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[EB3]Visa screen Certificate - RN/BSN who educated in the U.S.

I applied GC w/EB3-ROW(consular processing).

I'm a RN-BSN who educated, licensed, trained in the US.

I worked as a nurse in the U.S. for a year.

Besides BSN, I also have 2 other bachelor's degrees from my home country.

With these degrees, I worked in the U.S. for 18 months before I became a nurse.

I also took a nurse practitioner program in the U.S. which I haven't finished yet.

Currently, I'm back in my home country for the PhD program.

I'm belonging in the criteria for exempt from the English language proficiency requirement.

However, I read that "Exemption is not automatic"!!!

In my case, (just in case) do I still need Visa Screen Certification??

www.cgfns.org/wp-content/uploads/VSHandbook.pdf

To be exempt from the English language proficiency examination Applicants educated in specific countries where English is both the native language and the language of classroom and textbook instruction (see below) are exempt from having to take an English language proficiency examination. For you to be exempt, you must meet all of the following criteria: n your country of entry-level education was in United Kingdom (England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland), Australia, Canada (except for Quebec), New Zealand, Ireland or the United States, and n the language of textbooks and verbal instruction of your education was English.

Exemption is not automatic because you meet all the criteria, CGFNS/ICHP must review your educational documents to determine exemption. IF CGFNS/ICHP determines you are not exempt, you will receive a letter.Based on this, I think I am exempt from the English language proficiency -testing requirement.

However, it is not AUTOMATIC!!??!!

Shusterman.com. USCIS VisaScreen regulations provide that even if a foreign-born RN is educated, licensed and trained in the US, she still must obtain a VisaScreen certificate. However, such RNs may be able to obtain a certificate on a streamlined basis. Obtaining such a certificate requires a significant expenditure of time, effort and money on the part of the nurse.

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If you require a visa to live and work in the US and you will be the main applicant then you need to get a vsc

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