LVN/PN license withour SSN and with TIN

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Hi everyone,

I am located in CA and an a foreign resident.I want to take LVN-RN route and was wonder has anyone given or knows about LVN licensure without a social security number and with a Federal tax identification number. I talked to community colleges and they would not give me admission in LVN course without a SS Number but i called the board directly and they told me that i can get licensed with TI Number but cannot work till I find employer to sponsor me. Does anyone know anything about it.Private schools will take me but if I won't be able to get license then it will be my problem clearly. I just want the license to get into LVN to RN transition and not to work.

Thanks for your help

Want to be one

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You cannot get a visa to work with the LVN license. Immigration will not grant you a visa for that, and you need the Visa Screen Certificate for the RN license. What are you going to do about getting work experience?

Not sure why you wish to go that route, it will not make things quicker for you.

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I moved your thread to the International Forum, since it concerns issues with foreign students, and not those of American nurses and nursing students. You have a different set of rules that need to be followed.

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Hi suzanne,

I am in california and have H4 visa and we have our green card applied for.I have done all my pre requisites for RN programme.I have applied in all possible community colleges but you know about the waitlist and the lottery system here.It has been 8 months now and I have applied twice already.The wait is killing me so I inquired about the LVN program.I donot need any visa but if I get license as LVN, I might get into RN transition program rather than just sitting and waiting.

What do u think do u know if someone can take LVN licensure exam without SSN and with a tax ID number.

Wanttobeone

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You can take the exam, but they will not issue you the license without the SSN#. Same thing that they would do for the RN license, CA will not issue it to you without the SSN#. And you cannot get that without the SSN#.

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