Published Jul 30, 2019
Danielj0912
30 Posts
Hi. my name is Daniel who graduated from nursing school in California. I was born in a foreign country and got the USA in 2013. So, when the time came for my immigration process (EB-3), I had to do the all the paperwork including EB-3 visa sponsorship and CGFNS....
The only problem I have now is CGFNS Visa screen.
I sent all my requirements including a nursing school (I graduated US nursing school) and pre-requisite schools (also US schools - community colleges). They accepted all pre-requisite schools but not a nursing school. since my nursing school is a new and career college, they said they need "Request For Assistance." At first, they said they sent RFA letter via mail and email to the registrar on May 2019 but my registrar didn't receive anything from CGFNS. then June 2019, again same thing. On July 22, 2019, they said they sent again. Now I am afraid of not having a visa screen and may lose my visa sponsorship. Please help me to get through this. What is the "Request for assistance?" they told me that it's because my registrar signature is not matched with what they have. but my registrar has been working at my school for over 30 years. Does anyone know RFA? what is it? I asked my registrar to write a letter about herself with signature.. would it be helpful? thank you in advance!
OncologyCat, BSN, RN
122 Posts
RFA is short for Request for Assistance. I ran into the same problem when I did my VisaScreen. Depending on your case, the school will need to provide additional information to VisaScreen so they can process your application. In my case, VisaScreen needed a verification of the signature of all Registrar office workers so VisaScreen can process my transcript. Call and email VisaScreen so you have an explanation in more detail of what they want from your nursing school, and ask if they can resend the RFA to your school since your school has not received it. Also contact your school (preferably call) and ask them to check their mail. Ask them to check their spam too. If notthing arrives yet, your best bet is ask your school to contact VisaScreen so they can resend the RFA to your school.
just fyi, it took me legit 3 months for this RFA to be done. You will get there eventually.