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Add to the previous post about the order of applications for CGFNS, FBON,Visa Screen, once you have your Visa Screen I was informed by Homeland Security to come to the border with your FBON license...(but I cannot acheive this as FBON will not give you a License till you give them a Social Security number, but....Social security will not issue a #, until they see a Work Visa. I forwarded this info to FBON, and they said that Homeland Security does not need the FBON license, that my Ontario license is enough. I have a Nafta brochure, and on the back under professionals it says......Registered Nurse....State/provincial license or licenciatura degree. So, I think that this is enough.....I hope....also your letter of employment from your employer and it must state certain things...such as position, description of duties, hr. rate. lenght of employment....can only be 1 yr...on company letter head All your original copies of diplomas, degrees, etc. can be frustrating.....and stressful Also if you get your Work Visa (TN Visa), next you go to S.S. office and apply for your #, can take 6-8 weeks I am told...not sure...then forward that on to FBON and then they will issue your Florida license. So you may not start work tillthen,,,,depends on your employers policy. Be prepared at the border to be treated like garbage, as I was there to check it out...and was made to feel like an intruder..!!!! not welcome. Go to the site called..........canucksabroad.com lots of info there Hope this helps Good luck........I know we will need it C

Just to add my 2 cents to this thread.........my experience is still on going I applied to CGFNS last March 08.......applied to FBN in April 08....recieved the okay to sit for the Nclex exam by Aug.....wrote th Nclex Nov. 08.....waiting and waiting for CGFNS to send all my completed application, including Visa Screen...and they said that FBN has not released my Nclex pass or fail to them. I called FBN, they said,,,well you have not sent the required fee of $25.00 for us to forward your marks to CGFNS..well....where does it say that....in the requiremnets...so now 1 month has passed....I then sent them the money..just before Christmas 08, and by Feb 1st ..09 I received all documents including Visa Screen from CGFNS. Now I have my letter from Dunedin Florida for employment, etc....and will be going to the border the end of October to apply for the TN Visa, and I-94. BUT ,,,I am not sure of what they mean at the border that you have 30 days....after applying for the TN Visa.. Maybe someone who reads this can expand on the 30 day issue.... Thanks so much

Yes, I had to pay the Florida Board of Nursing an additonal $25.00 us for them to forward my results to CGFNS so that they would complete my Visa Screen. I found work in Dunedin Florida, but still working on completion of my TN, as I am not ready to go just yet will be ready by the end of Oct. as my Orientation date is set for Nov 9th.....providing all paper work for the border crossing is complete and they accept it.

Your Welcome Glad I was able to help:yeah:

Saw this thread and have a few questions of my own...I have passed the Nclex, have my VSC, have my job offer, but not sure of this letter that you are refering to... I would like to make application for the TN Visa by Oct. 2 09,,,,30 days prior to going over the border..as my Orientation date in Florida is booked for Nov. 9th, 09. I would also like to know,,,do you apply for TN on the Canadian side, or on the US side??? And when I do, can I stay in Canada till I am ready to go to Florida, or do I have to go immediately upon apply for the TN Visa?? Need some words of wisdom, and Guidance Thank you Sincerely C

I applied to CGFNS in March of 08 submitted all documentation, paid for a Visa Screen ( not knowing that the Visa Screen was too early to apply for BUT I paid the money and they took it...) then, once CGFNS finished with the professional application, they then forwarded it to the Florida Board of Nursing and then the FBON, gave me the application Number to sit for the NCLEX exam at Pearson Vue....once I wrote the exam and passed, the results sent to the FBON, "YOU" then have to pay an additional $25.00 for them to send the result of your NCLEX to CGFNS, who then process your Visa Screen. ( I did not know that I had to pay and extra fee for this process, so I waited another 2 months before I called Florida and CGFNS till I found out what happened.) So CGFNS had my money for the Visa Screen for almost 1 year... I wrote the NCLEX exam in Nov.08 and the Visa Screen was issued to me Feb 09 I hope you can understand the chain of events that happened, and now I am in the process of applying for a TN Visa to work in Florida I have jumped through so many hoops, that I feel I am at my last straw Hope this helps you Sincerely C

The CD's cover everything, from Maternity, Peds, Psych, drugs, takes about 30 hrs to go thru the whole set and then there is a large, and I mean very large text with test..questions to go along with it Check it out on line...Drexel University and see what you think there is a short clip of what you get Good luck when do you write?

