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My wife's nursing license is expired in the Philippines. Should she get that renewed before she processes her paperwork through CGFNS or does it really matter if it's expired or not?

She doesn't want to pay the $380 yet if it's going to be delayed due to her license being expired... Any advice would greatly be appreciated! Thnx

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I would keep it current.

If she wants to sit for NCLEX in USA some states require her current license be current and will want verification from PRC, and some states that require will also take a waiver.

CGNFS? IS that the test or the credential evalution thru CGNFS.

Only a very few states still want CGNFS test.

Did you check with your state nursing board where she plans on applying?

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I have a question. My wife says she's sending her medical school records to her mom and her mom will take them to her University and she says they'll stamp and seal them and then her mom can take it to get it sent here using DHL, but I asked. It says they have to be sent DIRECTLY by the school. Her response was, it'll be addressed from her school to CGFNS but her mom will take it to get mailed. Her school is Surigao Education Center. College of Nursing. We live in Columbus, OH. Will we run into any complications? Thank you for any and all help!

CGFNS states:

I live in the United States. Do I have to get the forms sealed or stamped from the school I went to in another country or can I just gather all the documents I have, translate them and send them to you?

We cannot accept transcripts, even sealed ones, sent in the mail from you. Please ask your school to send them directly to CGFNS at 3600 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651 USA. We can only accept official documents from the issuing source.

Any advice??

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She needs the school to stamp the back of the envelope with their school seal.

It should be fine for her to send to CGNFS via DHL or Fed Ex, If they sent it from school to CGNFS via postoffice it may never make it or take many months.

I recently did this for my fiancé credential Evaluation of her transcripts for the Texas Board of Nursing, We also had to go to PRC and have a verification of License sent to the evalution service (we used DHL). We were able to choose btw CGNSF, ERES. IERF.

ERES was the cheapest and fastest....

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My wife chose CGFNS.and she is done with everything even in PRC. well we're just waiting for her visa and she will take NCLEX here.

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Exactly..contact the States Board of Nursing...they will tell you exactly what they require

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My wife chose CGFNS.and she is done with everything even in PRC. well we're just waiting for her visa and she will take NCLEX here.

We did like you are doing. I had my fiancé get all her paperwork/transcripts sent from her school and PRC to Credential Evaluation service and she sent it via DHL.

She is her now and she has gotten her ATT for NCLEX. So now she is in study mode....

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My wife's nursing license is expired in the Philippines. Should she get that renewed before she processes her paperwork through CGFNS or does it really matter if it's expired or not?She doesn't want to pay the $380 yet if it's going to be delayed due to her license being expired... Any advice would greatly be appreciated! Thnx

tell your wife not to declare in her application at CGFNS that she's a registered nurse in the Philippines. so she doesn't need to renew her PRC license. anyway she can take NCLEX even not declaring that she's a registered nurse in the Philippines.

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My wife's nursing license is expired in the Philippines. Should she get that renewed before she processes her paperwork through CGFNS or does it really matter if it's expired or not? She doesn't want to pay the $380 yet if it's going to be delayed due to her license being expired... Any advice would greatly be appreciated! Thnx

I doubt they charge $380 to renew, that would be 2 months salary for a nurse in Philippines, I can see it being 380 peso.

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tell your wife not to declare in her application at CGFNS that she's a registered nurse in the Philippines. so she doesn't need to renew her PRC license. anyway she can take NCLEX even not declaring that she's a registered nurse in the Philippines.

What is she going to do if the state requires Local License to sit for NCLEX?

I would always keep up a Professional License it took to long to earn it. I plan to move abroad in a few years, and I will keep up my professional License. Many cases if you don't renew it after so long you will loose it.....

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