Both VisaScreen and CGFNS Certificates are needed

All Registered Nurses who intend to work in the USA with green cards or with NAFTA Treaty
non-immigrant TN Visas must have a VisaScreen Certificate.

To be issued the VisaScreen certificate, in addition to paying for the VisaScreen Assessment cost of
$448, a RISTERED NURSE must have the CGFNS Certificate which is earned by taking a test given
in many countries around the world.  For Mexican nurses the CGFNS qualifying exam can be taken in
Mexico City or Monterry, Mexico, or in Los Angeles or Houston if the nurse has a visitor visa to the US.
The cost of the CGFNS Certification Program is $418.00.

The CGFNS Certificate Program is different and a separate cost than the VisaScreen Certificate
Program.  You must register, pay the $418.00, meet all qualifications, pass the CGFNS Qualifying,
examination and the English exams to earn the CGFNS Certificate.

You must register, pay the $448.00, meet all qualifications, PLUS have a CGFNS Certificate in order
to receive a VisaScreen Certificate.  This rule that you must have the CGFNS Certificate in order to
get a VisaScreen Certificate only applies to nurses. Other health care workers who also need the
VisaScreen Certificate do not have to have the CGFNS Certificate, like physical therapists.

Because of the one year requirement to meet the conditions of the VisaScreen program, nurses are
advised to register, pass the CGFNS and English exams, and receive the CGFNS Certificate before
applying for VisaScreen program.

Many of the conditions and procedures for the VisaScreen Certificate Program are identical to the
requirements of the CGFNS Certificate Program. Fortunately you don't have to duplicate the
requirements twice when applying for the VisaScreen Program.

Below are a CGFNS Certificate and a VisaScreen Certificate earned by one of the Medical Doctors
who re-trained as a nurse in our program.

Keep in mind that for immigrant visas (green cards) and non-immigrant visas (NAFTA NT visas) it is
sufficient to have passed the CGFNS Certificate Program and to have been issued a VisaScreen
Certificate to be issued your green card or NT visa.  Once you receive these two Certificates you
qualify for your immigrant or non-immigrant visas, you do not have to pas the NCLEX-RN to receive
these visas.  But you cannot start working in the USA in the State of California until you have
registered for the NCLEX-RN and obtained an Interim License or passed the NCLEX-RN and
obtained a full license.

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