Pass the NCLEX.
The first time.

No. There is one NCLEX-RN and one NCLEX-PN, and they are identical regardless of where you trained. What differs is everything before the exam — credential evaluation, English proficiency, and state board eligibility — plus the fact that the exam assumes U.S. clinical norms, U.S. delegation structures, and American English phrasing. That assumption is what we train against.

Yes. Pearson VUE operates NCLEX international test centers in a number of countries, including the Philippines, India and Nigeria. You must still be found eligible by a U.S. state Board of Nursing first and receive an Authorization to Test. Confirm current locations and availability directly with Pearson VUE, as they change.

Almost certainly yes. Some state boards waive the exam when instruction was in English — but the federal VisaScreen certificate exempts only nurses educated in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada outside Quebec. The Philippines, India and Nigeria are not on that list.

If a U.S. work visa is any part of your plan, budget for an English exam regardless of what your board waives. Our IEN guide covers which test to sit — including why OET suits nurses better than IELTS, since its reading, listening, writing and speaking sections are all clinical — plus the current score minimums and a 10-week study plan using only free material.

The IEN Complete Pathway also includes English for Nurses, an online module with clinical listening audio, reading practice, referral-letter structure, speaking role-plays with in-page recording, and a vocabulary drill. Verify current requirements with CGFNS/TruMerit directly.

CGFNS International is the organization most U.S. state boards rely on to evaluate the education of internationally educated nurses, and the body that issues the VisaScreen certificate. It began operating under the name TruMerit in 2025; both names are still in circulation and refer to the same organization.

No. Passing the NCLEX makes you eligible for a state licence. Working in the United States is a separate immigration process.

For most internationally educated nurses — and almost all Filipino nurses — that route is the EB-3 immigrant visa, an employer-sponsored green card. The H-1B temporary visa rarely works for bedside nursing, because most U.S. staff nurse posts accept an associate degree and so fail the "specialty occupation" test.

Nursing does have one large advantage: it is a Schedule A occupation, so your employer skips PERM labour certification — a step that adds a year or more to most other employment green cards.

The constraint is the queue. As at the July 2026 Visa Bulletin the EB-3 final action date for the Philippines was 1 August 2023, meaning a wait of roughly three years from the date your employer files, and the State Department warned it may lengthen. Check the current position yourself at travel.state.gov — it is free and published monthly. Our Philippines guide covers all 17 steps and the estimated cost of each.

It varies enormously by country, state and individual circumstances — credential verification alone can take several months because it depends on your school and your national regulator responding. Realistic planning means starting verification and studying in parallel rather than sequentially. Our pathway checklist maps typical timelines so you're not waiting idle.

No. The full 158-question Alpha diagnostic and the weakness report are free, with no card and no paywall. If you later unlock the full program, your diagnostic results carry over automatically.

Over 1,000 questions across the four stages, written and maintained in-house by our faculty rather than licensed from a third party. A large share are in Next Generation NCLEX formats — case studies, bow-tie, matrix, drag-and-drop, highlight and extended multiple response — because those are the items now carrying the clinical-judgment scoring. The bank is kept aligned to the 2026 NCLEX test plan that took effect on 1 April 2026.

No. It's a one-time payment for the complete program — remediation, the 200-question readiness exam, and the adaptive final. No recurring charge, no expiry countdown.

Not yet — we're building it. Live cohort review taught personally by both of us, scheduled to work across time zones, is in development. Rather than guess at the syllabus, schedule and price, we're asking future students directly. The short survey below takes about two minutes, and everyone who completes it hears first when dates open.