DDD

HELP! i really cant find where to get the chicago, illinois fingerprint card request form. i need it badly. please help.

You need to request for fingerprint card at this address:

Upon receiving the fingerprint card follow these instructions:

1. Utilize a fingerprint card obtained from this Department/Division
2. Take it to a local police authority in any state to obtain classifiable prints
3. Contact an approved livescan vendor and make arrangements for them to process your fingerprint card. Not all approved livescan vendors process the fingerprint card. Two such vendors that do process the fingerprint card are Accurate Biometrics/Art’s Investigations or Identix. Send the fingerprint card directly to the approved livescan vendor. The fingerprint vendor will advise you of the processing fee.
4. DO NOT send the card directly to the Illinois State Police or Federal Bureau of Investigation (regardless of what is indicated on the card itself).
5. If you follow these instructions, the results of your criminal background check will be electronically forwarded to this Department/Division when available. Failure to follow these instructions may result in a delay in the processing of your application for licensure.

ANNE

i am confused about my aplication in Illinois, i already sent my requirements and payed the fee for CES application and yet i still i didn’t recieve any letter or confirmation from them.what should i do next?

The payment for the CES Application should be given to CGFNS or the company you chose to evaluate your school records. The CES might take some time before results are sent to Illinois Board of Registered Nursing you can check the status of your CES application online providing you register in their site and provide them with your basic information as well as your CGFNS ID number. Most probably without the CES result your papers won’t be evaluated by the Illinois Board of Nursing yet since it is part of the requirement. it would be best to follow up the status of your CES application first.

BEVERLY L.

Hi! I have another Question. Is it okay to use another person’s credit card when registering on the NCLEX exam in pearsonvue.com? thanks!

Yes that’s not a problem as long as you can provide the basic information for the cardholder such as billing address, name, and other details of the card.

ROY M.

Magandang araw mga kababayan! i have all my documents here in my hands all i need to do is to mail it to California BON, but The Social Security number is bothering me so much, do i need to leave it blank?(since mahigpit na bilin ng Cali BON “NO SS # – NO PROCESSING) or fill it with my ss no.(Philippines)? anu ba talagang ss no ang hinahanap ng BON sa california? SS ng pinas or SS ng america? kung sino man ang makakatulong thanx!

The SSN that they are asking for is the one for the US. Sadly, you cannot get one not unless you are a legal resident/ citizen of the US. You can just place NOT APPLICABLE in the space for the SSN.

ERI

Hi! My name is Erika and I recently passed the NCLEX exam in California. I have a possible employer but they are in Missouri. I’ve been searching the internet for an endorsement application for Missouri but I can’t find any. I don’t even know the steps I have to do for this. Please help? Thanks so much!

Congratulations! Well here is the RN Endorsement Packet for Missouri most of the instructions you need can be seen there. Let me know if you need help on anything else.

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LEI

hi..i need heLp..i am actuaLLy working on my NCLEX appLication right now..but i have these questions which reaLLy bother me:
1. i didn`t take the NLE Last year because i have to go to the US as soon as i graduated..do i have to write and send a written expLAnation about this to the CALifornia BON?

Yes you would still have to write an explanation letter on why you did not hold a RN license in a country where you studied nursing.

2. how many finger print card/s do i have to send?

If you are already in the US you can just take advantage of the LiveScan process. I think it is much convenient as opposed to the finger print card process. You can download the Live Scan form in the California Board of Registered Nursing Website. But if you opt to do it via fingerprint card you just need to send one.

3. is RLE records the same as Course Description?

Nope its different. RLE is the record of your related learning experience which is kind of a breakdown of the number of hours of duty you did every year as a nursing student. It also gives them the description of what is being done during those RLE each semester. The course description on the other hand enumerates and describes each of the subject you took in order to complete nursing school.

MARGUERITE

Hello, I was told that it’s ok to take the California NCLEX without local exam. I just have to write an explanation letter why. I just want to confirm this and if you have heard of some cases like this. Thanks.

It depends on your reason for not being able to take the local board exam. Most of the people I have encountered do not hold a Philippine RN license because they are either an immigrant or a citizen of another country.

LILLY

i was wondering if anyone can help me…i am currently in seattle, washington right now…i’m about to become a resident alien and will be getting my social security number soon.  i called up the washington BON and was told i need to have my TOR evaluated with CGFNS but it doesn’t necessarily mean i need to take the exam.  is this true? and i still also need to take up TOEFL.   which is ok with me…but a friend of mine who is a resident in hawaii took a california nclex and processed a reciprocity with hawaii after he got his cali license…and he said the nclex is all that is required in cali..no more toefl…i asked about this with the BON too and they told me i need to have proof of california residence for endorsement…so i’m kinda confused right now whether to a.) just process everything here in washington or b.) try to do it “the easy way”, if it really is the easy way, and just apply for cali and have my cali license endorsed to washington.

Yes what they are saying is correct. Because the CGFNS Exam is different from the CGFNS CES wherein the Washington BON uses CGFNS’ services to evaluate your nursing degree (especially if you graduated outside the US) if it is at par with their standards. With the CES, you need to provide CGFNS with your school credentials etc. With regards to your other query, you have to understand that each state has different requirements so you cannot really compare each state’s process. The thing is though when you endorse to another state you might still need to provide the state wherein you plan to transfer to whatever requirements they might have that California did not require. I think it would be logical to just apply in Washington if you intend to practice in Washington as opposed to applying in California then endorsing to Washington it saves you time and money at the same time.

FORD

Thanks miss Joan for the the reply….i follow what you’ve said and hopefully my application for nclex will be approved..thanks a lot…

No worries I hope my suggestion helps if not let me know let’s see if we can think of other options for your dilemma Good luck!

KENNETH

hello, i badly need help,, i just finished the ces process which i think the first step on allpying nclex in Illinois. Whats the next step after that? 1. I already printed the CT NUR/ ED NUR forms but i dont know how to fill them up.

You just need to fill up the first half of both forms which is your basic information. As for the Profession Name write: REGISTERED NURSE and Profession Code is 041

2. What about the SS#? im totally confused

Well the SSN is given to a person who is legal resident or citizen of the USA. So not unless you are either of the following you can just write N/A.

3. After filling out the forms, ED NUR will be submitted to the nursing School while the CT NUR will be submitted to PRC, am I right? just like the CES process? I hope you can help me guys! Thank you,,,

ED NUR is sent to your school and then once they have accomplished it you can send it together with your application form. The CT NUR will be given to PRC and then they will be the one to send it to Illinois Board of Nursing. Hope this helped to clear out things in your application. Best of luck!

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