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Inside Immigration

Plain-language guides to US immigration, asylum and USCIS procedure.

Forms

I-905 Application for Authorization to Issue Certification for Health Care Workers

An organisation applies for USCIS authorisation to issue the health care worker certificates that nurses and other health workers need for a visa. It is a credentialing-body application, not an individual one.

Fee
$230
Fee waiver
Not available
Who files
Organisations seeking to become credentialing bodies.
Where to file
By mail to USCIS.

Part of these processes

What changed in 2025 and 2026

  • A credentialing-body application rather than an individual immigration filing.

Official page. https://www.uscis.gov/i-905. Download the form there, never from a third-party site; check the edition date and fee before filing.