hi I have done my BSc-nursing from USA, and recently moved to edmonton (feb,2010)......i applied CARNA 24th feb,2010, most of my documents reached CARNA by 28th june,2010, but for the birthcertificate (BC)......i had to send my birth cert. 3 times coz for some reason, CARNA cldnt read it (it was in english).....finally after much emailing and sending a declaration of BC, my CARNA online status was updated on 10th nov,2010.... in the update it showed my preassessment cleared on 9th nov,2010 and my assessment cleared on 10th nov,2010.....but so far i havent got the results of that assessment ie wheter i meet all the requirements or not / if i have to take SEC or not.....so i am waiting for the CARNA verdict at the moment :)......hope this gives you some idea abbout the processing also as far as i understand, since u will b a new grad , the decision of whether u have to take SEC or not will be influenced by your clinical and theory hrs during nursing program and not by your RN experience.......if i were you i wld try to get clinical hrs in all the 4 specialities and make sure that it is mentioned by your clinical instructor, in the CARNA form.....u wld have to take SEC only if u r missing hrs in any of the 4 specialities (as far as my understanding goes :))....if u do decide to move to canada after may, u can get canadian experience / references (maybe as NA or something), get a feel for availibilty of RN jobs in calgary area and be with your husband :).....just an observation thats all! all the best in whtevr u decide! :)