TheAnonOne

@jorifice: Late reply again, but if you haven't lived or worked in Pennsylvania before, you don't need to submit a background check for Pennsylvania. However, you do have to submit a background check for every state you've lived or worked in for the past ten years. Since you have lived in Texas (even if it's only briefly), you do have to submit a background check for that state. California is one of the states that supposedly can't send a background check to the PA BON, so you have to submit an FBI Identity History Summary Check as additional documentation. @000rn555: Are you talking about submitting Form A to the PA BON or scanning the receipt that Identogo may have given you after your fingerprints have been scanned? Both are not what you need to submit. The form can only be used to schedule a fingerprinting appointment with Identigo. The receipt is for your personal records. A letter, stating your criminal background history, should be delivered to you a couple weeks after your fingerprints have been scanned. You need to photocopy and upload that letter. I've had such a terrible experience with getting a hold of any assistance, so I truly do empathize with you both.

Don't give up! I was able to get by with scheduling an Identogo appointment using Form A, as suggested by NRSKarenRN. I might advise Form B though, since it's actually notarized and practically the same price. It might increase the chance of being accepted, in case mine was a fluke. So far though, I have experienced no issues with photocopying and uploading the results of Form A. My only complaints are in how long it took to receive my background check and for the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing to process my application. For any other out-of-state nurses, you don't have to submit a Pennsylvania background check, unless you have lived or worked there within the last ten years. I only had to file for one in New Jersey, and I didn't need to supplement it with the FBI Identity History Summary Check.

Sorry for the late reply, but thanks for the tip! I've tried filling out another form and a couple weeks later, I've just received a short one-page letter saying I have no record. Hopefully, it will be enough to photocopy and send it along. If not, I guess that's another $40 down the drain.

Hello, I currently hold a New Jersey nursing license, and I would like to apply for a Pennsylvania license by endorsement. I have all the requirements, except for those in the section where you have to submit a Criminal History Records Check (CHRC) from every state you lived in. I've tried looking around for how to obtain a copy of my NJ CHRC, but no one has been able to answer, either online or through the phone. There are no clear directions. Do I have to contact IdentoGO, where I completed my fingerprints for the background check for my NJ license? Was I supposed to get a copy of my NJ CHRC in the weeks after I submitted my fingerprints? Do I have to complete another form, pay a fee, and set up an appointment? Am I supposed to click one of the two options under the Personal History Check, even though it says it's for personal use only? Do I have to drive to my local police department? Can I just buy and submit an FBI Identity History Summary Check, even though the application only mentions California, Arizona, or Ohio for this option? Did I miss a note saying I don't have to submit an CHRC if you meet so-and-so conditions? I would be eternally grateful for anyone's help. I feel like I'm at my wit's end. There has to be one other nurse in New Jersey who's gone through this process.