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Havin' A Party- I endorsed from VA.

Hi Libynjoe, Have you gotten your license yet? If not, let me know where in the process you are and I'll let you know what I did at the point you're at!

Hi Everyone, I have been reading a lot of threads about people's experiences with the NJ BON and how crazy long it takes to get a license in NJ, so I thought i'd share my success story of getting my license by endorsement in just under 4 weeks. What I learned through the whole process is that you really need to stay on top of it- Yes, if you don't call the person in charge of your application and stay on top of them they probably have a million ppl to look at. So see if you can contact one of the below ppl (pls check the NJ BON website to make sure these ppl's names are still correct) and ask them about the status of your license they are very helpful. Licensure by Endorsement Leslie Burgos (A-F) Elizabeth Velez-Carter (G-N) Ada Alejandro (O-Z) As for the background check part- this is really out of the hands of the licensure by endorsement ppl so pls be nice to them if this takes a while. But basically what I learned happens is that if you get your finger prints done outside of NJ, the BON will send your fingerprints down to trenton to the individual who will send them to morphotrak. Once morphotrak gets them they will scan them and send them to the NJ State Police who will run a background check on you. You can check on the status of your fingerprints w. morphotrak by calling them, as well as where they are w. the NJ State Police if you call the state headquarters and go to the criminal convictions dept. Once the NJ State Police complete their scan (which they said can take 5-10 days, but mine took 2) they will send them back electronically consumer affairs in Trenton. They will then send them electronically to the NJ BON in Newark. So again, if you know that the NJ State Police has completed your background check but its not checked off for you, you can call the BON and say you know they have them. Finally, for me everything was checked off except the part about Board/Committee approval which sat untouched for about 2 weeks. So when I finally felt like I had given them enough time to review all of my stuff (2 weeks) I just drove up to Newark. I let them know that I was there to check on my license b/c it has said board/committee approval for about 2 weeks and I just wanted to see if they still needed anything from me. The lady at the front desk pulled up my profile and w.in 10 minutes I walked out of there with my license. Hope this is helpful and good luck to everyone!