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How to look up and verify a nursing license in U.S. Virgin Islands

Verifying a nursing license in U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) takes two trusted sources: Nursys and the state board. Here is how, and what the result tells you.

How do I verify a nursing license in U.S. Virgin Islands?

Look the license up on Nursys QuickConfirm, the national verification system, and confirm details with the Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure. U.S. Virgin Islands has enacted the compact but has not implemented it yet, so a U.S. Virgin Islands license is single-state — valid in U.S. Virgin Islands only. Nursys will confirm its status and expiration.

Last reviewed 2026-06-17

What Nursys shows

Nursys QuickConfirm reports the license type (single-state or multistate), current status, and expiration for participating boards. It is the fastest way to confirm whether a license carries compact privilege.

Checking with the Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure

For anything Nursys does not show — or to confirm official requirements — go to the Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure. The board is the authority on U.S. Virgin Islands licensure; we do not make licensure determinations.

Why no U.S. Virgin Islands license is multistate yet

U.S. Virgin Islands has enacted the compact (December 6, 2021) but has not finished implementing it, so the Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure has not issued a single multistate license. Every U.S. Virgin Islands license in existence today is single-state, and verification will not show otherwise. A multistate license from another state does not authorize practice here in the meantime either.

What trips people up in U.S. Virgin Islands: The most useful board page in this entire survey, for a reason that has nothing to do with the Virgin Islands. VIBNL is the only board we found that publishes what to do when a lookup returns NOTHING: it names the escalation path — email the board at vinurseinfo@bnl.vi.gov, or file a missing-record request with the Nursys helpdesk. Everywhere else the empty result is a dead end you are left to interpret, which is exactly how it gets misread as “no license”. Treat this as the template for what to ask any board for. Practically: RN and LPN verify on both the VIBNL portal and Nursys; APRN and CNA verify on the VIBNL portal, so an empty Nursys result for those two is the wrong system, not a missing credential.

RN, LPN/LVN, and APRN

Verification works the same for RN and LPN/VN licenses. APRN authority is separate and verified per state — see APRN and the compact.

What your result means

Nursys and the Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure tell you what a license is. They do not tell you what it lets you do in another state — that is a compact question.

Covered by Nursys for participating boards.

2. What does the verification show?

Pick a result and two jurisdictions to see what it means.

This explains what a verification result means for practicing across state lines. It does not verify a license and does not decide eligibility — the board of nursing does both, and this tool points you at the right one.

What usually comes next

Next-step checklist

  • Look the license up on Nursys QuickConfirm (nursys.com).
  • Note whether it reads single-state or multistate.
  • Confirm anything unclear with the Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure.
  • Remember a U.S. Virgin Islands license is valid in U.S. Virgin Islands only.

Frequently asked questions

Use Nursys QuickConfirm, which shows license status, type, and expiration for U.S. Virgin Islands, or check directly with the Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure. We do not store or look up individual license records.