Hi @donna022786!

In regards to submitting copies of your clinical rotations, good luck if you're school is able to produce those. I would just follow-up on it, if you are requesting them to be sent to the BON or directly to you. For me, our school had students have a school copy & personal copy of our clinical rotations. As for your passport, I'm not sure in your case on why it is needed. Is the lost passport a Philippine or U.S. passport? For me, I assumed the passport copies were to verify that I was there on a student visa & the entry/departure stamps-

Again with the CBON..I'm at a loss for words..Best of luck to all who are in this predictament.. Can someone please tellme, does this only happen in California? And why does it seem that all foreign students apply there.? Teresa

 my lost passport is a philippine passport...and I had it replaced last year...

nursealicious, Thank you for claifying the information for me. You know, I have moved and had to get license by reciprocity for different states. But, thank God, I didn't have to go through this.. I do have to give you all credit for your persiverence and your drive.. God Bless you all.. Best of luck on your future endeavors..Teresa

FYI:

Attention Foreign Graduate Nurses ( specifically Filipino Nurses)

I and three of other nursing graduate from Philippines went to Board of Nursing in CA last Feb. 7th.

According to them they are "dennying" "99%" of "Filipinoes" applying for NCLEX (in CA).

They started doing an investigation just last year of November. So whoever trying to apply for NCLEX after that month would not be easier for you to be eligible.

It sad to hear that news. Schools in Philippines should be aware of that. But it seems like nobody knows what is going on. Please spread the news specially for Filipinoes who are trying to get their eligiblity in CA.

They are prioritizing graduates in CA, that's why they are making it hard or even impossible for foreign graduates to be eligible.

This might sound discriminating for us Filipino nurses. I wish we can do something about it.

Im a Us citizen(bluepassport since birth) i already have my SSN and I graduated BS Nursing Here in PH(Last oct2011) Im gonna apply in Nclex.. What Requirements do you think CaBoN will request?? I need some help and answers. huhu. for those have situation like me and already receive eligibility letters.. plss MSG me..  add me on FB. kram_hustlah8y.c. Thank u guys. God Bless..

 So this is a post to all Philippine Nursing graduates who have applied to the California Board of Nursing and have been denied due to lack of concurrency/requirements. i know our situation is not looking to bright right now BUT we should not give up until we explore all options. i have been advised to try to get word out to your local assembly man and ask if they can help you in anyway. also sent a letter to the Philippine Nursing Association in San Diego stating my problem. The more pressure we can put the more answers we can get and hopefully find a solution to this and not have wasted 4 years of studying. So i ask you all kindly try to get word out there by doing the same and if you have any suggestion please post up because its not just us who are having this problem. i know of other students who are currently studying abroad and will run into the same problem when they are done studying.

nursealicious says ...

Hi Everyone!

I applied for the NCLEX-RN for CA in 2011 & was eligible. I am a Philippine nurse graduate & an American Citizen.

I would love to assist anyone with the process.

 Hi, I reapplied Dec 2011 and received a letter after 2 weeks and was asked for my clinical cases. They sent my clinical cases from my school to BRN. Its been a month and still haven't got any response from them. I just recently found out that the clinical cases should be concurrent with the theory. I completed my cases for 3 semesters. Do you think that I would still be eligible? I know some applicants were asked to get an excused letter from their school to BRN and some were told to go back to school for a year here in California. Its so frustrating. How was your application and requirements? Thanks :) Good luck on your exam! 

jhendizon says ...

FYI:

Attention Foreign Graduate Nurses ( specifically Filipino Nurses)

I and three of other nursing graduate from Philippines went to Board of Nursing in CA last Feb. 7th.

According to them they are "dennying" "99%" of "Filipinoes" applying for NCLEX (in CA).

They started doing an investigation just last year of November. So whoever trying to apply for NCLEX after that month would not be easier for you to be eligible.

