NJ application for Licensure

Moved to the International forum.

Answered your post in the other thread. But to add some BON's will waiver the English exam is course was done in English using English text books.

We ask that anything pertaining to foreign trained and working in the US be asked in the International forum as things can be slightly different when trained outside of the US and many US nurses are not aware of the process.

thnxx for taking time to answer my question

hi i just finished MY BSN course here in philippines and im applying nclex in NJ. basically im a legal resident of the US (greencard) and i already have taken an esl course back in NJ. do i still need to take the toefl exam??

zieshe, where are you in nj? just got my degree too in the phil and im still undecided what state ill apply. im in nj also.

hi there i stay in union..but im still here in phil though ..i'll be there by september. why not have your license in Nj??just asking..: ):hpygrp:

hi there i stay in union..but im still here in phil though ..i'll be there by september. why not have your license in Nj??just asking..: )

i see. i just came here a week ago..

nj has a lot of requirements, plus the ces fee would cost me much.. and im looking for a state that process the license faster, but reading from the posts here, i guess its much wiser to have it in NJ since i also live here..

im stil waiting for my results though for the NLE last june 1&2..

If you are in NJ and plan to work there, then you are going to need to get a license for that state. Getting licensed in another state will not permit you to work in NJ, they require their own license.

i have plans to apply in california since they dont need the ces and english exams unlike in NJ.. pls correct me if im wrong.. then il just apply by endorsement here in NJ after.. but i have no idea how long would it take me and if the same requirements would apply..

if ever ill apply here in nj, suzzane, im still required to take the english exams, right? (though im a us immigrant) just making sure..

thanks for the help..

You have to meet requirements of BON even for endorsement. If in doubt check directly with them but normally requirements are same for initial licensure as well as endorsing license Therefore will not save money or time so better to meet their requirements to start with.

thank ya'll for the help

tw:)..same here i also took the boards even though we dont really need it for us licensure. where are you in nj? so then your are goin to take your license in nj when are you goin to submit your application?!

suzzanne, can we just take the toefl after the we took our nclex exam?is that possible??

i know it will still take us a long time to be ab le to get that licensed, its such a long process but i guess we really have no choice we really want to stay in nj..anyway if you want to keep in touch here's my email ..........also my ym. coz im also kind of confuse with the requirements.

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suaznne4

sorry, bu there are states that are once again requiring the local license before they will grant permission for one to sit for the nclex exam. if you were on the other side, you would want to know that the nurse passed the licensing exam in their own country first before coming to the us. and we are actually expecting the us government to require it again as it was required in the past for all. all other countries actually require the locall license before they will consider anyone for licensure there.

you are required to have the ces completed, and if nj requires the english for licensure there, then it is required that you have it completed or cgfns will not issue the ces.

please refer to the website for nj for their specifics. and if they require it, then you will not be able to wait until after the nursing exam as you will not be given permission to test without the ces being submitted to them.