VISASCREEN^®

• About the VisaScreen^®:
  Visa Credentials
  Assessment
  and how to apply
• Program requirements (PDF)
• Steps to obtain
  a VisaScreen^® certificate
• English language
  proficiency requirement
• 212(r) Certified Statement
• Streamlined Certification Process
• VisaScreen^® renewal

GLOSSARY

• CGFNS online account status messages
• CGFNS programs and services and other organizations
• English language proficiency
• Health care profession titles
• Licensure and education

QUESTIONS ?

• General
• CREDENTIALS
  EVALUATION SERVICE
• VISASCREEN^®: VISA CREDENTIALS ASSESSMENT
  • Immigration
    and visas
  • 2006 Philippine exam
• CREDENTIAL VERIFICATION SERVICE FOR NEW YORK STATE
• CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
  • CGFNS Qualifying Exam^®
  • NCLEX^®
• ISPN PROGRAM
  • ISPN China
• Academic records/ Transcripts and License/ Registration/Diploma
• Application problems
• CGFNS ID number
• Correspondence and
  Customer Care
• Documents
• Educational deficiences
• English language proficiency
• My status
• Payment

English language proficiency requirement for VisaScreen^®

About this requirement

The English language proficiency assessment confirms that the applicant demonstrates the required competency in oral and written English based on the applicant’s achievement of passing scores on tests jointly approved by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Applicants educated in specific countries where English is the native language and the textbook and instruction language (see below) are exempt from having to take an English proficiency exam.

Who does not need the exam

For you to be exempt from the English proficiency requirement for the VisaScreen^® Visa Credentials Assessment:

• Your entry-level professional education occurred in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada (except most of Quebec), New Zealand, Ireland or the United States.
• Your textbook and instruction language was in English.

English requirement waived for certain VisaScreen^® renewal applicants

Beginning 1 March 2010, applicants renewing their VisaScreen^® certificate who can demonstrate employment in the United States (in the health care profession that is designated on their certificate) do not have to take another approved English exam if the following is met

• The period of employment must be for at least 27–36 months, including nine months of the year before the date that your renewal application is submitted. Your employer needs to submit and sign an employment summary on corporate letterhead for the English requirement to be waived.

Who needs to take the exam

If you do not meet the criteria above, you need to take one of the following groups of English language proficiency examinations. The testing organization forwards your score to CGFNS for evaluation.

• TOEFL^® iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language, Internet-Based Test) measuring all four skills of communication: reading, writing, listening, and speaking or
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS): Academic format for registered nurses, physician assistants, speech language pathologists, audiologists, clinical laboratory scientist (medical technologist); or General Training format for medical laboratory technicians (medical technicians) and licensed practical nurses
• Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists may take TOEFL^® iBT only.

The passing scores for the English language proficiency examinations are located in the VisaScreen^® Application Handbook and the VisaScreen^® Requirements.

Contact details for English language proficiency exam centers

Applicants apply directly to:

TOEFL® iBT ETS (Educational Testing Service) PO Box 6151 Princeton, NJ 08541-6151 USA Telephone: +1 (609) 771 7100 or +1 (877) 863 3546 Monday through Friday, 8am to 8pm, U.S. Eastern Time Fax: +1 (610) 290 8972 Email: www.ets.org/toefl/contact/contact_form Website: www.toeflgoanywhere.org

IELTS IELTS International Please use IELTS contact us page to direct you to your nearest test center: www.ielts.org/candidates.aspx Website: www.ielts.org