If you need an official letter verifying your ANCC certification for legal, educational, work-related, or other purposes, we can help!  Verifications are not automatically sent to you, state boards of nursing or employers.

• You must request a verification for each purpose you require.
• Individuals with multiple certifications must order separate verifications for each certification.
• Allow 7 business days for processing
• Mailed certificates arrive via USPS first class delivery.

Order Online

• You will need the certification number or social security number of the certified nurse
• Payable by Visa or MasterCard
• For help, contact Customer Care Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM EST at 800.284.2378

Order by Mail

• Individuals: Download Individual Verification Request [pdf]
  Institutions: Download Institutional Verification Request [pdf]
• Provide the certification number or social security number for of the certified nurse(s)
• Payable by check, money order, debit card, Visa or MasterCard
• Mail to: Certification, American Nurses Credentialing Center, PO Box 8785, Silver Spring, MD 20907-8785
• For help, contact Customer Care at 800.284.2378, M-F, 9 am 5 pm EST

Fees
Type	1st Verification	Subsequent Verifications
Initial Certification	Free	$40
Renewed Certification	Free	$40
Eligibility to Test	$40	$40
Institutions
Initial Certification	$50	$50
Renewed Certification	$50	$50
Eligibility to Test	$50	$50

Institutional Accounts
Employers and organizations may establish an institutional account and order verifications as needed. Once ordered, verifications may be immediately printed from your desktop. To set up an institutional account for ordering verifications, call 800.284.2378, M-F, 9 am 5 pm EST.

Instant Print Function Instructions
Institutional account holders may print verifications immediately (vs. mail delivery) when the following technical requirements are met:

1. Run Internet Explorer version 7.0 or higher.
2. Turn off your pop up blockers (before entering the ANCC website).
3. Ability to view PDF documents through Adobe Reader (preferably version 8 or higher).
4. Print from a PC. Vertifications will not print from a Mac.
5. If printing from a networked computer, a networked computer, please check with your IT department to ensure the Firewall TCP Port 8080 is open.

Your computer must meet ALL requirements or you will be unable to use the instant print function. If the instant print function malfunctions, please DO NOT CLICK ON THE "PRINT LETTER" BUTTON. Please call 1.800.284.2378 and indicate that you are unable to print your online verification orders.

Companies/State Boards of Nursing
Ordering an official verification of certification provides primary source validation of certification. ANCC recommends against accepting wall certificate or wallet card photocopies as proof of certification, as these documents can be altered after leaving ANCC.

Please note that certain ANCC certifications require the individual to provide official direct source validation of nursing education at the time of initial application. This is true of all ANCC certifications that require transcripts for eligibility: all nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist certifications, as well as informatics, nursing professional development, nurse executive, and nurse executive advanced certifications.

Questions?
Call 800.284.2378, M-F, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST.
Ask for a Senior Verification Specialist.