Canadian Immigrant Recently Took Nclex at Ca and Got License... Why?

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Hello to all my fellow nurses and to all the moderators. I just want to have clarifications regarding California Licensure. I'm already an Nclex Passer at California and I have read a lot from here that Ca doesn't really issue a license unless you have the SSN forwarded to them. I don't have a SSN too.Now my question is this since i cant find the answer to any of the posts.... why is it that a permanent resident of canada who applied for licensure at California that after passing the Nclex exam received the certificate of being an RN together with the hard copy of the license. I have known of someone from Ontario who took the nclex just recently and got the license in a few weeks time. The person didn't even go to USA. I thought Ca needs SSN first. Does it mean that an immigrant of Canada is exempted? Had i known it earlier, i wish i just took my nclex after landing as an immigrant for i have also a pending application as PR in Canada. Anybody out there who is a canadian immigrant who decided to apply in Ca and got registered immediately after passing the nclex?? And to all the moderators who can answer my question.. any clarifications will be truly appreciated. Thank you.

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There is no exemption, a Ca passer will only get a license issued if they have a SSN. If they got issues a license then it may be an error on their part

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There is no exemption, a Ca passer will only get a license issued if they have a SSN. If they got issues a license then it may be an error on their part

Thank you Silverdragon for taking time to answer my question. Well, what a favorable error for the nurse if that would be the case... is there really a room for CaBON to have some mistakes? What we all know is that Ca is one of the most strict when it comes to issuance of license. The office would really verify carefully before the issuance. Well, it's also possible that since it just happened a month ago, perhaps it's a new ruling for CaBON. Maybe i'll also try to email them... hoping that they will answer. Because I was thinking that maybe... just maybe... that since a canadian immigrant could have the TN Visa... maybe CaBON got this new system. I really got so envious upon seeing the certificate and the license that was sent to me thru email.:confused:

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It is not a new ruling for CA, just consider it a mistake that was made. And perhaps they submitted an ITIN# that they had, this is not the kosher way of doing things and can get them into trouble down the road.

Sorry, but a Canadian immigrant does not qualify for the treaty visa, they must hold a Canadian passport and be a citizen there to get the TN Visa.

Bigger issue is what number did they put in the space that asked for the SSN#? Suspect that it was not the US SSN# and no one has caught that yet.

They still cannot work in the US, and what are they going to do if and when they get a visa for the US and have to supply the correct SSN# to the BRN? This could actually be considered fraud on their part and make them subject to losing their license.

If anything, the states are tightening their requirements and this includes CA.

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does it mean that an ITIN will be accepted by the CA BON and they will issue your license if you have ITIN?

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ITIN is only given if you are in the US and do not qualify for SSN but need some identifying number. If you have one then they will accept it but still could cause issues later. If you haven't got one then you can not apply for one just to get a license

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Oh i see, maybe that is what i have to investigate now.. to ask the person if the CaBON asked for any SSN first before the receipt of the license by mail. What i know is that.. the person i'm talking to just got it by snail mail after passing the nclex. Anyway, i will post any info that i could gather for the benefits of our fellow nurses. Thank you.

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Suspect that the nurse may have listed their Canadian tax number there and that it got by that way. But the fact remains that they do not have a SSN# and then when they actually have to submit it to CA BRN, how are they going to explain what they used? That could be grounds for getting a license cancelled for falsifying information.

It states right on the application that they are providing true and accurate information to the BRN.

If the BRN was willing to accept the ITIN#, they would not specify for the SSN#. The entire idea of wanting that is to make sure that the nurse can legally work in the US. To do anything else, is again grounds for falsifying a document sbumitted and they can cancel out a license if they would wish to.

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Well, maybe the clerk issuing the license was new and wasn't so much familiar with cases like that. They might be strict but they are only human beings who can overlook certain things at certain times.

As for you being envious, I understand how you feel. However, things in this world don't always turn out the way you want them to be.

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