Visa Screen Certificate / CGFNS

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Visa Screen Certificate is required by all foreign nurses wishing to obtain a green card to work in the US, as well as any type of temporary work permit, such as the Nafta TN Visa for those from Canada and Mexico.

It requires that you pass either the NCLEX-RN or the CGFNS exam, as well as the series of English exams if you are not exempt from them.

The CGFNS exam is only required now in about five states, and rumor is that one or two will be removed from that remaining list as well. Do not bother with that exam if you are not going to work in a state that does not require it, or you have no way to be able to take the NCLEX exam from where you are currently located.

The application for the VSC is now only good for one year.........please do not apply for it until you have passed at least one of the required exams, or you may need to pay an additional fee.

(This thread is replacing the original thread that was from more than 2 and 1/2 years ago, and has updated information.)

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

If you have no experience then the answer will be 0

hi,

I am new on this site.I am in big problem I have applied for visa screen.I already passed nclex and ielts.They told that my Secondery School Diploma is not accepted because of only 10 yrs of School study.Is it true my visa screen will not issue because of that.Is there any solution for this ........

Specializes in Orthopaedics / Medical Oncology.

Hello Amisha,

I'm not sure. Most Filipinos have 10 years of education before college (6 in Elementary and 4 in Highschool) and so far, I haven't read any case that their diploma was rejected. Maybe they're not accepting it because it has been 10 years ago since you graduated from Highschool.

I took my CES a year ago and my Secondary School diploma had the status 'Requirement Waived'. Try checking online if you have an online account.

If in doubt, I highly recommend that you contact CGFNS via e-mail.

Best regards and please keep us updated. :wink2:

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

If it is over 10 years since attended school then it just isn't accepted. I had no problems with my VSC and I left school in 82. I would check with them and see what the problem is especially if you know of others with the same schooling as you and they was accepted

thank you

Hi good day! i have a company who will petition me for h1b visa, i wanna ask if the visa screening for permanent green card and h1b are the same? thanks

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Visa screen certificate for both is the same.

thanks silverdragon:wink2:

I have a question too, there is a fee to pay when requesting for NCLEX licence verification? May i know how much?

Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Depends on the state

hi everybody,

I am having problem in issuing my visascreen certificate due to high school diploma.I sent all documents (transcript,certificate and diploma issued by ministry of education).Still my status of secondery diploma is recieved but not accepted.When I called them and ask what they are looking for they told me they need my GED .I dont know what they need i already submitted my transcript and certificate as a proof. I would be very greatfull if anybody would like to share about this .

Also my IELTS will expire in 1 months.Should I have to take ielts again if my visacreen doesnot issue before one months?????

thank you

hi everybody,

Again they told me that my visascreen certificate cannot be issued due to 10 yrs of school study.They suggested me to take ged.My english score will expire within a month.Is here anybody who took ged due to 10 yrs School study??????

plz provide me some suggestions.Its impossibe to provide them ged score within one month also,( 15 days to get result,15 days to showed up online in cgfns site).

thank you

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