Talent is universal.
Meritt gives internationally trained nurses a clear, verified plan for getting licensed in the United States.
263,000 immigrant health professionals in the US are working below their training because no one gives them the exact steps, in order, with the real costs.
They’re part of the estimated 2 million college-educated immigrants the US leaves underemployed, while federal analysts project a shortage of 108,960 registered nurses by 2038, falling hardest outside the big cities.
Sources: Migration Policy Institute (2020) · MPI, Leaving Money on the Table (2021) · HRSA Nurse Workforce Projections (2025)
1.Tell us where you’re from and where you’re going.
Five questions: profession, where you trained, your qualifications, your target state. Two minutes, no documents.
2. Get your roadmap, built from verified requirements.
Every step comes from the official board’s published requirements, source-linked and dated. AI personalizes the explanation to your background; it is architecturally barred from inventing a fee, a timeline, or a requirement.
3. Work the steps. Watch the finish line get closer.
Check off progress, see costs done and remaining, and study for the NCLEX inside Meritt.
You see the full cost of your state’s process before you spend anything.
Licensing has real costs, and nobody tells you upfront. We do. In California, the application fee alone is $750 for internationally-educated nurses, more than double what US graduates pay (CA BRN fee schedule). Your Meritt roadmap sums every verified fee into a total range before you spend a dollar, and tracks what’s left as you go. The cost view is free. It stays free.
Registered Nurse paths are live today, verified state by state.
Every path we publish is human-verified against the state board before it ships, which means we would rather cover a few states truthfully than fifty approximately. If your state is not live yet, save your spot; every entry tells us which state to verify next. Beyond the US: the UK is on our expansion path.
Guides: California · Florida · Georgia · New Jersey · New York · Texas