It sad to hear that news. Schools in Philippines should be aware of that. But it seems like nobody knows what is going on. Please spread the news specially for Filipinoes who are trying to get their eligiblity in CA.

They are prioritizing graduates in CA, that's why they are making it hard or even impossible for foreign graduates to be eligible.

This might sound discriminating for us Filipino nurses. I wish we can do something about it.

 

 

That is so wrong! We should all have the right/chance to take the NCLEX. The CAT is the only thing that can tell us if we are meant to be a nurse or not. Does it matter if your a retaker or new applicant? 

 

Greetings everyone. I am a Philippine nursing graduate last Nov 2011 and a green card holder and came back to the US a few weeks ago. I'm worried since I haven't gotten my local license and I read it's a requirement. Is there any other person in the same situation as me?

omg!literally, I am one of them victim. stupid racist people targeting filipino grads because they know we have a better education and better training abroad.over here, as long as you get your hours on clinicals completed even if you have no cases at all(in other words, NO KNOWLEDGE!) in your OB rotation for example, the school will consider it and you definitely can graduate-since youve finished your hours at same theory time plus clinicals... but in the philippines, the school will not let you graduate if you haven't completed your 5 cases in major & minor OR, delivery  cases and such wherein the dates does not matter upon completion of cases as long as it is done before your graduation day(SMARTIES! i call it..not dummies). On top of that, you did all your rotations and clinicals/theory and you even get to go back to same clinicals just to complete those cases like for example, you've been in medsurg or OR, still you can be rotated same area in order to complete your cases since it is a REQUIREMENT!--isn't that an ovewhelming knowledge compared to a case-less CA 90hr completed graduate dummy?. They deny my application the first time and this is my 4th time applying since I did not pass  for the 3rd time. wtf! what does that mean? they made me eligible for 3 times in a row and my fourth time applying, they deny it because of nonsense unreasonable excuse of concurrency does not match the dates of theory bs....come on! give me break! where is equality here base on better training and knowledge? you change the rules that quick due to your own selfishness! no wonder new rn CA grads gets dum nowadays and cant find no job after they graduate(school failure!)...no wonder filipino grads abroad gets deny nowadays because they are so smart and pretty quick on things and yet no dummies...to me, what CA BON is doing to filipino grads abroad is injustice, unfair, wrong, questionable, selfish, racist...you name it...something needs to be done to correct this inequality and unfairness... one thing to remember... don't give up..follow your dreams!knock and it shall be opened to you...seek and you shall find...ask and it shall be given to you....

 Hello. To all the aspiring NCLEX applicants of California Board of Registered Nursing.

At this time, California is imposing severe restrictions on your applications. This is a result of some incompetent Filipino graduate nurses who recently became Registered Nurses but were reported delinquent to a disciplinary committee in California due to bad nursing practice OR a select few applicants who produced fraudulent nursing records in order to comply with the CA-BRN. It also became a result due to certain select falsified Nursing diplomas of applicants who, while living in the United States, in hopes of fooling the California Board of Registered Nursing produced the commonly called *Recto falsified documents*. This implementation began in November 2011 and affects all aspiring (non-passing) re-applicants, brand new-applicants, and future RN renewals (of Philippine Graduate) in the State of California.

(Note: The falsified documents from "Recto"  does not refer to any nursing school associated with that name. Rather, the term "Recto" is a colloquial term which refers to falsified or doctored transcripts/diplomas/documents which may be obtained for sale along Claro M. Recto Avenue in Manila, Philippines.)

Should you choose to apply for a Nursing License in California---whether as already an American Citizen or with Filipino Citizenship---you *will* be subjected to the following concurrency issues. Please note that all applicant fees and mailing fees submitted to the State of California are non-refundable and final.

1. That you should possess a Nursing License administered by the Republic of the Philippines through the Philippine Regulation Commission. 

2. If you were once a foreign student, i.e. American Citizen, or U.S. immigrant with a limited visa time allowance while studying in the Philippines----a formal letter of explanation is required as to why you did not comply with obtaining a Philippine Nursing License (due to limit of timestay accorded by your Philippine Student Visa).

