Help please... Endorsing fr. California to texas

graeyze · Aug 16, 2011

Hi! Im a California passer without SSN and I want to endorse it to Texas. What application form I have to use? I read from other post that I have to use the Application by Examination?:barf02:or is it the Endorsement Application form? Thank you very much.

meredithder · Aug 17, 2011

you need to just endorse it through filling out some papers for it... are you a foreign graduate? you just have to fill out the verification of your license from where you are from and your verification from california... then fill out the forms for the endorsement of license... download the forms from the texas board of nursing website...

you need also to put inside your endorsement forms, a fingerprint card, payment of $200... before you send to the BON of texas for the endorsement, try to make the verification of license of the licenses that you have... and also try to provide a copy of your license from where you are from and a letter from BON of california as a proof that you took your nclex and that you passed it already...

send it to them to their address...

for california fill out the verification of license form of texas, send it to them, they will fill out the rest of the form and they will be the one to send it to texas and you also need to pay them $60 for that...

i think that's it...

Kelliqua · Aug 18, 2011

i am confused about the fingerprint card and background check. i live in california and have used livescan before. but the packet says that if you live outside of texas you need to have the fingerprint card sent to you and then contact your local law enforcement angency and then mail the card back to the texas board of nursing. how long to i have to wait to get this card in the mail? why can't i do live scan? this is the exact wording of the instructions....

for applicants residing in texas, l-1 identity solutions, www.l1id.com (formerly known as identix), offers live scan locations in texas. in order to be eligible for an electronic fingerprint submission, allow three business days to elapse before scheduling an appointment with l-1 identity solutions. you may schedule an appointment online or by phone at 1-888-467-2080.

for applicants residing outside texas, attach one (1) completed fbi fingerprint card. a fingerprint card can be requested from our website at www.bon.state.tx.us/olv/web-requests.asp. fingerprinting should be conducted by a person who is appropriately trained to collect them. your local law enforcement agency should be willing to assist you.

meredithder · Aug 19, 2011

like what they said, if you live in texas you have to do the fingerprint card... just go to their website and ask for a fingerprint card, addressed to you and of course to your name... in less than a week you will get it... then you have to go to fbi office or any authorized office who does fingerprint scan to do this thing for you bec only authorized people can do this... bec it needs signature of the officers doing it..

meredithder · Aug 19, 2011

hi meredithder!!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge/experience on processing this endorsement application..

I have a question on answering item 11 on Section C: eligibility questions..

can I check "Yes" if I only have volunteer experience in practicing as an RN?

Hope you can help me..Thanks in Advance

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YES, you can answer yes to that...

meredithder · Aug 19, 2011

Aug 16, 2011, 02:20 PM

Hi! Im a California passer without SSN and I want to endorse it to Texas. What application form I have to use? I read from other post that I have to use the Application by Examination?or is it the Endorsement Application form? Thank you very much.

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yes you will use the endorsement application form and the the verification forms for state you are licensed, including your license back home if you are a foreign graduate...

meredithder · Aug 19, 2011

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Jul 25, 2011, 10:33 AM

Updated Jul 25, 2011 at 11:10 AM by retthurr

@jad.rn & @merdithder

am i eligible if i only have the nclex cali pass letter for this endorsement process??

how do i get a fingerprint card? im from the phils.. or do i have to use my aunt's address there in cali - and she'll be the one to send me the card and then do it back home..

how long is the entire process?? from submission of all of the reqts.. [let's just say that you could possibly send them all at the same time.]

thank you so much

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you have to ask someone in the US to do the fingerprint card be delivered to their address then they will be the one to send you the fingerprint card. i suggest, you ask your aunt for more than one copy for the fingerprint card...

it shouldn't take so long especially if you did the verification of license for Philippines and for california.. it will take about a month for texas to reply to you regarding your status, if everything is okay with all the requirements they need, they will send you your temporary license...

balegarcia · Oct 25, 2011

I would like to thank meredithder for her help. Without her insight, I wouldn't have the courage to pursue my application for endorsement in texas. I would like to share to everyone things you may omit or not do but still get that license from Texas.

1. You don't need any relative from the US to get a finger print card. I was able to get a copy of my fingerprint mailed directly at my home here in the Philippines. You just have to indicate your complete address in the website when you request for it.

2. I did not attach a copy of my license in the Philippines nor the passing letter I received from California few years back in my mail.

3. You can actually check the status of your progress online in their website. (BON texas)

4. If you have queries, you can actually email them at ad : [email protected]

I think Texas is the cheapest and fastest state you can transfer your license to through endorsement. Total expenses for transfer was only $260 plus mailing and PRC fees.

smoochie05 · Mar 3, 2012

I just wanted to ask if Tx will send the temporary license at home ( I reside in the Philippines, Ca passer). I already have taken and passed the jurisprudence exam. Is it alright, because I dont have my temporary license yet; nonetheless according to BON website, I just lacked the criminal background check and the nursing jurisprudence exam pass. They received my card on 2/28/12. Will the ten-day lapse after receipt of the card applies? I am worrying that I have taken the exam earlier, and might be invalid. Thank you.

balegarcia · Mar 3, 2012

hello smoochie05

yes. your temporary license will be mailed at your house by mail. The temporary license is nothing but a piece of paper with your # indicated in it.

i don't think that TX CON will invalidate your jurisprudence exam just because you took it early. i don't think it really matters. the fact that you were able to take the jurisprudence exam is proof that TX knows you're a potential candidate for endorsement.

hope this helps.

vivien_square · Mar 7, 2012

Hello! First of all, I'd like to say that I gained a lot of insight reading this thread. Thanks so much for making time in replying to our inquiries.

My scenario is this, my boyfriend's California license will already have lapsed/expired by the time he gets here in Texas in 2014. I already read the California BON's guidelines about renewing it successfully (they call it a deliquent renewal), so long as it doesnt exceed 8 years from the time that he passed the NCLEX.

My question is, does he need to renew/activate his California license first before applying for endorsement in TX? Or does he just have to ask for licensure verification from Cali (even the license has already lapsed) and still proceed with the endorsement? Thanks so much!

vivien_square · Mar 7, 2012

Oh i'm sorry, let me correct myself...

My boyfriend doesnt hold a California license YET, he is just an NCLEX passer...i know it expires after 2 or three years... can he re-activate it when he comes here in 2014 and not have to re-take the Cali Nclex..or do we have to endorse it to another state (Vermont, for example) in the mean time? What's the best move to make?