Applying as a nurse in Norway, anyone else?

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Hi, was just wondering if anyone else here is applying as a nurse in Norway??

I am leaving on sept 8 and want to get in touch with other nurses who is planning/hoping to work in Norway..

Please send me an email or pm

Thanks :-)

hi everyone! im just new here in this site. so im totally confused and lost. ive read some of the posts regarding the application for a residency in norway and wanted to work as a nurse too. What are the requirements for nurses in this state? i'm currently residing in Sydney, Australia. Do i need to take the norwegian language exam before i could apply for? how about the housing?! which is better, apply for a student visa or working? but my problem is i dont have any work related experience in nursing? can i still.apply for work as a nurse? hope you could help me. thanks! Godspeed:D

Why would you like to leave Australia? Given a chance, I'd rather work and live there :D Anyway, you could read up on this: Residence Permit to Learn Norwegian (Skilled Workers) I believe most of the users in this forum is looking at applying for that visa/permit :)

Also, if you'd like to work as a nurse there, just like other countries, your curriculum must be assessed first if it is at par with Norway's nursing curriculum. You'll also need to apply for a Norwegian healthcareprovider/nurse license (they call it Autorisasjon) you may find more details about it here http://www.sak.no/sites/SAK/english/Sider/default.aspx#.UQlYcORkySo

A lot of people advice to apply for the auxiliary nurse type of license first. Since working as an auxiliary nurse in Norway wouldn't require you to have prior nursing experience. Note though that you'll have to be proficient in the Norwegian language.

Hope my extra long reply helped :)

Hi guys! I am a Filipino Rn with 2 years hospital experience in the Philippines and 2 years experience here in Saudi Arabia. I'm interested to apply as a nurse in Norway but don't have any idea how or where to start...could someone help me pls...Thanks a lot

Thank you so much for the informations colleagues! I also plan to go to Norway :) still a plan, still not doing the first step but because of your big help I think I want it to pursue this time.

Information from the Filipino Embassy of Norway:

ADVISORY: FILIPINO NURSES & HEALTHCARE WORKERS SHOULD BE WARY OF ADVERTISEMENTS & CONSULTANCY FIRMS THAT PEDDLE MISLEADING INFORMATION ABOUT NURSING JOBS IN NORWAY

ADVISORY: FILIPINO NURSES & HEALTHCARE WORKERS SHOULD BE WARY OF ADVERTISEMENTS & CONSULTANCY FIRMS THAT PEDDLE MISLEADING INFORMATION ABOUT NURSING JOBS IN NORWAY | Embassy of the Philippines

Hey Guys!

I'm almost finishing reading all your comments. It makes me more interesting to apply in Norway. I have a few questions as of now. Once you have got your authorisation or license certificate as a health worker or whatever from SAFH, how long that is valid or if there is an expiry date, does it can be a renewable?

Thanks in advance.

hi , I already paid for my giro today.. How many months will I wait for the response of SAFH. WHat will be my next step if for example I got positive remarks from SAFH? Thanks need your help guys as I am processing my papers on my own without the help of an agency.

Hi, was just wondering if anyone else here is applying as a nurse in Norway??I am leaving on sept 8 and want to get in touch with other nurses who is planning/hoping to work in Norway.. Please send me an email or pm Thanks :-)
Hei everyone :)I was amazed when I read the queries and interests of all those who would like to know about working in norway as a nurse or auxiliary nurse. Im currently working here in Norway as an Auxiliary nurse in the elderly home. A piece of advice guys, learn the norwegian language by heart first. Certificates, license, etc are all nothing if one cannot communicate. Patients here are old people who never learned english and will never speak english, so how can one deliver care and function well in their workplace? :) takk for meg

Hi everyone! I would just like to ask, for all of you here who are already in norway, what are the exit clearances that I must secure from the Philippine government before travelling to norway?

HI all,

i'm new to this and i have read this http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/02/08/13/finding-nursing-jobs-norway-not-easy and now i'm not that quite sure about leaving. i have applied for a resident visa in Dec 2012, got my visa in Jan 2013, it was really fast, given that it were the holidays when i applied for it. got my safh this month. im gonna start my norwegian language class in next week.

question is, is it really hard finding a job in norway? back reading... i thought it does not. but i just wanted to make sure. might be leaving in mid March.

thanks all!

Hi! I know that there is a large number of filipino nurses who are very interested in coming here in norway and work as a nurse. Pls read this statement from the phil embassy here in oslo. ADVISORY: FILIPINO NURSES & HEALTHCARE WORKERS SHOULD BE WARY OF ADVERTISEMENTS & CONSULTANCY FIRMS THAT PEDDLE MISLEADING INFORMATION ABOUT NURSING JOBS IN NORWAY | Embassy of the Philippines

To tell you the truth, it is not so easy to find a job here in norway first bec of the language barrier. Even if you are studying the language in the phils if you are not practicing or using it still it is not enough when you use it here esp when you talk to a norwegian.they talk fast and the way they say it is unlike the way our language teachers say it. You really need to be exposed to the real norwegian envt to be well-versed with the language. Not too many people here speak english even your bosses in the nursing homes.it is not that they dont know the language but they value much their culture.

second, there are many job vacancies here but mostly what they offer do not meet what the UDI requires esp to us filipino nurses.we must at least get a 80% job or equivalent to 120hrs/mo or a 100%/full-time(154hrs/mo) to be given a working visa by the udi.otherwise you will be sent home upon the expiration of your student visa(max 1yr non-renewable). But mostly what they offer is only a 20-50 or 60% job and if they offer a job 80% or more, they usually give it to the norwegians or to those who could really communicate and write well. third, it is very expensive to live here in norway. so you must bring with you a lot of money. the public schools where you'll have your cost aroung 1500 for the once a week class and 3500 to 4500 for the 3x/week and 5x/week classes. and you have to pay every after 2 or 3mos for the whole school year.(aug-oct,nov-dec,jan-march,april-june). house rents are also expensive.if you are lucky enouch to find filipinos who own apartments, then you could 1500/for a bedspace.but i tell you those are illegal.

documents needed before you leave the country, poea papers and the like, none. you applied for a temporary residence permit to study the language or in short student visa, so you need not to secure a poea clearance or oec overseas employment clearance because in the first place you are not an overseas employee but just a student. Other people from airport offices like the immigration might question your purpose of leaving the country and ask you documents from the poea,just insist that you dont need those.

REMEMBER:

it is never good to ask someone about his/her salary.you'll get to know when you get your own job. but i tell you, you will be grateful you left the phils or mid east or any other country.

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