From CA Bon to New York Bon

Silverdragon102, BSN · May 20, 2008

Moved to the International forum

If applying to NY BON then you are looking at over 8 months to go through the process.

lawrence01 · May 20, 2008

How many months has it been?? CA can take as long as 8-9 months at times.

Applying to NY now is like starting from scratch and the time-line from CVS to NYSED reviewing your credentials as SD102 mentioned can take 8 mos. as well on the ave. and it can go as much as 12 or so months base from experiences from previous applicants.

If you absolutely need to apply to another State because CA is taking too long, NY would not be the best choice as it will either take the same amount of time or even longer unless of course that this is where you really want to work and live and you already have someone willing petition you.

lawrence01 · May 20, 2008

Just noticed from your previous posts that you already passed the NCLEX exam??

Unless something is expiring soon, you don't have to do endorsement right away and you can use the proof of having passed the NCLEX to start the immigration process regardless the State where you end up being petitioned but since you already applied for CA BRN then definitely just stick with.

suzanne4, RN · May 21, 2008

As Lawrence has posted, you have all of us confused. If you have taken the NCLEX exam, then you are not waiting for eligibility to write the exam.

You can only write the exam for one state, have you actually written and passed it?

In oider to work in NY, you will have to go thru the CVS process.

And if you did write the exam, for which state? You cannot endorse if you do not have a license number that is already issued to you. You would be using the License by Examination process and then just have the state forward your results to the new state.

Not sure at this point as to what you are trying to do at all, can you clarify for us?

nieruth · May 22, 2008

I am asking this question for a friend of mine Suzanne. Her problem is, the CA BON won't give her eligibility because her Hard Copy License was not yet released by the PRC. So she was planning, why not cancel the application to CA and transfer to NY Bon because a friend of hers told her that it's ok for NY BON not to submit a hard copy of her PI license.

suzanne4, RN · May 22, 2008

Thanks for clarifying that. But it would make it easier for everyone around if you would have just stated that you were asking for a friend in the first place.

It does not matter that NY does not require the local license, but the fact remains that she wrote the exam and she is going to need to wait for the license before any state will do anything. Meaning that if the exam was never written, then not a problem for some; but with the fact that it was written, then your friend needs to wait. And you may not have realised but NY requires the CVS and that is done thru CGFNS. And they will not release it without the actual proof of the license and passing of the exam from the PRC. And to withhold that information is grounds for getting everything cancelled.

She may just as well wait, and with the retrogression, nothing is going to need to be done that quickly. She is looking at more than five years for a chance at a green card now, and more than likely will need to have two years of work experience as well.

suzanne4, RN · May 22, 2008

There are other states that currently do not require the local license, but again, since she wrote that exam, she is going to need to wait for the license for all of them in order to get permission to write the NCLEX exam.