Yes if you buy from them direct, ,I think with out checking my visa bill it was something like 400.$ for 18 CD

Hi, saw your thread, and yes I agree with you Kaplan is somewhat over rated and $$ I did not find it as helpful as I wished, I ended up buying into Drexel CD's and Text and found that most helpful and SUCCESSFUL

Hi Suzanne I had written to you first back in Feb08 about applications to work/exams etc for a Canadian RN to work in Florida. Well, All paper work is at CGFNS, passed my NCLEX back in Nov. received my letter from BON Florida stating they will not issue a license until I have a Social Security Number. Called CGFNS if they received my results from Florida BON, and they said NO. I called BON and they said "did you mail the $25.00 that is required for us to mail the results to CGFNS". I did not know that there was a further charge for this!!! So it has been a month with nothing done. Then they would not take my Visa number over the phone, they wanted a money order,,,which will take time thru the mail at this holiday time of year. Sorry I am so lengthy, but after all this time, you think you are coming to an end,,,but there is always something else to think about or do. So now,,,how do you go about getting a Social Security Number, so that I can receive my License in my hand....that I worked so hard for. Any words of wisdom,,,for someone who is getting frustrated, as my application with CGFNS is up in March 09 Thank you so much

:nurse:I just finished the OR Certification Program there was 7 weeks of inclass instruction and then a total of 225 hrs OR time, scrubbing and circulating I am now on orientation time, the hospital is giving me 4 scrub days of orientation and 8 days of circulating orientation,,,then I am on my own. I am sooo nervous....I hope it gets better with time. we are not a teaching hospital at all, and our OR staff are getting into retirement and no new staff are coming in....so I have been a staff nurse on the med/surg foor for 15 yrs,,,then had enough,,,went to LTC for 5 yrs and needed a BIG change...so here I am...I hope I am not to old to learn this skill..as I just find the OR fasinating.:confused:

Not sure if this thread belongs in this catagory but here goes....once you have passed your NCLEX and are from another country and have got your paper work through and stamped by cgfns, and your state board gave you your att ##,,,now how do you go about getting a ssn?? I have a visa in the works, but cgfns says i must have a ssn..so if someone can help me,,,I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks so Much

OOHHHH MMYY GGOOODDDD !!!! I Passed I wrote my RN's on Mon. November 10th in Buffalo NY. I was so nervous I am an old Nurse of 23 yrs and thought that I would not pass because of being out of the study mode...psych, maternity, peds, drugs etc all I have ever known is med/surg. I just can't believe it. I have been praying,,,and already thinking about how to study for the next time around. I am sooo happy,,,,I hope those that wrote with me, and those of you who have written elsewhere have passed also..!!! Good Luck to you all.!!!:bow::bow::bowingpur PS: I took 5 hrs and 265 questions.......all of them......

Hi Vonte Received your request to study together, but unfortunately I have limited time, as I sit on the 10th of November, and I work full time. I have been studying Drexel CD's and Text, Kaplan ?'s and going thru all the threads to find additional info. and have lots of material to read. What have you been doing, looks like you have put a lot of work into this Pharmacology web page, nice JOB All I do each day is read about 2-4 hrs of content over and over, not sure what else to do, and also I do Questions between 100 - 300 per day also so as it stands, I put in about 4-5 hrs per day and I am tired. !!! I am at work right now, working nights 7-7 Wish I could be of some help to you, but with so little time, I am having trouble concentrating on myself. Sincerely Carlee:wink2:

This will be my first NCLEX test. I am a Canadian RN with 23 years experience in MED/SURG I have used Kaplans Q Bank, I understand a book by Saunders, NCLEX Review is a good book to use. My sitting date is Nov10th so I have a month to study. Any words of wisdom out there for me, I would greatly appreciate. Thank you, Sincerely, Anxious, and Nervous