help with requirement 6 for CNO

[sm6531]

hi!:nuke:

i am a portuguese nurse who has always worked in portugal, but knows how important it is to go abroad and get new experiences. i started my application to CNO a long time ago. i have done this very slowly because i was taking a health psychology degree (4 years) at the same time and i was thinking about going to canada only after i had finished the degree. i graduated from nursing school in 2002 and from psychology faculty last year. i had already passed crne and ielts. i have read a lot from the forums:bugeyes:, Acts,CIC,i went to the canadian embassy in portugal ( they told me to contact the embassy in paris), but i still have some doubts about want to do now. So , here are my questions:

1- When CNO writes about "Requirement 6: Proof of Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency, you are required to provide a copy of your current Canadian Citizenship, permanent residency documents or authorization under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) to work as a nurse in Canada". So to fulfill this requirement they ask you to provide:

A) a photocopy of your Canadian Birth Certificate or

B) Landed Immigrant Papers/Permanent Residence Card or

C) Certificate of Citizenship or

D) work permit that provides authorization to practise nursing in Ontario or

E) a valid Canadian passport.

A,C and E is not applicable to me. A permanent residency will take to long. a work permit is what i am looking for, because it will take less time,but from what i have read in cic this not give you the right to be a permanent resident or even a canadian citizen and this is the requirement that they ask for. Am i misunderstanding something? Is a work permit the document necessary when you apply under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada). Is this that applies to me ?

2- when applying to a job i have to pay particular attention to the contract? i mean, since a work permit is usually one year this means i can only apply for a temporary job and not a permanent job. what does it means a temporary or permanent job in ontario.?

3- will i be able to study(not at a degree level), its more like those specific courses like health assessment for example?

i know , i know it was a long thread:typing

i appreciate any advice that someone can give me, because i am doing this process on my one.:wink2:

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

Wow, where to start...

Your work permit is enough documentation to be permitted to come to Canada and work as a nurse. The CNO wants you to provide them with ONE of the listed documents. Many people choose to come on a work permit then petition for permanent residency once they're here. The trick is to make the iming work well. You don't want to be sitting on your hands, twiddling your thumbs in a fourth-floor walk-up in downtown Toronto waiting for employment while the clock on your permit ticks down. So it's best to have everything lined up before you arrive so no time is wasted. You have an advantage over many others who have arrived without the CRNE and IELTS completed, who find out their qualifications aren't recognised or miss the deadline for writing and have to wait months before they can start work.

A temporary position is sometimes called a term position. It means you are filling someone else's permanent position while they are doing something else. They may be on maternity leave, working in a temporary position on another unit, on an educational leave or on long-term disability. Many temporary positions are posted with a specific end date, but some are posted as indefinite, meaning that the person who holds the position could come back into the job at any time, with as little as 48 hours' notice. You want to stay far away from those!! Another requirement is that you must work full time while you're here on a work permit. So you have to look for positions that will give you full time hours. It's a juggling act for sure.

Is there anything else we can help with?

[suzanne4, RN]

I moved this thread to the International Forum since it is specific to licensure and immigration issues and not directly with a concern of actually working in Canada.

Plrease refer to the banner at the top of the Canadian Forum for more information.

Not all native Canadians are aware of the requirements for the international nurse so we ask that all quesions like this go the International Forums.

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We are also seeing other countries have this requirement, as well as some states in the US before they will issue a license. They just want to make sure that you will be able to work. And most get the temporary visa when they go to Canada and then become landed immigrants once they meet all of the requirements for that. Some also get landed immigrant status before they arrive, but that is up to the government there.

Best of luck to you. When you actually have all exams written, then one usually will get the landed immigrant status from the beginning.