Bobrik3

hi there, i am international graduates nurse from ukraine. in june 2007 i graduated from medical college in ukraine with rn degree. now i am applying for the california nclex-rn exam. i have contacted california board of nursing and they suggested to download the application forms which i already did, but some questions still unclear. 1. social security number. the application for licensure by examination has field for social security number. i don’t have any social security number, because i am living outside of united state. in ukraine we don’t have social security. how can i provide the social security if i don't have one? i am afraid without ss my application will be denied. 2. fingerprints. it says that complete an application for examination i need to include a fingerprints card. if i live outside of usa the fingerprints card should be submitted on hard card. where can i get this card and how can i prove that fingerprints are mine? 3. transcripts. in addition i have to generate an english version of my diploma and transcripts using ata (american translators association). in ukraine we do not have ata's representative. should i send all my documents to ata in usa. when i get all the translation ready it will be forward to my nursing school? then my nursing school will send all the documents to the bon in california. 4. nclex-rn exam and toefl should i pass nclex-rn exam first and then toefl or vise verse? could you please help me and answer my questions. if you know any russian or ukraine nurses who recently passed the exam in calirornia and successfully went through for the whole process, please let me know. thank you everyone who is going to help me and thanks a lot for this forum. *moderator's note: any registered user can give a member a pm or e-mail by simply clicking his username. thanks.