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The Certification Program
About the service
The CGFNS Certification Program is designed specifically for registered (first-level, general) nurses educated outside the United States who are eligible to practice as registered nurses in the United States. The program is comprised of three parts:
- a credentials review, which includes an evaluation of secondary and nursing education, registration and licensure;
- The CGFNS Qualifying Exam® a test of nursing knowledge offered three to four times a year in over 50 test sites worldwide, also satisfies one of the immigration requirements for securing an occupational visa to work in the United States; and
- An English language proficiency examination.
The CGFNS certificate is required of internationally educated registered nurses by a majority of U.S. states in order to take the NCLEX-RN® licensure examination.
CGFNS certificate holders consistently have a higher rate of success on the NCLEX-RN® examination than internationally educated nurses who do not hold the certificate.
 Certification Program fees
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2009 fees |
2010 fees |
Certification Program application
Initial application includes the CGFNS Qualifying Exam®, the Official Study Guide for the CGFNS Qualifying Exam®, a credentials review, and an English language proficiency verification. |
$418.00 |
$445.00 |
Reprocess an expired application
A reprocess is for applicants who paid in full, but were never rostered for the CGFNS Qualifying Exam®, because the requirements of the application were not met within the first 12 months. It adds another 12 months. |
$098.001 |
$150.001 |
CGFNS Qualifying Exam® re-examination application
A re-examination schedules a new exam for those who did not pass or did not arrive for the rostered exam. |
$308.00 |
$350.00 |
Change exam date
This fee is for those who want to change their exam date or location after the deadline. |
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$050.00 |
Reprocess an expired application for the CGFNS Qualifying Exam® re-examination
A reprocess re-examination is for applicants who paid in full but were not rostered for the CGFNS Qualifying Exam® because the requirements of the application were not met within the first 12 months. It adds another 12 months to the application order. |
$098.001 |
$150.001 |
Exam rescoring service
The CGFNS Qualifying Exam® is scored by computer for reliability. If you have failed the exam and feel that a hand-scoring of your answer sheet would help, you may request this service up to two years after the exam. |
$075.00 |
$100.00 |
Verification of certificate letter
Verifies that a CGFNS certificate was issued |
$075.00 |
$100.00 |
Replacement certificate
Replaces a missing original CGFNS certificate |
$100.00 |
$150.00 |
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1 Applicants are given 12 months to meet the requirements of the application order, after which it expires. If an application that has been paid in full expires, an applicant has up to 12 months to apply for a reprocess (another 12 months on that application) and fully pay the reprocess fee listed above in the fees table. If an applicant has NOT paid in full, or if fees paid were applied to previous services, and the application order expires, applicants do not qualify for the reprocess, but must submit a new application and pay the full fee to have 12 months to process the application and complete all the requirements. The subsequent 12 months begins when we receive the new application.
Fees as of January 1, 2010. Fees may change without notice.
Two methods of applying for CGFNS International services
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