filipino to migrate in Canada.... what to do to become a RN?

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i am new to this forum. i am a r.n. in philippines and will migrate in canada (vancouver). i haven't actually practiced my profession as a nurse in hospital setting instead as a company nurse.

actually i don't know have an idea :idea: as to what to do to become a r.n. in canada.

should i need to take up another how many years of nursing in canada?

what should i do? kindly help me please!! thanks a lot.

Hi Janfrn

The CRNE is only available in Canada and it is only written three times a year. It was written on Feb 8; the next sitting is in June and the deadline for application is early April. However you can't apply to write the exam until a Canadian regulatory body gives you authorization. The most obvious place for you to write would be Vancouver.

Why'd you say Vancouver is the most obvious place to write the exam?

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

Well, Vancouver is the closest major Canadian city geographically to the Philippines. The person to whom I was replying indicates s/he lives in the PI, and as for all IEN applicants, will have to come to Canada to write. S/he mentioned nothing about having friends or family already here. Why would someone fly for an additional six or eight hours at greater expense to write in Toronto, for example?

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If ever I was authorized by a regulatory body to write the exam, do I have to pay another fee for the exam???or is it included with the payment for evaluation??If I need to pay another fee, how much would that be???And if I will write the exam in Vancouver, Would i be 100%guaranteed to be given a visa or i need to apply as a tourist on my own?

Sorry for too much questions but im really interested in working in Canada. I recently passed NCLEx but with retrogression, I think it would be better to go find an experience in another country first since its hard to find a job here in the Philippines

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

Your assessment fee only pays for your assessment. The Canadian Registered Nurse Exam fee is $495 this year and is in addition to whatever fees you've paid for your assessment and documentation, IELTS and any other fees you've been levied.

The nursing colleges (regulatory bodies) have nothing to do with visas of any sort: applying for them, obtaining them or issuing them. You might be able to find an employer that would help with the process but at the end of the day, you will have to do the work. You will have to obtain your visa on your own. And there are NO guarantees of anything... you may apply for a tourist visa and be refused.

Are you only interested in working in Canada because you can't get into the States? Is that a good enough reason to come here? The process is hard work, costs a ton of money and causes a lot of frustration, but it is what it is because the Canadian people deserve to have high quality health care. Just read some of the things your countrymen are writing here about Canada and the hassle of coming here to work.

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I prioritize US since my sister is there while i have no relatives in Canada. That is the main reason why i took NCLEX first before considering CANADA. I know its hard to migrate in a country where you basically do not know anyone...but I am willing to take the risk to practice my chosen profession. I have high regards for canadians and I believe that quality healthcare should be equally given to everyone regardless of race. I do know your countrymen deserves such healthcare that I am willing to render.

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hi! id like to ask if working experience is a requirement for applying as RN in Canada? If i dont have any experience in hospitals, would they possibly reject my application? and for the Filipino RNs in Canada, you think our curriculum in the philippines are somehow same with theirs? hope you guys can answer. thanks!

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Hi hotpotato

emailed CRNBC about the experience part of the application and they said it's not a requirement. Although, the registration process does require one to complete 250 hours of supervised duty. And without any experience it would be hard but certainly not impossible to find a canadian hosptal to work on those hours.

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hi! id like to ask if working experience is a requirement for applying as RN in Canada? If i dont have any experience in hospitals, would they possibly reject my application? and for the Filipino RNs in Canada, you think our curriculum in the philippines are somehow same with theirs? hope you guys can answer. thanks!

The province that you wish to apply to will review your training and see if it meets their requirements. Please be aware that not all programs that offer the BSN meet the requirements for all provinces in Canada.

Going for licensure there and getting a job are two very different things, if you do not have experience, you are definitely going to have to go thru a special program that they have in place before they will issue you a license.

All of this has been discussed here, just take the time to do some reading.

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I prioritize US since my sister is there while i have no relatives in Canada. That is the main reason why i took NCLEX first before considering CANADA. I know its hard to migrate in a country where you basically do not know anyone...but I am willing to take the risk to practice my chosen profession. I have high regards for canadians and I believe that quality healthcare should be equally given to everyone regardless of race. I do know your countrymen deserves such healthcare that I am willing to render.

Canada is a completed separate country from the US, and Canadians do not like it when people post that they are wishing to go there because of the retrogression that is in place for the US. And the fact that after they spend the time training someone and then visas open up, they leave.

There are actually many other countries that you can go to for experience without having to go thru all of the requirements for Canada when your true goal is to be able to get to the US. It is nothing personal against you, just the fact of how things are.

Not sure what the statement about the quality of healthcare has anything to do with what is being discussed here. Canadians just do not want to be the second choice of someone, nothing more than that.

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hotpotato,

look for the posts by soundbites...he's got actual experience on the whole process of registration in BC. You'l find his posts pretty helpful if you're planning to get registered in beautiful british columbia.

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i see. thanks for the help rafaeltoney & suzanne =)

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You are quite welcome.

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