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They do both at the same time. For me it happened overnight. When I woke up I seen the email and checked idfpr website and seen my license posted.

If you sent them your letter and original disposition then you will get your license. I faxed mine to them on a Monday and that Friday my license had posted. Do not believe Continental LOL. They do not forward your letter explaining or the documents you send them. Everyone with something on their background goes through this. As long as you sent them everything they need you will get your license. It is frustrating having to wait so long. Looks like we may both be in Chicago and probably attended the same school.

I didn't get a letter. I just sent them what I sent continental. The entire process is outdated. Continental for the application, Pearson Vue for the exam, and BON for the license. We shouldn't have to deal with and pay 3 different entities. Nor should we have to send the BON and Continental the same documents. It's time consuming and inefficient. From the time of my application til I got your license was about a 3 month span. Then most jobs want your license posted before they even consider your application. So tack on another month for employment. Graduated in December and will be starting my job at the end of April. Btw you can't pay for your license online. You have to mail a money order with your application from continental(again who the BON hired so not sure why they don't automatically send it to the BON). It's a big ball of confusion. My classmates didn't know who they should call to check on their application. BON kept telling me to call Continental and vice versa. I'm glad it's over. The process is more stressful than the actual exam.

Thank you, my license has posted. Beware of the many lawyers on this site trying to prey on nurses. You do not need a lawyer for 99% of the problems we encounter. However, there are always comments about contacting a lawyer. Please do your own investigation before paying anyone to tell you what's public knowledge.

Continental is a third party in Illinois our BON uses for applications. A lawyer is not necessary to tell me if I need to send anything to IDFPR.

I checked the status of my license in Illinois IDFPR site. It says State check-failed/rejected FBI-failed/rejected Etc. I know my background isn't clear because I got a misdemeanor DUI in 2012. I sent a letter explaining what happened along with official documents to continental. Does continental share those documents with the BON? Or do I need to resend it to IDFPR? They let me sit for the NCLEX. I'm just wondering why it's taking so long and if it's more I need to do. They haven't sent me a letter or gave me a reason why it was rejected. Anyone else experienced this?

The documents we send to continental aren't seen by the BON? I sent official documents.