ATTENTION: CA BON Now Requires SSN to apply for NCLEX.

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CABON Now Requires SSN to apply for NCLEX.

Effective on April 26, 2010 California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) will no longer accept applications that do not contain a U.S. Social Security Number. The Nursing Practice Act provides for a unified examination and licensing application. Once an applicant passes the examination, a license is automatically issued. Under these circumstances the BRN cannot accept applications for the examination and licensure without a U.S. social security number.

For those applicants who have failed the exam and want to re-apply; CABON will not accept re-application without U.S Social Security Number.

If your application was sent prior to April 26, 2010 or if you are already eligible, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU.

My wife has a working Visa and I am under H1-B Dependent Visa. I already took the California Nclex but I failed. When I reapplied, my application was denied because I do not have any SSN.

Is there an alternative for SSN? In my case I am under H1-B / H4 Visa? I have an iTIN but from what I read, this is not accepted by CABON

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It's sad to know that I can't get in coz i don't have SSN, even though i passed my NCLEX already. *sigh*

I dunno what to do about it. It's so depressing. :(

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My wife has a working Visa and I am under H1-B Dependent Visa. I already took the California Nclex but I failed. When I reapplied, my application was denied because I do not have any SSN.

Is there an alternative for SSN? In my case I am under H1-B / H4 Visa? I have an iTIN but from what I read, this is not accepted by CABON

I don't think there is any alternative, only other option is apply to another state.

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I don't think there is any alternative, only other option is apply to another state.

Thanks for the reply. I already called them and they told me that there are no alternatives. You must have SSN# to apply.

The only way to get that is become a citizen.

This is so depressing

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The only way to get that is become a citizen.

Incorrect, you can get a SSN if you have a valid legal work permit or immigrant visa

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I read from other nursing forums...

"The board will be able to verify your test results even if your files was destroyed by the CA Board."

They even discussed that the nclex results will not be destroyed and you dont need to take nclex anymore when you passed already.. Only the files you have sent to CABON that will be abandoned and destroyed.

How reliable is this??

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I read from other nursing forums...

"The board will be able to verify your test results even if your files was destroyed by the CA Board."

They even discussed that the nclex results will not be destroyed and you dont need to take nclex anymore when you passed already.. Only the files you have sent to CABON that will be abandoned and destroyed.

How reliable is this??

very reliable.

The NCLEX passing is not with CABON exclusively so even if your licensure documents are destroyed, your NCLEX passing is still active. If your license expires or documents are destroyed then you can have it "re-activated" so to speak once you have SSN. However if your goal in the USA is a different state then you should go ahead and endorse your NCLEX passing to that other state to keep from having to go through extra steps and expenses later.

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so whats are other option to extend the validity of our nclex if we cannot any longer request for extension?

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ITIN is not accepted now in CAbon. I failed my nclex rn exam last year and I sent my application for retest and they give it back my application. Im H4 visa and dont have SSN but has ITIN

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Is it really true that we dont have to re take the exam even if it expires after 3 years? thank u

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to those who used ITIN before and were issued a CA license:

" How did you submit your SSN to replace the ITIN you submitted before?"

I just want to submit my SSN safely because of Identity theft fears I have :)

Thanks...

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is this really true????

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