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I married a pinay nurse. She took the NCLEX (several times b4 passing). California licensed her without CGFNS (which i have read is basically an English language test) but at the time, my asawa was afraid her English skills were lacking, so she got the CA license and then used reciprocity to obtain her RN License in our state, which requires CGFNS. A PH board exam passing does not mean one can practice nursing in the U.S., all 50 states require passing the NCLEX for LPN and RN.

Just a suggestion: rent a mail box, to maintain a local address, perhaps one with a physical address, instead of just the U.S. Post Office. Preferably one that forwards mail to you, especially bills

and USCIS correspondence

They currently use a Web form instead of a direct E-mail.

Go to this Web site:

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3342.html

Click where it asks if you are the petitioner, agent...

When you click on the "click here" it opens up a window at

http://203.177.135.10/wwwiv/app_webform.asp

You then enter case information. name, MNL number. I believe it won't work unless you have an MNL number.

Can one take an eligible child to St. Luke's for the visa exam with just the NVC letter, saying they sent the I-800A & I-800 petition & approval notice to the US Embassy Manila now?

Or is an official appointment letter and I-800 approval notice required?

The Embassy received the petition July 8. E-mail from Manila IV correspondence unit: "Instructions for Immigrant Visa Applicants (formerly Packet 3) sent instructions to the ICAB... The ICAB will gather the documents in support of the visa aplication." The St. Luke's medical report is obviously one of the documents.

ICAB has his passport (presumedly, since they applied for it in June). The exam fee we submitted to ICAB. ICAB hasn't responded to my repeated E-mails in over 4 weeks. No live person ever answered the phone at St. Luke's-useless answering system.

If the nursing board in your state requires CGFNS, you need to take it. Call the state nursing board or check their Web site.

You may not practice nursing in the U.S. until you pass the NCLEX.

Asawa obtained nursing license in adjacent state that did not require TOEFL, then with that license, applied for nursing license in husband's state, which requires it. She was scared to take English test.

TOEFL/IELTS is a very simple standardized test of English language proficiency. You will have to speak English in all facilities (even though most nurses & many Doctors are Filipino.)

Called ICAB. They are waiting for paper from Embassy. Apparently ICAB acts as a proxy for prospective parents, so they file DS230. But we still have to get child to St. Luke's.

To be close to your spouse in Mexico, have him move to a town on the border, and move your family close to the border where you can find work, on the U.S. side, like El Paso or San Diego. Then you and your U.S. citizen kids can at least visit daddy in Mexico regularly if not daily, at a short commute. Skype video chat in the meantime. See a good lawyer, a lifetime ban is hard to overcome.

Under 12 years, seminar is not required.

Would ICAB in Manila file a visa application on my behalf? My Hague-accredeted adoption provider says they don't see it. I don't want two different versions at the Manila Embassy. The i800 provisional approval says I or the ASP files it. We paid the medical exam fees to ICAB thru the asp.