Question about background check for licensure in Maryland

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Hi! I'm Roanne and I'm a newbie here. I'm a new RN from the Philippines. I just received the NCLEX application packet from my uncle in MD, and I pretty much know what to do with the requirements, with the exception of the fingerprint cards, particularly the State one (the orange card). I know the FBI one (blue) should be taken to the National Bureau of Investigation and be accomplished here in Manila, but I'm not sure about the orange card. I mean, it says there it should be done by the CJIS (which is obviously based in the US) or something, and without it, I can't be given an eligibility to sit for the exam. What am I supposed to do with the orange card? :)

Thank you in advance!

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There is no such thing as an NCLEX packet, there is no application for the NCLEX exams. What you have is an application for licensure as an RN, there is not even mention of the exam anywhere on that application.

There are already multiple threads on where to have the fingerprint cards completed in Manila, you can find that on the Philippine Forum that we have here.

Please be aware that Maryland also requires that you pass the English exams before they will give you approval to sit for the exam, which is the final step in the licensing process.

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Have answered you re: the same issue on the thread in the Ph forum.

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Thread closed since answered already in the Philippine Forum and this is specific to those in the Philippines.

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