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cno lack of transparency, i am unable to contact the entry to practice assessors. unfairness i have been waiting more than others.

my wife who was a rn in our country applied to cno 18 months ago for license as a rpn(she studied in 2 years program). 12 months ago cno got all necessary documents. since then they do not answer phone and do not answer e-mails. their customer service is useless, all they can say is that: "your file is in line for assessment". in line for assessment for 12 months. is it reasonable?

they did answer us when we involved our local parliament member but answer was the same. when they answer they just give general answers like "we experience high volume of applicants". i am not even sure whether they really bothered to check the status of her file. w

we even contacted [color=#5b1094]office of the fairness commissioner but they do not part in personal cases(how convenient).

i personally went trough cno as rn an it took me less time to complete the process. i know other internationally educated rpns who completed the process in less time.

did anybody pay attention they do not advertise the contact information of their senior staff, all other provinces do. you need to fish around for that information.

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Fair enough, but realistically anywhere you wish to apply will take at least 3 months. While the CNO may have said one month, I would automatically have added more time. They do have more applicants than all of the other Colleges, so this is the reason for delays.

they do have more applicants but maybe they have more staff members to process these applications? CNO building looks 10 times bigger than SRNA. It is not just one guy here vs another guy there who processes these applications.

Dear IENs please share, how long did it take in your case to get licensed as RPNs!

Thank you in advance

I hope my experience was just one of the few. Mine was actually pretty straight forward because CNO only need asked to submit a registration verification from Nova Scotia and nothing from the school etc. IENs have a much lengthy process.

Anyway, I hope magnoliya can come back to let us know after.

sure I will

yes good luck. I hope you come to a resolution very soon. I'm sure if you've waited this long, that it will be resolved very soon.

thank you

it is just my poor wife who has been waiting for 18 months. Hopefully they will not ask her to repeat IELTS since it has expired now. I guess it will be difficult to find employment after such a long time of not practicing her skills.

Fair enough, but realistically anywhere you wish to apply will take at least 3 months.

This is the normalization of deviance.

They should stand behind of what they post. People plan their lives.

I think Canadian regulatroy bodies and the provincial and federal governments are working on improving the process of assessing the credentials of internationally education professionals. They have enacted legislation, such as Bill 124, the Fair Access to Registration Act and they have created the pan-Canadian framework for the assessment and recognition of foreign qualifications. The principles of the pan-Canadian framework are; fairness, transparency, timeliness and consistency. One of the goals of the Pan-Canadian framework is "commitment to timely service, that within one year, an individual will know whether their qualifications will be recognized or be informed of the additional requirements necessary for registration, or be directed toward related occupations commensurate with their skills and experience".

Hopefully your wife will here from the CNO soon.

thank you for your replay I liked it

So did you finally get a response?

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