EUCON International College President Christian Wei is hoping that the Division of Immigration would finally grant visas to six Chinese students now that the school has secured a seven-month provisional license.
Wei said the school had applied for a student visa for each of the six Chinese students who arrived here in Aug. 2001 to review for and take the U.S.-administered nursing test called National Council for Licensure Examination, or NCLEX.
But Wei said Immigration wanted Eucon to meet several conditions before it granted visas to the students.
Among the conditions is that the six must undergo the mandatory health examinations again.
But Wei said the health permit of the students won’t expire until August.
Wei is also hopeful that the CNMI Board of Nursing Examiners would finally look into the NCLEX applications of the six students.
The board is the only authorized body in the Northern Marianas allowed to evaluate the qualifications of NCLEX applicants.
If the examinee is qualified, her application will be forwarded to proper authorities in the U.S. for final approval before she could take the NCLEX.
The six Chinese students have been on Saipan for 10 months now. But they have yet to take the nursing examination. Their passports were also taken away from them by Immigration, which said it could only act on their visas if Eucon secured a license to operate its college.
Last June 3, the State Board of Regents gave Eucon a new provisional license.
The regents suspended Eucon’s provisional license last March due to concerns about its educational facilities.
