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(1) If you already paid online and uploaded a photo, then you don't have to mail it in. Check the status of your application on the CGFNS website, and it will say what documentation they are still waiting for. (2) If your license was issued by the NYS Education Department, then they will forward the information to CGFNS once they have received the paperwork from you. (3) If any of the courses you took at the community college or university back home contributed to your degree, then I would send them the forms. It's easier to do them all at once than to realize three months from now that CGFNS is waiting for those particular transcripts. Hope this helps!

I am also a Canadian nurse trying to work in the US. After I applied to the Washington state BON for licensure, I had to have my credentials evaluated by CGFNS (which took 6 months) before I could apply to write the NCLEX. Once I wrote the NCLEX, I did get my license in the mail within 2 weeks (maybe Washington is faster than other states?). As for applying for a green card, you can't do this on a TN visa, as it implies intent to stay permanently (which goes against the 'temporary' aspect of the TN). However, if you can get your employer to sponsor you for a H1B visa after you get a TN, then you can start the green card process (but it takes a long time, as they only give out a certain number of H1Bs a year).