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The International Commission on Healthcare Professions
(ICHP), a division of the Commission on Graduates of
Foreign
Nursing Schools (CGFNS), administers the VisaScreen™:
Visa
Credentials Assessment Program for internationally born
registered and practical nurses, physical therapists,
speech
language pathologists and audiologists, medical
technologists,
medical technicians, occupational therapists, and
physician
assistants who are seeking an occupational visa to work
in the
United States. VisaScreen™ is a U.S. Federal Government
approved certification program which is required of the
above
listed professionals.
The VisaScreen™ Program includes an education analysis,
licensure validation, English language proficiency
assessment,
and in the case of registered nurses, an exam of nursing
knowledge.
CGFNS has issued more than 60,000 VisaScreen™
certificates to
internationally born healthcare professionals in the
last seven years.
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