2. That your nursing clinical rotation schedule AND clinical cases be complete *per* skill type.

3. That your nursing clinical cases must be complete *BEFORE* the date of your graduation ceremony.

4. That your nursing clinical cases must strictly match *WITHIN* the semester associated with RLE or NCM skill---in addition to having been completed *before* the date of graduation ceremony. (Note: This refers to some nursing schools in the Philippines that are not subjected to CHED's regulation do not have this rule in their curriculum)

5. That you should possess a valid SSN or TIN number for security and verification purposes.

Failure or inability to fully comply with these requirements are grounds for the rejection of your application packet.

At this time, a certain motion is also being prepared to affect Philippine graduates already working as Registered Nurses in California to be subjected to the same concurrency regulation ONCE their License Renewal is to be updated.

Should an applicant chose to apply to another State, other than California and be approved to take the NCLEX and be a licensed Registered Nurse in that state (i.e. Vermont, New Mexico, Etc.)----returning back to California in hopes of reciprocity at a future date will still subject you to the same concurrency regulation---and be denied of Licensure in California---as the basis of CA-BRN Licensing Unit is education---not the passage of NCLEX examination or the obtainment of License at another U.S. state.

Should the California Board of Registered Nursing offer you a partial solution, it is among the following items:

1. Comply with the requirements needed as itemized on the letter of response. If you believe that you have completed your cases before the date of graduation ceremony, and within the structured semestral confines of your RLE and NCM *per* type of case matching----then ask your Nursing School to comply and produce those requested documents.

2. If your application is deemed incomplete, then a partial solution would be to re-take your cases at an accredited California Nursing School. At this time, no Nursing School or any Nursing business establishment will provided cases for Free, or cases without a paid tuition fee classes associated with the clinical case. (Business-wise it isn't profitable for the school). And it is wishful thinking that the school will consider you, a NON-enrolled student, be prioritized first before their own paying students with tuition-fee obligation---to which the school must commit to graduate.

3. Since no other school is offering these cases, ONLY the University of San Francisco is offering these cases at this time----the usual requirement by the California Board of Registered Nursing is the completion of Medical Surge and Obstetric Cases-----the usual timeline to complete these cases is One Year. After  which, you must still re-apply again in entirety to the Board of Registered Nursing and seek to be approved to take the NCLEX examination, pay the non-refundable application Fee, comply with the required Nursing School documents. Even then, the NCLEX examination approval and the NCLEX passing are *not* guaranteed.


4. Move on or choose to take up another profession other than Nursing.

 

5. Contact your Assembly locality or other Nursing Associations who may shed assistance, advice, or solutions to this delicate matter.

Hope this Helps. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, bless you all and lead you to the right decision. 

 Thank you for the info and post Santo_Nino.

This helps answer many questions about this situation.

If I may ask where and whom did you receive this information from ?

Thank you

donna022786 says ...

 also they asked for a copy of my passport which im not gonna be able to produce because i have a lost passport and I had it replace last year...I dont know if this is gonna be a problem...I am a green card holder though and I sent also a copy of my SS card...this is very stressful...:(

 

 

Hello Donna, did you try to call the CA BON re your lost passport? I am in the same situation right now.We moved residence three times (and even stayed in a motel for a month) in a year and a half, a lot of our files got misplaced including passports and other personal docs. I couldn't seem to locate them now that we settLed. Did you get a response on how to go forward with your application for NCLEX? I can, for sure, provide documentation that I was in the Philippines from 2007-2010 going to school (like bank accounts, my cases with dates and signatures) but not the actual passport with the dates stamped with my date of entry in the PhiL march of 2007 and date I left in 2010.

hi! can u guys help me about the letter u sent to the BRN CA explaining the reason of not having a local license, can u send me a sample please... here's my email address litel30@yahoo.com.... thanks guys... :)