TN status application for Canadian

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical, Rehabilitation,.

1. Will I need an active license at the state where I am employed?

I applied and passed NCLEX with New Mexico BON in 2007. I graduated and got my degree from my Philippines. With that mentioned, when the hospital in Arkansas (same hospital that hired me now) hired me 6 years ago, I simply transferred my NM license to Arkansas smoothly. I was able to renew my license with NM for the past few years because they didn't require SSN. I still have this active presently.

I wasn't able to move to America when the hospital hired me 6 years ago because when hospital applied for my working visa (they were gonna sponsor me then ), homeland security denied it due to of recession. Hence, I let my Arkansas RN license expire esp after finding out that SSN is required for renewal (which I obviously don't have since I never worked in America).

When I was hired again by the same hospital this July 2015, I called up BON to renew my license which expired 4 years ago. I was told they can't due to the need of SSN.

Will this be a possible cause of denial of status ?

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2. Does my current active license (different state - New Mexico) hold any relevance to officers at the border?

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3. What are my options if this is an issue?

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Moved to the Advice on Immigration forum

As long as you have a valid current visa screen certificate and a letter of employment from your employer you should be OK however you can not start working until you have your state license in hand so may have to wait for that until your US SSN comes through and given to the state

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Just to add visa screen certificate from CGFNS only requires a pass in NCLEX so doesn't matter which state for that

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