Re: NCLEX Question Please

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hi..i am a nurse from the Philippines..i just got confused with regard to the scheduling of exam, upon receiving the ATT..i read from this blog that upon receiving your ATT you have a year to sched your exam coz if not your ATT will be invalid, from which state is this applicable???.. is it applicable to Illinois??,..please enlighten me, coz if im not mistaken,there's this note in the application for NCLEX in IL that you have to take your exam within 90days upon receiving your ATT..is this true?? i will be glad if this will be answer..thanks!

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hi im a nurse from the philippines..im planning to apply NCLEX for IL, .i would like to know if how many months does it take for the ATT to be issued??..please help me..thanks

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Your posts have been split into an individual thread to avoid reopening very old discussions where the members are no longer participating. Good luck to you!

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This is a very common mistake which costs foreign applicants for licensure in the States a lot of money.

You should never file for your ATT until after you have gotten eligibility from the state. Even if you apply to a state that takes only 3 months there is no telling what snags may hold your application up in the processing.

I'm sorry to say that you may very well loose that money if your chosen state does not complete the application for licensure in time.

That being said, do not choose a state based on the speed of eligibility processing since you stand to spend much more than the cost of ATT by having to process an endorsement to transfer your license from the state you actually gain licensure to the one you actually want to live and work.

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Look at page 14 on this link and will tell you how long the ATT is valid for http://www.idfpr.com/dpr/apply/forms/rn-ex.pdf

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Eligibility is different to ATT. Once you apply for your ATT then that is when you have a time frame to sit the exam. Eligibility time frame varies from state to state

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