Thank you for the comments and wishes. Jadelpn - I do have 4 years of ER experience. I am ready to embark on other opportunities now :) I went through the website for CGFNS. There is a lot of information. I will have to contact them and hopefully they will be helpful. I wanted to know if along with CVS and Visa screen, I should also get my academic records evaluated by them or WES. The schools websites state they accept both. WES sounds like they will take less time to process, once transcripts have been received. I am thinking to just spend the money (not sure I would be able to do this if I did not have a job as an RN). Everything is ridiculously priced on the CGFNS website and for each step and each school you want to send info to costs another $100. Are there any other topics / forums you can guide me to on Graduate schools / International applicants? I have done some search on this site, and have not been able to find anything specific on international applicants for graduate schools. Thank you for your time and concern.