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TruMerit credential services and VisaScreen
TruMerit provides state-dependent credential reports and VisaScreen. A report your board requests is a different service from federal health-care-worker certification, so know which one you need.
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The role
What this body does
Credential-evaluation provider and authorised federal health-care-worker certificate issuer; it is not a state licensing board
Jurisdiction boundary
Where this role applies
United States state licensure and federal immigration, depending on service
The role stops at that scope. Licensing, registration, immigration, work authorisation, and eligibility decisions belong to other bodies.
Applicability
Who needs this body, pathway by pathway
- Applicants whose chosen board directs a credential evaluation or English report. For Order only the state-accepted credential assessment in India to United States registered nurse pathway.
- Covered noncitizens seeking admission, adjustment, or a change or extension to work as an RN, subject to USCIS rules. For Obtain federal health-care-worker certification if required in India to United States registered nurse pathway.
- Applicants whose chosen board directs a credential evaluation or English report. For Order only the state-accepted credential assessment in Philippines to United States registered nurse pathway.
- Covered noncitizens seeking admission, adjustment, or a change or extension to work as an RN, subject to USCIS rules. For Obtain federal health-care-worker certification if required in Philippines to United States registered nurse pathway.
Connected pathway pages
Connected process steps
- Order only the state-accepted credential assessment in India to United States registered nurse pathway: Send the selected board the credential evidence and report type it actually accepts. Scope: United States; state-dependent credential assessment. Verified .
- TruMerit: What is the English Language Proficiency Report for CES? Source verified .
- TruMerit: Credentials Evaluation Service Professional Report Source verified .
- TruMerit: Fee Schedule and Policies Source verified .
- TruMerit: How do I Choose the Correct TruMerit Service? Source verified .
- Obtain federal health-care-worker certification if required in India to United States registered nurse pathway: Meet the separate federal immigration certification requirement when your intended action triggers it. Scope: United States federal immigration. Verified .
- United States Health Resources and Services Administration: Foreign Health Care Worker Requirements Source verified .
- TruMerit: Updated English Language Proficiency Exams and Score Requirements by HRSA Source verified .
- TruMerit: VisaScreen: Visa Credentials Assessment Source verified .
- TruMerit: VisaScreen Reprocess of an Expired Order Source verified .
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services: Health Care Worker Certification Source verified .
- Order only the state-accepted credential assessment in Philippines to United States registered nurse pathway: Send the selected board the credential evidence and report type it actually accepts. Scope: United States; state-dependent credential assessment. Verified .
- TruMerit: What is the English Language Proficiency Report for CES? Source verified .
- TruMerit: Credentials Evaluation Service Professional Report Source verified .
- TruMerit: Fee Schedule and Policies Source verified .
- TruMerit: How do I Choose the Correct TruMerit Service? Source verified .
- Obtain federal health-care-worker certification if required in Philippines to United States registered nurse pathway: Meet the separate federal immigration certification requirement when your intended action triggers it. Scope: United States federal immigration. Verified .
- United States Health Resources and Services Administration: Foreign Health Care Worker Requirements Source verified .
- TruMerit: Updated English Language Proficiency Exams and Score Requirements by HRSA Source verified .
- TruMerit: VisaScreen: Visa Credentials Assessment Source verified .
- TruMerit: VisaScreen Reprocess of an Expired Order Source verified .
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services: Health Care Worker Certification Source verified .
Connected official evidence
Fees, timing, and other official information
Official fee facts
- USD 125 — Conditional CES English Language Proficiency Report fee (conditional or optional); effective .
- TruMerit: Fee Schedule and Policies Source verified .
Published timing information
- 12 months — VisaScreen initial-order completion window (conditional or optional); effective .
- TruMerit: VisaScreen Reprocess of an Expired Order Source verified .
Connected-step cautions
Common mistakes in connected steps
- Assuming every state accepts the same TruMerit service.
- Using the stale CES English FAQ amount instead of the live Fee Schedule and portal.
- Treating VisaScreen as the state licence.
- Assuming the order remains open indefinitely or using TOEIC from stale copy after the 2026 HRSA change.
Questions about this official body
- Is a credential report for my state board the same thing as VisaScreen?
- No. TruMerit provides both: credential reports that depend on your state board, and VisaScreen. A board-requested report and federal health-care-worker certification are separate services, so know which one you need.
Evidence record
Official source ledger
Each entry records who published the source, what it covers, and when it was last checked.
- United States Health Resources and Services Administration
Foreign Health Care Worker Requirements
- Scope
- United States federal health-care-worker certification
- Last verified
- TruMerit
What is the English Language Proficiency Report for CES?
- Scope
- United States state nursing licensure; dated conflicting price copy
- Last verified
- TruMerit
Credentials Evaluation Service Professional Report
- Scope
- United States state nursing licensure; regulator-dependent
- Last verified
- TruMerit
Fee Schedule and Policies
- Scope
- TruMerit credential and certification services
- Last verified
- TruMerit
Updated English Language Proficiency Exams and Score Requirements by HRSA
- Scope
- United States federal health-care-worker certification
- Last verified
- TruMerit
How do I Choose the Correct TruMerit Service?
- Scope
- United States state nursing licensure; regulator-dependent
- Last verified
- TruMerit
VisaScreen: Visa Credentials Assessment
- Scope
- United States federal health-care-worker certification
- Last verified
- TruMerit
VisaScreen Reprocess of an Expired Order
- Scope
- United States federal health-care-worker certification
- Last verified
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Health Care Worker Certification
- Scope
- United States federal immigration
- Last verified
TruMerit provides state-dependent credential reports and VisaScreen. A report your board requests is a different service from federal health-care-worker certification, so know which one you need.