212(r) Certified Statement

About the 212(r) Certified Statement

To qualify for the Certified Statement under Section 212r of the US Immigration and Nationality Act, internationally educated nurses from a Section 212(r) designated country* must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN^®); hold a current, valid and unrestricted license from one of the five designated Section 212(r) states — Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, and New York; and have graduated from a nursing program in which the language of instruction and textbooks were in English.

*Effective September 21,2005, Barbados and Jamaica join Australia, Canada (including the five recently CGFNS designated English-Language Schools from Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and the United Kingdom as 212(r) designated countries. 212(r) status exempts nurses from English language proficiency examinations and qualifies them to receive a certified Statment from CGFNS as an alternative process in lieu of a VisaScreen^® Certificate.