license to endorse to FLORIDA

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Hi RNs! I need help/opinion/info..

i applied at New Mexico to take NCLEX and took the exam in Hong Kong, i luckily passed the exam. I am now to endorse my license to Florida, and i have read the procedure of endorsement application to Florida. It says there that i need to obtain a fingerprint card again, it lead me to the website where i can order a card but then only US residents can avail it because the address to fill up is within USA only. Does anyone knows where to purchase/order a Florida fingerprint card for non US residents?

:typingDoes any body here have endorse his/her license to florida from other states?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the International forum as per the red banner.

Are you aware that Florida may question you endorsing your license and haven't worked in the US. We have had a couple of posts recently from members having problems endorsing.

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you have to request for the fingerprint but you have to contact them as FLORIDA now require you to work in the state where you were initialy licensed.

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thanks dave, but i actually emailed them already 2dyas ago regarding this but they didnt respond yet.

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Florida will not permit you to endorse as a foreign trained nurse until you have practiced for two years where you got your license. Please check out what it states on their website. They are also requiring the SSN# before they will issue a license to you. They are now only giving one year to provide them with this SSN# or they are destroying files.

Highly suggest that you do nothing with your FL application at this time as you are not going to be able to get the SSN# during this time if you already do not have a green card or US citizenship.

Florida also requires the CES before they will look at your application. Would suggest having a good read on their website again as they have become one of the strictest in terms of licensure in the past few months. You are going to need to meet their requirements to get licensed there.

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Thank you for responding. Im not aware that it will be an issue because a lot of nurses do that here in Manila. Many states like California takes 6-8 months of waiting to get an eligibility that's why many nurses apply to other states to apply.

I couldnt find the thread inthe international forum,can u send me a link where i can view the forum regarding this matter. thank you very much.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

If you use the search facility and keyword Florida then many will come up here are a couple

https://allnurses.com/forums/f75/endorsement-fron-nm-fl-help-276255-3.html

https://allnurses.com/forums/f75/florida-eligibility-ssn-336665.html

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Thank you for responding. Im not aware that it will be an issue because a lot of nurses do that here in Manila. Many states like California takes 6-8 months of waiting to get an eligibility that's why many nurses apply to other states to apply.

I couldnt find the thread inthe international forum,can u send me a link where i can view the forum regarding this matter. thank you very much.

Ca also requires local license now. Not sure what state you are planning on working in but apart from Ca it makes no sense with retrogression going to one and then endorsing.

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Sure, many nurses endorse to a new state, that is not the issue. But the fact is that Florida has drastically changed their requirements in the past few months. If you go their actual website and look at the area concerning endorsement, you will see that it states in black and white that they require two years of experience in the state where you were licensed before they will permit you to endorse if you are a foreign-trained nurse. Also they are stating that the application will become null and void if all of the requirements are not met within a one year time frame, and this includes having the SSN# or they will not issue a license. The SSN# has been a requirement for quite sometime, but they have put a time limit on it of a year. CA has three years as their requirement or they destroy the file.

Please just to go the website for Florida and you will find it all there. As we have been mentioning over and over here, it is always best to check the website directly for the state that you are interested in. Things are changing frequently all over and mostly with Florida. You also need to be aware of the fact that just because you get licensed in one state, it does not mean that you will automatically be able to get licensed in the new state for just submitting an application. Florida also requires that the CES be completed, even if you did not have to do it previously for NM, even though they are requring it now as well.

This is another reason why we repeatedly state that you should always start with the state where you are interested in working and look at their requirements first to see if you will be able to meet them if you do not go thru there for initial licensure. Going thru CA does not benefit anyone either as they will not issue a license without a SSN#. And one is unable to endorse without having an actual license number to use.

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Gosh i didnt realize how difficult it is to endorse license to FL until now. Even i go there to join my husband under H-4 visa i couldnt endorse my license since BON requires SSN#. And more so even if im willing to take NCLEX again they will not allow me not unless i have SSN#, what a pain! FL has the most stict rules and regulation and they keep changing it evry now and then. I fugure out the reason why they have high demands of nurse there, RNs couldnt get in because of the strict rules leading them to work to other states instead.

thanks guys for responding, things became clearer to me. oh nd by the way what is CES?

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CES is a the credentials eval done by CGFNS. It is required by quite a few states now, actually including NM as well. You just managed to get thru before this went into effect with them as well.

There is no reason for you to write the NCLEX exam again; Florida will still not permit you to get licensed there without two years of experience where you were licensed. On the application for licensure, you need to list any attempts that you made at taking the exam, as well as where you are licensed. Failure to list NM on that application would be considered fraud and make you subject to never being able to get licensed in Florida as well.

These rules apply to those that trained overseas, for those that are considered foreign-trained nurses; not those that are from the US and trained in the US. They want to make sure that you can work there legally before they will issue a license to you and this has always been the case with them. They have just started requiring the two years of experience for those that got licensed in another state but have never worked in the US as an RN as well as the application only being valid for one year.

Sorry that things are not working out as planned for you, even with you being on the H-4, there are no visas available and chances are that your spouse's H1-B will expire before they open up again. But glad that you understand what we have been trying to explain to you.

Best of luck to you.

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hi i am also on h4 visa looking for florida licence endorsement, right now i have vermount rn licence. could you please let me know what you did for florida rn licence endorsement

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