Verification of License from Saudi Arabia

[Edz86]

Hi everyone! I am currently waiting for my CES (Credentials Evaluation Service) report from CGFNS so I can go ahead and apply for licensure here in Tx. CGFNS already received all the requirements except this VOL (Verification of License) from Saudi Arabia. Last March 29,2015, when I called SCFHS (Saudi Commission for Health Specialties) I was informed that they no longer process the VOL due to the large number of organizations outside KSA requesting them to fill up this forms. And that the Certificate of Good Standing which they currently issue via their website is valid and enough to verify the license. They also emailed me the announcement letter that says so. I called CGFNS the next day and informed them about it, I was told they are not aware of this matter and that they're going to investigate and see why SCFHS had stopped this process. So I waited, after a week I called them again and they responded that they are already aware of this problem and that they have people working on this matter and communicating with SCFHS. Until now they still tell me the same.

I stressed out the Certificate of Good Standing which CGFNS said they accept but it has to come directly from SCFHS. The problem now is when I called SCFHS, I was told that it is an automated process and that I have to register in their website, provide a valid email where they can send the certificate after payment. And that it is their only way to provide me the certificate as they don't and never send this certificates via a post mail. Now Im getting really sad about all this and don't know what to do next. Is anyone here in the same dilemma I'm in? I need help...

[Eyya]

Good day fellow Nurses,

I would like to ask if it would be posible to get my expired saudi lic verified. I left KSA in 2017,so my iqama and lic are both expired. I was not able to register my license to Saudi Council online for the reason that our records were kept by our previous employer and I never thought that I will be applying to NZ. I only have a photocopy of my Certificate. I don't know if the number on my certificate is the actual license number. I'm torn wether I should or should not disclose my KSA experience. I worked in a Polyclinic in Jeddah for 26 months. I'm really in dilemma right now. Please help and message me on [email protected]. Thank you so much.