Claire Speaks

For a foreign educated nurse, going through the CGFNS's Credential Evaluation, Certification Program or Credential Verification services, can be quite a hassle. It is indeed often the most dreaded step of the process when it comes to getting licensed...

Hi! Since Summer 2021 the CGFNS is not the only agency approved by immigration services to deliver a health care worker certification (what the CGFNS calls Visascreen). This other agency (Josef Silny & Associates) is much easier to work with an...

Did you get any information? What are the requirement for licensure by endorsement in NJ? thanks!

My DreamMy name is Claire and I am a french trained nurse. From as far as I remember, I have always wanted to become a nurse. Is it because my mom was one, or because of the hours I spent watching ER on TV? I don't know, but I've never really asked m...

I applied for the state of Arkansas and I graduated in 2009. You're welcome! good luck!

I did. I decided to purchase it a few days after I posted here. My report was sent to the board last week and now I am waiting for my ATT... Hopefully I will get it any days now...

Hi Nikuy, the CGFNS got all my documents today... I am thinking of paying for the expedited review... How did it end up going for you?

Hi, My school received a letter from the CGFNS telling them that they received my transcripts but that they had the following problem: A signature wasn't provided or couldn't be authenticated. They just asked them to verify these information with th...

Hi, I am a french trained nurse and I sent my application for licensure by examination to the Arkansas BON last week. They got it on Wednesday. I would like to know if any of you have an idea of a timeframe for them to get back to me ? (regardless o...

Hi! My name is Claire. I am a french nurse and I applied on CGFNS in Febuary. I have chosen the expedited service review and my report is already issued. It says that my nursing education and my diploma are both comparable to those of a first-level (...

Hi! Could you please send me the pdf? My email is [email protected] thank you so much in advance!

Hi! My name is Claire. I am a french nurse and I applied on CGFNS in Febuary. They received all the documents a few days ago and now my status is "ready for reviews". I chose the expedited service review so it shouldn't be too long until the report ...

Hi! I have an important question. My school asked me to do the translations and to send them back the documents so they can send everything directly to the CGFNS. But can I do that without having any trouble since I am going to use my translator who ...

Hi everybody. I am currently appliyng on CGFNS for a CES professional report. On the step 6, I have to indicate which primary, secondary and professionnal schools I went to. I went to two different high schools. 4 years on the first one where I wasn...

Hi! I am about to submit my application for licensure in the USA. But I don't know which credentialing agency evaluator to choose : the CGFNS or the IERF? The IERF seems to be the easiest way to me because apparently it's less expensive and there is ...

Hi Fred! I am a nurse and I would like to submit my application for licensure in the USA. In Arkansas. After reading about the CGFNS and the IERF, the second one seems to be easier to me. I saw that you did your CES with them to and that's why I wou...