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2002 News and Alerts Due to the age of these news items, information (including links) may be outdated.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. JUNE 25, 2002 CGFNS opens new exam center in Cochin, India The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) and Mr. A.C. Jose, Member of Parliament from Kerala, jointly announced that CGFNS will establish a test center to conduct its CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM for nurses in Cochin, Kerala, India. This center will be in addition to the organization’s current test center in India, located at Bangalore in the State of Karnataka. CGFNS expects that the first exam to be administered in Cochin will be in March 2003. The joint announcement was made in Washington, D.C., while Mr. Jose was on a private visit to the United States. Mr. Jose has actively sought the establishment of a CGFNS test center in Kerala. CGFNS administers its CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM three times each year for nurses educated outside the United States who wish to practice nursing in the United States. The exams are administered in 40 countries worldwide in March, July and November. CGFNS received approval from the Indian Government to administer its exam in India in 2001. The first exam in India was given at Bangalore on March 13, 2002. The exams scheduled for July 10, 2002, and November 13, 2002, will also be administered in Bangalore, while preparations are being made for the opening of the additional center in Cochin. Applicants wishing to sit for any of the 2003 CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM in Cochin should designate the Cochin center number, 851, on their application form at the time of filing. The test center number for Bangalore is 850. The dates and deadlines for the CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM in 2002 and 2003 are as follows:
The CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM, one of the elements of the Certification Program, tests the nursing skills of nurses who seek to practice nursing in the United States. The Certification Program is designed for first-level, general nurses educated outside the United States who wish to become licensed in the United States. The three elements that comprise the Certification Program are 1) a credentials review, 2) the CGFNS Qualifying ExamSM, and 3) an English language proficiency examination. 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. 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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