License by endorsement questions

[MedOncIllinoisRN]

I am going to be applying for my IL RN licence by endorsement soon and I am a little confused about the process.

For the forms VE (verification of employment), do employers generally fill these out without giving employees a problem? I sort of feel uncomfortable doing this because I don't really want my current place of employment to know that I am likely going to be applying out of state and leaving.

For the ED-NUR form, are official transcripts acceptable or do we really need to get this form filled out by our school?

Any assistance with the process would be appreciated.

[LinaICU]

I am a little confused about the background check. On the fingerprint card, do I need to mark to include FBI? Is it correct that the fingerprint card and endorsement application forms are mailed to different places and how much do I need to enclose with the fingerprint card?

Thank you.

[SNJS]

I just received my permanent Illinios license (from Texas) this week so I know ALL of these answers! :)

1.) First of all, a TRASCRIPT WILL WORK. I sent the Illinois department an official UNOPENED transcript from my university which was way faster then trying to get the dean to fill out some form. I don't even live near my university so the ED-NUR form would have been a huge hassel.

2.)On the fingerprint card: YES you have to mark to include FBI. Your mailing it to the Illinios police department who will perform the background check THEN they send it through to the FBI who will THEN send it to the Illinios board of professional regulation for your license. It's a really inefficient process if you ask me. That alone took like 4 weeks...and I overnighted my fingerprint card to the Illinios police department.

3.)Make you check out to the Illinois State Police for $36.50 and mail it with the fingerprint card. Also on the fingerprint card, theres some section that says, "requestor" or "requesting party" something like that...your supposed to write in IDFPR (Illinios department of financial and professtional regulation). You have to write this so they know who to send the information to.

*ALSO...you can call the Illinios police department once when receive your fingerprint card and they will give you a tracking number for your fingerprint card. The IDFPR kept telling me they didnt have my background check/fingerprints when the police told me they submitted the results weeks ago. If you have this tracking number, you have proof that it was submitted by the police and you can give that number to the licensing department. This just kinda speeds up the process. WHY they dont tell you all this in the directions/packet/website I have no idea!!!! I got this information after calling a million times and wating for several hours on hold every day... BUT alas.. I have my license

[Oliver17]

Hi.

I'm a nurse in Philippines and I also got US license in vermont. But the vermont license has expired and I can't renew it unless i have a SSN. My wife who also has vermont license also needs an SSN. She was given an immigrant visa to work in Illinois. She becomes the principal applicant for the visa and I will be petitioned as husband. We both need to activate out vermont licenses first when we arrive in the US then she will endorse her license. She managed to update her visa screen while my visa screen and ielts have expired. My question is do I need to reapply and update my visa screen (retake ielts) since I am not the principal applicant? Do I need another ielts for my endorsement to Illinoi?