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suzanne4, RN · Aug 8, 2004

Yes, you can sit for the NCLEX without taking the boards in the Philippines, but it is highly recommended that you do. If you do not have a tourist visa, you will be waiting about two years for your green card. You will also need to complete the series of English exams.

Check out the sticky that is posted for what you need to do. In Oregon right now, you can expect a salary in the $20 range as a new grad. California and New York pay more but your cost of living is also much higher.

Good luck................... :balloons:

Pasisay · Aug 8, 2004

thank you for your reply.i married to a american guy so i will be immigrant when i get there, in enclex exam is that all multiple choice?

suzanne4, RN · Aug 8, 2004

thank you for your reply.i married to a american guy so i will be immigrant when i get there, in enclex exam is that all multiple choice?

The NCLEX is multiple choice for the most part, you may get a few of the new format questions in which you have to pick more than one correct answer. Know how to prioritize and go over disaster triage and planning.

You should be doing 100 review questions every night when it gets closer to the time for you to take your exam, and have completed about 3000 to 4000 questions.

Remember that you will not be able to apply to a state for licensing until after you have completed all of your classes and have received a final transcript. That is needed if you are a foreign grad.

Hope that this helps................

Pasisay · Aug 8, 2004

so it means if i graduate in here and i will go to USA without taking local board exam here in philppines, i will be able to take enclex in US, and i all i ahve to bring is all the papers from my school that i complete my subjects or they called transcript? ( all papers in school )..thanks for reply..

suzanne4, RN · Aug 8, 2004

so it means if i graduate in here and i will go to USA without taking local board exam here in philppines, i will be able to take enclex in US, and i all i ahve to bring is all the papers from my school that i complete my subjects or they called transcript? ( all papers in school )..thanks for reply..

Your transcripts will need to be sent directly from your nursing school to the Board of Nursing in the state where you wish to be licensed. It will take several months for you to even get teh ATT letter from the BON to be able to even write the exam. ATT stands for Authorization to Test. The NCLEx exam can be written where ever there si a testing center for the exam. Since you are amrried to an American, you do not need to go thru the Visa Screen process, however, some states will still require that you take at least the TOEFL exam, some require even the TSE exam. You will need to check with the state where you wish to get licensed.

Have you even started the paperwork for your visa to go to the US? That usually takes at least six months................

Pasisay · Aug 8, 2004

Your transcripts will need to be sent directly from your nursing school to the Board of Nursing in the state where you wish to be licensed. It will take several months for you to even get teh ATT letter from the BON to be able to even write the exam. ATT stands for Authorization to Test. The NCLEx exam can be written where ever there si a testing center for the exam. Since you are amrried to an American, you do not need to go thru the Visa Screen process, however, some states will still require that you take at least the TOEFL exam, some require even the TSE exam. You will need to check with the state where you wish to get licensed.
Have you even started the paperwork for your visa to go to the US? That usually takes at least six months................

so you mean my school is the one will send my transcript in the state where i wish to be licensed? it means they will send it to the oregon state were my husband live..? yeah i already start my papers for visa last month..really, my visa will just take for 6 months? thats great! how about you? how many months you done the papers i mean the visa?