Visa Screen Certificate is required by all foreign nurses wishing to obtain a green card to work in the US, as well as any type of temporary work permit, such as the Nafta TN Visa for those from Canada and Mexico.
It requires that you pass either the NCLEX-RN or the CGFNS exam, as well as the series of English exams if you are not exempt from them.
The CGFNS exam is only required now in about five states, and rumor is that one or two will be removed from that remaining list as well. Do not bother with that exam if you are not going to work in a state that does not require it, or you have no way to be able to take the NCLEX exam from where you are currently located.
The application for the VSC is now only good for one year.........please do not apply for it until you have passed at least one of the required exams, or you may need to pay an additional fee.
(This thread is replacing the original thread that was from more than 2 and 1/2 years ago, and has updated information.)
I have a question about the online application. What do I put on the "Professional Title Obtained"? This is located under the Schools Attended (college specifically). I put Registered Nurse but I was told by somebody that I should have put "BS Nursing" because I did not obtain my RN from simply graduating with a BSN as I had to take the local licensure exam to obtain the RN. Should I write to CGFNS to change it, or is that understood and accepted that after graduating, I obtained the RN by passing the local board? Also, I need to add information on the "Name of diploma" blanks for high school and college - I need to put "High School Diploma" and "BS Nursing diploma" on these blanks. The reason I didn't was because I thought it was understood that since "Secondary Education" is written there and bec. I'm applying for VisaScreen (nurse), I didn't have to. But now it's bothering me that I didn't fill these up.
I cannot edit the online application as the attestation has already been signed and the fee already been paid for.
It will not make any difference in this case, there is nothing to write them about.
1) i ahve two courses post secondary, AB Psychology adn BSNursing.Should i also send my diploma in AB psych?
2) How do i sign the attestation?its confusing
3) the $ 10 fee, should i make a separate draft for it?
4) theer is an item where i need to state that i worked in _________ for a _____years. I have yet to recieve any hosiptal experience. what should i put on it?
1) i ahve two courses post secondary, AB Psychology adn BSNursing.Should i also send my diploma in AB psych?
2) How do i sign the attestation?its confusing
3) the $ 10 fee, should i make a separate draft for it?
4) theer is an item where i need to state that i worked in _________ for a _____years. I have yet to recieve any hosiptal experience. what should i put on it?
thanks
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Not Suzanne but will answer some of your questions.
In the Philippines, the transcript from the previous courses are already integrated with your nursing transcript for second coursers. Look over the transcript that your nursing school gave you, it is there already. The diploma is not needed. Even your diploma as BSN is not needed. Never has. Only the transcripts are needed, verification of your local license, and a copy of your H.S. diploma if you graduated within 10 years, if more than 10 years - it is waived.
For all other questions being asked that does not pertain to you such as hospital exp., you either leave blank or place N/A. They will not hold it against you. It is only asked there for information or record purposes.
What attestation are you talking about? Is what you're talking about is item 20 on page 29 in the application packet? That is just you attesting that all information you gave are true and complete and if were later found out that there was fraud that they have the right to revoke the visa screen certificate anytime and that you give them authority to disclose any information regarding your file upon your designation of certain organizations or employers to receive such information.
You have to sign it. It is an agreement between you and CGFNS. It is more for legalities.
You can combine fees in a single bank draft. The total fee is $448. Not sure where the extra $10 you are talking about comes from.
1. the bRN charges $ 10 for copy of exam results,should i make a separate draft( aside from the $ 6o that i need to pay for the verification).
2. Can you post a sample of the signature for the vs application pls?
3. U have been goood, so God bles u!
The $10 is to be given to the BRN and the back draft reflecting the name of the BRN. You have to make a separate request that goes directly to the BRN. You coupled it to your VSC application post, so it appeared as if you were still talking about the VSC application process solely.
