To Filipino Nurses in NEW ZEALAND? Have questions please..

Hello once again,

Another information I need to share, perhaps advise.

Please do not take any offer from an agent or agency to come to NZ as a Health Care Assistant.

Some agent offer Phil. Registered Nurses to come to NZ to study a short course, which is the HCA(healthcare assistant course). As mentioned on my previous entry, a course that only takes 3 months or less is possible on a Visitors Visa. Agent will enrol you to this courses and get you in NZ, they lure nurses that has an IELTS score below 7 (score that is not accepted with the NCNZ). NCNZ do not regulate HCA. Anyone can take this courses. The agent will tell these nurses to complete the course, there's job in NZ, take the IELTS in NZ if you wanted to continue your RN dream in NZ, then submit your application for registration as a nurse while you're in NZ.

What if...what if you can not pass your IELTS test, what if the NCNZ decline your application bec of some reason.

The pay for HCA is not that great, what if you have a family to feed back in the Phil., what if you have loan money for all the expenses to come to NZ, and lastly what if immigration NZ only give you one year work permit. Think about the cost living in NZ and at the same time supporting family back home.

So my suggestion is, pass the required score for IELTS, work or gain some experience even a little( rather than nothing), ask your school to prepare a course outline/syllabus,
be good to your work colleague (bec they're the one to give you your references),gather the necessary documents for application for registration to the NCNZ, and of course prepare financially.

If you need an agency to process your application, then find one that is a POEA approved agency. Generally they should charge a what they call placement fee, which is equivalent approx. to a one month pay as a nurse in NZ. They will do the authentication of your documents, arrange your travel, communicate to NZ base agency(if there is one). in this way you can continue to work while your application is in the process.

To everyone who wants to work in NZ, give it a go it's worth. Good luck.

Hello susanhamburgerz,

Of course you don't need an agency or anyone to process your application if you can do it yourself. I just mentioned that if anyone wants to use an agency (since a lot of Filipino still do) then a POEA approved is better. You can go back to them in case you're not satisfied with the whole processing of your application, you can report them to the proper authority. And in regards to the placement fee(or agency fee), under POEA regulations- a 1 month salary equivalent is the cost of their fee. This is to give the applicant/s an idea how much should they be paying to avoid these agency to charge enormously.

Thank you for your comment, I guess this is one way to clarify my view. I do respect your opinion as well.

Hello cioman94,
I'd like to answer your question in many ways. First, given that you're holding a visitors permit(suggested in my previous entry as Visitors Visa) then either you convert it to a work permit or extend your visitors permit. If you have a work permit, you have to convert it to a work visa so you can travel back in the Phil. and when you're ready then you can use it to come back to NZ(as long as it's not expired). If you have an extended visitors permit, your stay in NZ is basically extended (and you're legal to stay) once you leave NZ, your visitors permit also expires. Which means you have to find a way to come back easy to NZ.
Now, you can apply online to job vacancies in NZ. If the unit thinks that you are an asset to their department(with all your experience and reference check are excelent)then they can give you a job offer which is good bec you can use the job offer as a tool to apply for a work permit/visa to come to NZ.

In regards to employment with only one year experience, I'm sure you can still get a job (global shortage of nurses) one year is better than nothing. The important thing is if the NCNZ will approve your qualification in the Phil and ask you to take the CAP. Once NCNZ is please to say that they're happy for you to take the CAP then thats you key for a bright future.

Before I end this, I'd like to thank Brian(owner of allnurses.com) for giving me the opportunity to share my view/s, I'd like to thank the moderators too, and to you all who are a member of this site and participated in this forum.

Also if I may, I'd like to tell everyone that I'm a nurse in NZ for 16 years now. The reason why I want everyone to know is that all info that I put in this site are all genuine. We have also help considerable no. of Phil nurses to come to NZ.

Once again, thank you.

Hi everyone,

I have a question to all nurses working in New Zealand. I am planning to be licensed in Queensland, Australia. I would want to keep my options open. I have a lot of friends in New Zealand and would want to work there instead of Australia. Do I have the option of endorsing my Australian license to NZ through mutual recognition even if I am an overseas educated nurse? Can anyone shed a light on this? Thank you so much.

Hi everyone,

I have a question to all nurses working in New Zealand. I am planning to be licensed in Queensland, Australia. I would want to keep my options open. I have a lot of friends in New Zealand and would want to work there instead of Australia. Do I have the option of endorsing my Australian license to NZ through mutual recognition even if I am an overseas educated nurse? Can anyone shed a light on this? Thank you so much.