New Jersey Ofce of the Attorney General
Division of Consumer Affairs
New Jersey Board of Nursing
124 Halsey Street, 6th Floor, P.O. Box 45010
Newark, New Jersey 07101
(973) 504-6430
www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/nur/Pages/default.aspx
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT IN NEW JERSEY
Please read the following information carefully before completing a paper application for
licensure by endorsement.
If you previously held a nursing license in New Jersey, DO NOT complete an endorsement
application. You must contact the Renewal/Reinstatement Department in order to complete the
Application for Reinstatement.
1. Check the type of license for which you are applying. Answer ALL of the questions.
2. Attach a clear, full-face original passport photograph (2” x 2”) of your head and shoulders
taken within the past six months. Sign your name on the back of the picture. (Photocopies
and seles are not acceptable.)
3. Complete the application and sign it in the presence of a notary public. (Questions 6, page
2, and 7, page 3, and the Afdavit, Page 7).
4. If you are a U.S.-born citizen, please submit a copy of your birth certicate or U.S. passport.
5. If you are a naturalized U.S. citizen, please submit a copy of your U.S. passport or certicate
of naturalization.
6. If you are a legal alien or other immigration status, please submit your USCIS immigration
documents. (Submit a copy of both the front and the back of your card.)
7. Submit proof of a legal name change (i.e., marriage license, divorce decree, court order, if
applicable) if your name differs from that on your birth certicate.
8. Complete the Certication and Authorization form for a criminal history background
check.
9. If you live outside the metropolitan New Jersey area, please go to:
www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/nur/Pages/Fingerprint-Request.aspx and request
ngerprint cards. Complete the Morpho Trust universal form and two (2) ngerprint cards,
one black (New Jersey), and one blue (F.B.I.). Submit a check or money order in the
amount of $58.69 made payable to Morpho Trust.
10. If you live in the metropolitan New Jersey area, you will receive digital ngerprint
information via regular mail. Please schedule your appointment as soon as possible.
11. Submit criminal history documents (if applicable).
12. Provide written verication of licensure in good standing from the state in which you were
originally licensed, or are currently licensed, and from every state in which you have ever
been licensed. The verication shall be forwarded directly to the New Jersey Board of
Nursing from the applicable state board(s), if those state(s) are not listed on the NURSYS
License Verication Form.
13. Submit a personal check or money order in the amount of $200.00 made payable to the
New Jersey Board of Nursing. ($120.00 license fee, $75.00 nonrefundable application fee,
and $5.00 mandatory nonrefundable Alternative to Discipline fee.)
14. Submit the completed “Checklist for Endorsement,” with your signature on the bottom.
ONLINE APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Go to www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/Pages/onlinelicenses.aspx and submit an online
application with payment made by credit card. ($120.00 license fee, $75.00 nonrefundable
application fee, and $5.00 mandatory nonrefundable Alternative to Discipline fee.) Print
your receipt.
2. Submit a clear, full-face original passport photograph (2” x 2”) of your head and shoulders
taken within the past six months. Sign your name on the back of the picture. (Photocopies
and seles are not acceptable.)
3. If you are a U.S.-born citizen, please submit a copy of your birth certicate or U.S. passport.
4. If you are a naturalized U.S. citizen, please submit a copy of your U.S. passport or certicate
of naturalization.
5. If you are a legal alien or other immigration status, please submit your USCIS immigration
documents. (Submit a copy of both the front and the back of your card.)
6. Submit proof of a legal name change (i.e., marriage license, divorce decree, court order, if
applicable) if your name differs from that on your birth certicate.
7. Carefully read and check the attestation at the end of the application granting the Board
authorization to conduct a criminal history background check.
8. If you live outside the metropolitan New Jersey area, please go to:
www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/nur/Pages/Fingerprint-Request.aspx and request
ngerprint cards. Complete the Morpho Trust universal form and two (2) ngerprint cards,
one black (New Jersey), and one blue (F.B.I.). Submit a check or money order in the
amount of $58.69 made payable to Morpho Trust.
9. If you live in the metropolitan New Jersey area, you will receive digital ngerprint
information via regular mail. Please schedule your appointment as soon as possible.
10. Submit criminal history documents (if applicable).
11. Provide written verication of licensure in good standing from the state in which you were
originally licensed, or are currently licensed, and from every state in which you have ever
been licensed. The verication must be forwarded directly to the New Jersey Board of
Nursing from the applicable state board(s), if those state(s) are not listed on the NURSYS
License Verication Form.
12. Submit a copy of your receipt, signed at the bottom.