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Whether the nurse resides outside the U.S. or within when applying, the nurse must be in possession of:
a. A diploma from a nursing school in her country;
b. A license to practice nursing in her country; and
c. A full and unrestricted license to practice professional nursing in the state of intended employment, or a certification that she has passed either the US licensing examination (NCLEX-RN) but cannot obtain the license without the social security number, or the examination given by the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS).
d. Visa Screen Certificate
In addition, unless the nurse was educated in an English-speaking country, she must achieve a certain score on tests in written and spoken English administered by TOEFL or IELTS in order to qualify for a VisaScreen Certificate. Passing scores for RNs are as follows: TOEFL Paper-Based 540; TOEFL Computer-Based 207; Test of Written English (TWE) 4.0; Test of Spoken English (TSE) 50. IELTS (Academic Module only): 6.5; IELTS Spoken Band: 7.0.
TOEFL/TSE web site: http://www.toefl.org
IELTS web site: http://www.ielts.org
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