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2003 News and Alerts Due to the age of these news items, information (including links) may be outdated. Please use the search feature at the top of the page to find more current information on the subject or to find a current link. MAY 20, 2003 CGFNS reopens exam center in Mexico City The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) is pleased to announce that it is reopening an exam center to conduct the CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM for nurses in Mexico City, Mexico, beginning with the November 12, 2003, exam. CGFNS administers its exam three times each year for nurses educated outside the United States who wish to practice nursing in the United States. The exams are offered at over 40 locations worldwide in March, July and November. The new exam center will be open for the November 12, 2003 exam and all exams thereafter. The exam center number for the Mexico City location is 927. Applicants wishing to sit for the November 12, 2003 exam in Mexico City, or any exam thereafter, should designate the exam center number 927 on their Certification Program application. The dates and deadlines for the CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM in 2003 and 2004 are as follows:
The CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM is designed for first-level, general nurses educated outside the United States who wish to become licensed in the United States. Forty U.S. states require that foreign-educated nurses pass the CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM before they will be authorized to sit for the NCLEX-RN®, the U.S. National Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses. In addition, United States law provides that nurses seeking to obtain permanent work visas to the United States to work in their profession must obtain a VisaScreen® certificate from CGFNS. This certificate attests to: 1) the comparability of the nurse’s education and training to that offered in the United States, (2) ability to speak and write English at an appropriate level, and (3) possession of a currently valid and unencumbered nursing license in the home country. CGFNS is an immigration-neutral, nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is an internationally recognized authority on the education, registration and licensure of nurses worldwide. CGFNS’s mission is to provide responsible leadership in the delivery of relevant services to the global nursing and health care community. The organization was founded in 1977 through a collaborative effort by representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor; Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services); the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and representatives from nursing organizations, including the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. For additional information about CGFNS and its services, contact: CGFNS International, 3600 Market Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651 USA; telephone: +1 (215) 349 8767; fax: +1 (215) 349 0026. |
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