Fastest state to apply for NCLEX

[bettorjon]

Hi guys I need your help. Before, i planned to submit my application to California (I even asked you if you have extra Fingerprinting card) for my NCLEX but after viewing some of the posts here, I would say that it changed my mind.

Do you have any idea which states has the fastest application process (receiving eligibility and ATT) and the fastest to release the result? Pls, give me at least 5 states which have at least 2-4 months application process.

I still really want to work in cali bcoz most of my friends and relatives live there. May i just know how long does endorsement (from the state where I have my license to cali) take?

Thank you so much. :wink2:

[suzanne4, RN]

ohhh gosh, let's be careful with such harsh legal terms (fraud). filling up a form and answering it correctly/honestly to the best of your ability does not constitute fraud. an example of fraud would be claiming your pet turtle named henry as a dependant on your income taxes in an attempt to fraud the government out of taxes due. hehe.

below are copies from the cgfns ces handbook for paragraph 13 of the ces application, dealing with the registration/license. it is not fraud to answer (see item 13 d) with the truth: to wit - the nle was taken but the license has not been issued by the regulatory authority and is pending in the philippine courts. if anyone cares to read the handbook in its entirety it can be found here --

http://www.cgfns.com/pdf/apps/ces%20handbook%20web.pdf

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item 13. registration/license

a. please list your legal professional title(s) and country(ies) where your title(s) are registered/licensed.

b. list the state(s)/province(s)/country(ies) where you hold a current registration/license as a healthcare professional.

c. indicate whether your registration/license has ever been revoked, suspended or restricted. be sure to answer this question for all

registration/licenses that you hold now and have held in the past.

d.check the appropriate box if you are not currently registered/licensed and explain.

failure to answer the questions in item 13 will result in a delay.

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please provide the following information.

a. list your legal professional title(s) and country(ies) where your title(s) are registered/licensed.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

b. list the state(s)/province(s)/country(ies) where you hold a current registration/license as a healthcare professional.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. have any of your registrations/licenses ever been revoked, suspended or restricted for any reason?

h yes h no if "yes", please attach an explanation to your application.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. if you are not currently registered/licensed, please indicate and explain.

h not currently registered/licensed h never registered/licensed

explanation: _____________________________________________________________________________________________

[color=white]13 registration/license

forward a copy of "request for validation of registration/license form" to the authority where you were initially registered/licensed and to all authority(ies) where you are currently registered/licensed outside of the u.s.

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by the way, what i think cgfns is most interested in is the case where a license has been revoked and/or suspended (and why).

well, anyway, here we are again, just trying to demystify this whole process, which i find is best done by educating oneself in the subject and then applying the acquired knowledge to remove barriers to success, ever remembering that faith overcomes fear...[quote=lawrence01]if your talking about the june 2006; applicants who took the june 2006 need to disclose that they took it and they cannot say that results are pending because technically there is a result already but no license can be verified. by saying that results are pending would mean possible fraud since it's well known in the world already that there is a result and a list of the passers are published in the prc website and other local newspaper's website. the popular local review centers, likewise, publish the students names on their website that took their review w/ them and passed.

this is just fyi. :wink2:

fraud is also committed when leaving off jkey information from your application, such as that you wrote the exam in june. that would be considered fraud and that is what i am talking about. anything about giving false information on one of these applications constitutes fraud in the eyes of us immigration.

such as you leave it off the application being submitted now, but on the visa screen application it is listed, that is fraud. and is grounds for being denied.

passing of the nclex-rn exam or the cgfns exam does not give you the automatic right to live and work in the us. they are just the screening tools.

[lawrence01]

Well, all I can say for sure is they (CGFNS) don't take phone calls and email is limited to 500 characters and then only during their business hours M-F 9 to 4:30 East Coast time except friday 4pm coz their computer needs to rest then. The result of sending them email was a terse reply to apply for the CES and see what happens. Which is what I have been suggesting for some days now...

Unfortunately, the only way to know for sure is to contact them and nothing else. CGFNS usually reply via email in 2 weeks or so. Another way would be to apply and see what happens but what's the rush ? Retrogression will be coming in by Nov. so lot's of time to do things properly.

Just my humble opinion.

[augigi, CNS]

Re this thread, I wonder if it's worth adding a sticky thread with approximate times to receive authorisation to sit NCLEX from different states. I know this varies by applicant, but there must be a generalised time that is usual?

[suzanne4, RN]

Unfortunately, it varies widely. Depends on how quickly that the school sends in the transcripts, and when the file gets completed.

The bigggest issue is how long that CGFNS takes to do the CES, as most states will do nothing without that.

[augigi, CNS]

I mean after they have everything - they advised me to have CGFNS forward the copy of the CES and the Education and Licensure verifications rather than getting more from the schools, so they already have that, then sent the application + photo + fee to Vermont. I wonder from when they receive it how long it takes?

[Kruek]

hi! Are your friends planning to work in new mexico also? Or they're just using it as a stepping stone to work in another state?

[rn4ever?]

It all depends on what state you applied to. CA BON may take long before it makes you eligible to sit for the NCLEX. I know of someone who applied to VT BON on the other hand and got his ATT in four months. And according to what others say, NM BON has a maximum of three months for processing applications.

I mean after they have everything - they advised me to have CGFNS forward the copy of the CES and the Education and Licensure verifications rather than getting more from the schools, so they already have that, then sent the application + photo + fee to Vermont. I wonder from when they receive it how long it takes?

[jeffreypink]

my friend went throught new mexico for licensure and she's now working in california and it was definitely faster. im also currently taking that route.

[RGN1]

It took Vermont 6 weeks to get my ATT back to me in the UK once they had received my transcripts. I think that was pretty good.

[lost_stranger]

Hi, I applied to Micigan BON. Couple of my colleagues had applied and received their approvals in about a month and half. Foreign educated nurses need to be certified by CGFNS and have to send in their CGFNS CP verification from CGFNS. This service costs 75$. Once an application is received (with a fee of 48$) by Michigan BON, an application no. is issued and mailed after 2 weeks of receipt of application. NO SSN#, finger printing or min. years of exp (as required by Vermont) required. The applicant can then check the status of their application on the BON web-site.

[happylearning]

does anybody have information as to the difference of RN requirement between CGFNS and CA nursing board? do anybody encourter the situation that they meet CGFNS requirement but fail CA nurisng board requirement?

your input to this is greatly appreciated.

thansk very much!

[RGN1]

It took Vermont 6 weeks to get my ATT back to me in the UK once they had received my transcripts. I think that was pretty good.

You don't need a CES from CGFNS for Vermont, they ask for your transcripts to be sent to them direct from your nursing school.

You will eventually need your VisaScreen from CGFNS but at least going through Vermont means you only have to deal with them once! :)