visa screen but not a board passer in her own country?

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Hi just wanna know,,, I have a friend and she's not Board passer in the Philippines, she didn't not try it......She's in the U.S right now wiht student visa. Do you think she can get a VSC even though she's not a RN in the Philippines? but she passed the CA Board NCLEX and got her english exam? any comment? thanks:yeah:

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There are a lot of Philippine nurses who have US license who have not taken local boards but she will have problems if looking to adjust her status as that can not be done at the moment due to retrogression

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CA will not permit one to even sit for the exam without having taken and passed the NLE. That is a specific requirements of theirs now.

It is up to CGFNS as to what they want, but your friend in not going to be able to remain in the US and work since there are no visas available; so what are they going to do without having a local license? Five years and no experience is not going to make it easy to get a job, let alone a visa.

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CA will not permit one to even sit for the exam without having taken and passed the NLE. That is a specific requirements of theirs now.

It is up to CGFNS as to what they want, but your friend in not going to be able to remain in the US and work since there are no visas available; so what are they going to do without having a local license? Five years and no experience is not going to make it easy to get a job, let alone a visa.

oh yeah i got your point... actually she already applied for the VSC and I don't know if she can get one.... we'll just wait and see.....thanks for the reply.... God Bless... and more power.....

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There are a lot of Philippine nurses who have US license who have not taken local boards but she will have problems if looking to adjust her status as that can not be done at the moment due to retrogression

Oh I see but still if ever there's a possibility that she can have VSC? Because I heard that you must have a license in your country in order to get a VSC but I'm not sure about it that's why i need someone to enlighten me up hehehe.... thanks and God Bless....:D

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If she did not even tried taking the NLE then she may still get a VSC for reasons of not having been registered or licensed at all.

However, even if she passed the NCLEX and able to get a VSC, there is still retrogression as everyone mentioned, so even if she has complete documents she still can't file for adjustment of status during retrogression and all she can file is the job peittion or the I-140 and many thinks that it's not a wise move just to file the I-140 w/o being able to file the AOS (I-485) concurrently or at least within a month or so after filing the I-140 and esp. if still under another non-immigrant visa such as a student visa. Just makes them a bigger target for dual-intent. Best if she consults a reputable immigration lawyer.

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If she did not even tried taking the NLE then she may still get a VSC for reasons of not having been registered or licensed at all.

However, even if she passed the NCLEX and able to get a VSC, there is still retrogression as everyone mentioned, so even if she has complete documents she still can't file for adjustment of status during retrogression and all she can file is the job peittion or the I-140 and many thinks that it's not a wise move just to file the I-140 w/o being able to file the AOS (I-485) concurrently or at least within a month or so after filing the I-140 and esp. if still under another non-immigrant visa such as a student visa. Just makes them a bigger target for dual-intent. Best if she consults a reputable immigration lawyer.

thanks lawrence for the quick reply...... got it.....

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