Advice for anyone registering in Ontario from another province

[oceanqueen1985]

I have had such a frustrating time transferring my registration from BC to Ontario that I hope to save someone else the time and grief i've experienced.

Advice!

-If you are an RN coming from another province, the process will likely take several months. NOT 4 weeks as the CNO states. I started the process to register in July and am not yet registered (mid Oct).

-If your previous provincial license is expired or non-practicing, you will require: references from your previous job, DETAILED documentation from your nursing school and transcripts, information from every provincial college you have ever been licensed in. This will all be send by mail only. It will take weeks and weeks for them to be completed by all the difference bodies. And then the CNO will take 8 weeks (and counting...) to review it all.

-Reinstate your previous provincial license if you were non-practicing in another province!!! (this was the case for me). Despite having a BScN from the University of Alberta (2009) I have been required to provide them with course descriptions from my years in nursing school. Which they may not accept it seems!!! Despite my degree and transcripts AND passing the CRNE AND previous registration as a nurse in BC.

This process has been a nightmare. Be prepared for very little communication from the college and months of processing.

Hope no one else is in the same boat.

[North American Nurse]

I have worked in multiple states and provinces - none gave the trouble that Ontario does. I do not accept the excuse that there are so many nurses in Ontario and this is the reason for the lengthy, unfriendly, process to become registered in Ontario. My NY and MI licenses were validated long-distance with FBI fingerprints, continuing education & legislation validation, verification of my previous licensure and completed with +++ positive and prompt customer feedback & responses AND in 12 and 6 weeks respectively. Compared to Ontario (where I was previously registered and completed my initial training), unresponsive, lengthy, no feedback...and currently....no registration.