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[maning 36]

I really wish it was true. California (edit: I think they don't accept now) and New Mexico are one of the last states to accept foreign nurses without passing their local boards. I think they were also only the few states that didn't require a Social Security # as well. Now, most states want local board certification, passing the TOEFL English exam, and a SS#. We will reside in SC, so they require CES transcript review, TOEFL exam, local board pass, and SS#.

We really thought her going to a university in The Philippines to do her BS in Nursing, would be the easiest and least expensive route for us. It's actually has been the most expensive (tuition, dorm, fees, hidden fees, daily expenses, and they let you pay out of pocket for things that the school suppose to take care of like gas for the buses *sigh*, plus all my travel expenses as well.) It's not cheap as they make you assume and they don't tell you all the hurdles you now have to face just to get licensed in another country. Now the US schools have ADN degrees and only requires 2 years Associate's degree and they pretty much are licensed RNs after they pass the NCLEX... only difference in salary of an ADN to a BSN-RN is like $1.00 or more, sometimes there's no difference at all. If I could go back in time, I would of just let her go to Nursing School in the US. Save us a lot of time we've lost being apart from each other.

Again, thanks Tahoma for your advice(s)! I really do appreciate it and everyone's as well. Take care!

For what it's worth, I'm not aware of any states in the U.S. which require passing the NLE in order to become an RN in the U.S. If the state that you live in happens to require it, your fiancée should check into applying to sit for the NCLEX through another state. Then, after she passes the NCLEX, she can simply endorse her license to the state in which you live. Before she goes the endorsement route, check out the endorsement process on your state's board of nursing web site to make sure she can endorse her license to your state without the NLE.

An advantage of not taking the NLE is that your fiancée could begin studying for the NCLEX sooner.

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I really wish it was true. California (edit: I think they don't accept now) and New Mexico are one of the last states to accept foreign nurses without passing their local boards. I think they were also only the few states that didn't require a Social Security # as well. Now, most states want local board certification, passing the TOEFL English exam, and a SS#. We will reside in SC, so they require CES transcript review, TOEFL exam, local board pass, and SS#.

We really thought her going to a university in The Philippines to do her BS in Nursing, would be the easiest and least expensive route for us. It's actually has been the most expensive (tuition, dorm, fees, hidden fees, daily expenses, and they let you pay out of pocket for things that the school suppose to take care of like gas for the buses *sigh*, plus all my travel expenses as well.) It's not cheap as they make you assume and they don't tell you all the hurdles you now have to face just to get licensed in another country. Now the US schools have ADN degrees and only requires 2 years Associate's degree and they pretty much are licensed RNs after they pass the NCLEX... only difference in salary of an ADN to a BSN-RN is like $1.00 or more, sometimes there's no difference at all. If I could go back in time, I would of just let her go to Nursing School in the US. Save us a lot of time we've lost being apart from each other.

Again, thanks Tahoma for your advice(s)! I really do appreciate it and everyone's as well. Take care!

So I should tell my fiancee to tell the CO that she's a nurse? I figured it might be bad becuase of the retrogression of nurses in the US.

By the way, Califoria does require you to take local board before you can take the NCLEX. When I applied, Texas didn't require it, but now I think they do. The last I heard New York will allow you to take the exam without taking the NLE. My fiancee has taken the NCLEX, passed and endorsed it to my state already while we waited for our petition. So, you might want to take that route as well while you wait for your visa.

Good luck to you

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Again, thanks Tahoma for your advice(s)! I really do appreciate it and everyone's as well. Take care!

Walang anuman, maning. Good luck with your visa journey. Let me know if you have any questions.

So I should tell my fiancee to tell the CO that she's a nurse? I figured it might be bad becuase of the retrogression of nurses in the US.

By the way, Califoria does require you to take local board before you can take the NCLEX. When I applied, Texas didn't require it, but now I think they do. The last I heard New York will allow you to take the exam without taking the NLE. My fiancee has taken the NCLEX, passed and endorsed it to my state already while we waited for our petition. So, you might want to take that route as well while you wait for your visa.

Good luck to you

Yes, your fiancée should make the CO aware that she's an RN. It will only help her. The retrogression is irrelevant. The CO's priority is to prevent the beneficiary from becoming a public charge in the U.S. Nurses are unlikely to become public charges.

Chinook was working as an RN here in the States within a year of arriving here. She's making great bank.