Foreign educated applicants must submit a Foreign Educated Application and  meet the following criteria:

• Graduate from an international education program (approved by the authorized accrediting body in the applicable country and verified by an independent credential review agency). See Accepted Credentialing Agencies below.
• Successfully complete the NCLEX-PN or NCLEX –RN exam.
• Provide verification of nursing licensure status and/or authorization to practice, if applicable, from country of origin.
• Successfully pass an English proficiency exam that includes the components of reading, speaking, writing and listening (except for applicants from countries where English is the native language and the nursing program was taught in English and used English textbooks).
• Provide a copy of your social security card AND another form of lawful presence (driver's license, birth certificate, passport, or other items listed on the application.)
• Graduated from a foreign pre-licensure nursing education program within 5 years from date of application.

Accepted transcript credentialing agencies:

• CGFNS course-by-course evaluation (Commission for Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools); or
• CGFNS certificate program (CES); or
• ERES (Education Records Evaluation Service); or
• IERF (International Education Research Foundation, Inc); or
• Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.

If you are a foreign educated nurse and are currently licensed in the US, you will submit an Endorsement Application instead of the Foreign Educated Application.