Important info for Visa Screen Certificate

[suzanne4]

Important info for all of you that are required to now complete the Visa Screen Certificate who have already been working in the US, etc.

1. If you have completed and passed NCLEX already, you do not have to take another exam in nursing. Once this is passed, this is it. You are not required to leave the country to take the CGFNS exam.

2. English exams are only good for two years if you need them. If you are from an exempt country then you do not need to take them.

3. You are just required to complete the paperwork and submit the fee.

4. The Visa Screen process needs to be completed every five years.

Again, once the NCLEX has been done, you now longer have to take another exam. For Visa Screen, you can take either CGFNS or NCLEX. The CGFNS exam is only good for two years, but the NCLEX is good for life. If you need more details you can send me a PM and I will forward a copy of the e-mail, from CGFNS, that I have.

Hope that this helps and decreases some fears that you have.

[BonesGilmore, LPN, LVN]

I'm quite confused, just need a little guidance. So if I passed NCLEX. CG & IELTS already, the next step would be applying for a Visa Screen, right? Or was that already done when I applied for my CG? I'm confused because the forms to be accomplished for the CG exam & Visa Screen are quite the same. Thanks!

[j_8386]

Suzanne is it true that if I go through visascreen then my IELTS expiration will be extended to up to 5 years more.and that my CGFNS exam that will no longer have an expiration?

[nrhbv]

dear Suzann! i have questione- i have CGFNS CP, ISSUED in feb.2008, for how long this certification is valid in order to apply for Visa screen?

[suzanne4, RN]

Suzanne is it true that if I go through visascreen then my IELTS expiration will be extended to up to 5 years more.and that my CGFNS exam that will no longer have an expiration?

CGFNS exam does not have an expiration if the English requirement is met with it. One has a two year time limit to get both the CGFNS exam as well as the English requirements completed, that is where the expiration comes in.

The IELTS expiration is separate from the VSC, the date of that exam must be current before one can get the VSC issued. Once it is issued, then the VSC is valid for a period of five years. And this can satisfy the requirment for the English for most things, but it does not actually increas the timeline of the IELTS passing and expiration.

Once you have the VSC, then you meet the requirements for the US as far as English exam for immigration, but it needs to be renewed every five years until one actually has citizenship in the US.

[oobie]

thanks suzanne for all of this helpful information!

how about if one needs to renew the VSC, do we need to retake the IELTS again to qualify for recertification?

thanks!

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

thanks suzanne for all of this helpful information!

how about if one needs to renew the VSC, do we need to retake the IELTS again to qualify for recertification?

thanks!

If it has expired then it will need to be current for the VSC to be re newed

[suzanne4, RN]

thanks suzanne for all of this helpful information!

how about if one needs to renew the VSC, do we need to retake the IELTS again to qualify for recertification?

thanks!

In order to renew the VSC, you will have to have a current IELTS exam.

This is why we keep stating that it needs to be redone every five years, the timeframe for the VSC. This is needed for the US until one actually has citizenship.