westcoastlife

I wouldn't book a flight to California, but maybe drive across the border in Ontario just for the day? Even if you get your TN, and then get a SSN, the California board of nursing is so slow with processing licenses that you won't get one in 4 days. ...

You will have to work in another state to get your Social Security Number. Take a travel contract for 3 months, and then switch states afterwards. California is a very difficult state to get licensed in Just because you are licensed in another state ...

No you can't. See https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/employment/visas-canadian-mexican-nafta-professional-workers.html for info on getting a TN Visa. You will need a "A contract or letter of employment in the United States - To show ...

Usually for a TN Visa, you need a job offer as well the NCLEX and having a nursing license. The TN Visa is tied to the job offer, so each TN Visa is only good for 1 contract, then you have the renew or reapply if you are changing hospitals. See https...

I was already going through immigration before I applied for the CA license. If I had to do it again faster if I was single, I would have gone to another state, did a contract of travel nursing and get my TN/SSN, then apply to California. But Califor...

Hey buddy! I didn't do travel nursing, but did relocate from Canada to California. I had looked at both travel nursing when I moved here, and ended up landing a full time position at a hospital I wanted to work at before I ended up signing a travel c...

Yes it is the case. Just look at the application forms from the CA BRN. They have a transcript form with a breakdown of hours that your school is required to complete. You can send them a copy of your CGFNS report, but they don't require it and I cam...

I graduated from one of the "University of..." schools. And the process of licensing here is long and very frustrating.

I am Canadian and endorsed from another state to California. No issues with license endorsement, but I did run into issues with how long they took to process my application and issues with "education deficiencies". You will need an SSN to apply to Ca...

They require a copy of your transcript and an additional form that just breaks down your lecture, lab and clinical hours. It is all based on hours breakdown that the school submits to them not how many deliveries you have done. Plus in Canada or the ...

In my experience, they take months to process your application. The timing seems to start from the last document that they receive. I have gotten through calling their phone number occasionally (doesn't always work), though the answers are quite basi...

I am not the original poster, but I went through the exact same situation when my significant other took a job in California. (Canadian RN with licenses in other US states and was denied by California for OB and Peds) I didn't want to do the classes ...

So I was in a similar situation as your wife is in right now. My husband moved to California to work while I was finishing up nursing school, and I had also passed the NCLEX as that was the exam used in Canada when I did my licensing. But I did the m...