Anyways, yes you can make a single bank draft and combine the 2 fees together for a total of $70. Just include a letter that states that the $10 is for the copy of test results (with the appropriate add. on where to send it) and the $60 is for the other service.
CGFNS/ICHP likes for their applicants to just print their name using English characters. No use of Chinese/Korean/Japanese/Arabic or any local alphabet characters that they cannot read or not familiar with. With this regard you also cannot use your usual signature if it is the scribbles or what I call ECG-type signatures that only you can decipher.
It's either you just plainly print your whole name (use your whole legal name from your birth cert.) if you want to be sure or if your long-hand writing is very legible you can use that too (just make sure you can replicate this so don't use this if you are not used with long hand writing) Bottom line is that they want something they can read and understand.
*Note that this special instruction for a signature is unique fr CGFNS and ICHP applications forms. Any other forms that do not have special instructions just like you have read from the VSC form and asks for your signature, you always do your usual signature.
hello! i have a question about the application form for the VSC. this might've been asked before, but i've read through this whole thread and i felt that i haven't sufficiently gotten an answer for it, hence this inquiry.
anyway, i went to this university before going to nursing school. i only spent 2 years there, didn't finish my degree, then i transferred to my nursing school where i eventually graduated. so, i've written this university under the post-secondary, non-profession-related program of the education evaluation part of the application. my question is, what do i write under "name of diploma or certificate in its original language"? do i write the degree/course i took in this university or do i just leave it blank because technically, i didn't receive any diploma or certificate for that? and for the "degree obtained" part, do i put an X, N/A or do i just leave it blank? lastly, will i need to give them a "request for academic records" and ask them to send my documents to ICHP?
any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated. thanks, in advance.
hi! i was wondering whether you were able to find answers for your inquiries? i'm pretty much having the same "problem" with the application now and i don't have any ideas on how to go about this..hope you could help me out..thanks..
hi! i was wondering whether you were able to find answers for your inquiries? i'm pretty much having the same "problem" with the application now and i don't have any ideas on how to go about this..hope you could help me out..thanks..
If the course wasn't completed then you can't write anything on the degree obtained part. You can write you took it and what dates attended as it is asked in the form then just either leave it blank or put N/A or "not completed course".
As for the transcripts part, that question has been answered many times already and also just answered it again just recently as well.
Even if you work in a state that requires CGFNS, you don't have to take CGFNS. You could take NCLEX from a state that doesn't require it and apply for reciprocity thru endorsement to that state.
A client of mine was educated overseas. She is licensed as a nurse, and then went on to medical school and is licensed as a doctor as well. She attended a four year intensive high school program, that included nursing and secondary school, in one intensive program, no summer break, etc.
CGFNS has refused to recognize her program as a first level general nursing program, instead categorizing it as a LPN program, or second level nurse, despite the fact that the hours in theory and practice exceed a full time US nursing program. We're not even considering her 6 years of medical school plus residency here. Does anyone have any experience with a situation like this? It's pretty silly that she is licensed as a nurse and a doctor in her country, can sit for the USMLE medical exam, but cannot write the NCLEX and become a nurse?
hi! im a registered nurse here in the philippines. i took the local boards last june 2007. i also passed the NCLEX for state of CALI and IELTS exam this year. My problem now is i dont have any idea on the steps on how to get the licensure verification from BON in cali. I already have the Visa screen handbook but i dont know which forms are needed for the licensure verification. i am really confused. HELP PLS!
i just completed my visa screen form online and there were i had to fill out my primary and secondary school information. i was high schooled in my country and then i got my ADN degree here. am i supposed to send only my transcript of the college i attended here? i saw people writing about CES in the above threads but it doesn't apply to me. please respond.
also there was a question "where did u recently work?" i am an international student and i haven't worked anywhere but i could not got to the next page without filling up those fields so i filled out that i worked in the U.S. as a registered nurse.
suzanne4, RN
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It will not make any difference in this case, there is nothing to write them about.