items and what is not permitted.

If I were in your shoes though I would want to only focus on the monitor so I would bring in the absolute minimum. Maybe a few blank sheets of paper and a pencil/pen to do some think-throughs (I think better when I'm writing options and reasoning them out on paper).

Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

hello.. I already received an eligibility letter from the BON in Ca.

It is stated in the letter that an ATT is valid for one year period.
Below it is also noted that "Your file will become inactive and will be destroyed if you do not register and test with Pearson Vue within two years from the date of this eligibility letter."

My questions are:

1. Is ATT different from the eligiblity letter i received or is it the same thing?
2. If not, how can i secure an ATT, is it by following the next step on the letter.. to register with pearson vue?
3. Just to clarify.. eligibility will expire after two years , ATT is after a year?

Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

Originally Posted by fairynurse08

hello.. I already received an eligibility letter from the BON in Ca.

It is stated in the letter that an ATT is valid for one year period.
Below it is also noted that "Your file will become inactive and will be destroyed if you do not register and test with Pearson Vue within two years from the date of this eligibility letter."

My questions are:

1. Is ATT different from the eligiblity letter i received or is it the same thing?
2. If not, how can i secure an ATT, is it by following the next step on the letter.. to register with pearson vue?
3. Just to clarify.. eligibility will expire after two years , ATT is after a year?

ATT is different from eligibility. To get ATT you need to register and pay pearsonvue and they will send you ATT

Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

Originally Posted by fairynurse08

hello.. I already received an eligibility letter from the BON in Ca.

It is stated in the letter that an ATT is valid for one year period.
Below it is also noted that "Your file will become inactive and will be destroyed if you do not register and test with Pearson Vue within two years from the date of this eligibility letter."

My questions are:

1. Is ATT different from the eligiblity letter i received or is it the same thing?
2. If not, how can i secure an ATT, is it by following the next step on the letter.. to register with pearson vue?
3. Just to clarify.. eligibility will expire after two years , ATT is after a year?

Eligibility - this is issued by the board of nursing to inform you, the candidate, that you've met the requirements of the state. Some BON will just email you that you can now register with Pearsonvue.

Pearsonvue Registration - You may do this online. Regsiter at Pearsonvue (www.pearsonvue.com\nclex), this is a private company that administers the NCLEX. You will have to pay $200 for this (credit card)

ATT - once you have registered & paid, Pearsonvue office will contact the board to verify your eligibility. Once the board confirmed that, PearsonVue will issue you an ATT (Authority to Test). This can be released in as fast as 24 hours.


In this process, there are 3 activities that will have different expiration periods:

Eligibility - can be from as short as 90 days to 2 years, depending on the state
Pearsonvue Regsitration - valid for 1 year
ATT - can be from as short as 90 days, depending on the state

Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

You only have an eligibility letter right now, the ATT must be registered through Pearson Vue. If you have a credit card then you can do it yourself on the website, if not then you can use the services of an NCLEX application center to do it for you.

Then after getting ATT you have to schedule the exam, again you can use the services of an NCLEX application center.

Many nurses who have credit cards still choose to use application center services to make sure it is done correctly and in a timely fashion.

Re: Taking the NCLEX in MANILA (Help please)

Originally Posted by Hushdawg

You only have an eligibility letter right now, the ATT must be registered through Pearson Vue. If you have a credit card then you can do it yourself on the website, if not then you can use the services of an NCLEX application center to do it for you.

Then after getting ATT you have to schedule the exam, again you can use the services of an NCLEX application center.

Many nurses who have credit cards still choose to use application center services to make sure it is done correctly and in a timely fashion.

I have to ask with retrogression what is the rush? The process for a US nurse is the same once they get permission to test.

Why do you like to give the impression the Pinoy nurses are not competent to complete this. So many have already passed the NCLEX, why can't they ask a friend who completed this process without incident ? Isn't that common sense?: