Meeting AHPRA requirements as a International Trained Nurse from the Philippines

[Silverdragon102]

New thread discussing meeting APHRA requirements if trained in the Philippines.

Resources

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

International registration / Nurses / Home - Nursing Council of New Zealand

Part 1 thread New grad Filipino nurse wanting to work in Australia/New Zealand

Part 2 thread New grad Filipino nurse wanting to work in Australia/New Zealand

I have started a thread in the Immigration for Immigration requirements for Australia/New Zealand

[cynthia santos]

Anyone who is for ihna?? Just want to know where did you do the mrsa clearance?? Thanks a lot!!

[evan10]

Anyone who is for ihna?? Just want to know where did you do the mrsa clearance?? Thanks a lot!!

Hi Cynthia, what campus and intake are you for IHNA?

[belle_v2g, BSN, RN]

Anyone who is for ihna?? Just want to know where did you do the mrsa clearance?? Thanks a lot!!

I heard that you can do it in st lukes medical center.

[ayanami]

Guys, my eligibility letter from AHPRA will expire on July 9, 2013 and my offer date of intake from IHNA will be on September. No extension was given to me. AHPRA and IHNA advised me to withdraw my application and re-apply. Do I need to start all over again and is IELTS really required during re-application? my IELTS result is about to expire. Need help guys..thank you..

[periwinkleme]

Finished my Assessment of Competence at Australian College of Nursing last 31st of May.

hi marcustravels,

i am currently taking AOC program in Australian College of Nursing. I'll finish in july19. Any tips, suggestions and comments on the program? I also want to know how your clinical placement went? Is your assessor strict?

[cynthia santos]

Hi Cynthia, what campus and intake are you for IHNA?

melbourne sept intake

[cynthia santos]

I heard that you can do it in st lukes medical center.

thanks! i asked at st lukes and just did my screening this am.

[Stereo]

Guys, my eligibility letter from AHPRA will expire on July 9, 2013 and my offer date of intake from IHNA will be on September. No extension was given to me. AHPRA and IHNA advised me to withdraw my application and re-apply. Do I need to start all over again and is IELTS really required during re-application? my IELTS result is about to expire. Need help guys..thank you..

That's what happened to me last year. So I had to withdraw my AHPRA app and then received a refund (about P5,000). And after I got a new straight-7 IELTS, I reapplied. It was really devastating but I learned to accept, let go and move on. At present, I'm scouting for BP schools. I got my new AHPRA too last month. So don't lose hope. Just retake the IELTS first.

[aquarius31]

Hi to all. It's been a while since I last posted in this forum. I'm an ARNTP graduate. Just to make things clear about ARNTP. Yes, you can apply for ARNTP without the eligibility letter provided that you have at least 2 years experience and IELTS of 7 in all areas. I have the eligibility letter already when I applied for ARNTP. However, I did choose the program because it was the earliest intake I can get and some of the BP slots were already full. Though, the program is longer than the 3 months IRON program, I have learned a lot from it. If you are enrolled in ARNTP you don't need the eligibility letter to process your registration. This is for ARNTP program only but you do need the eligibility letter for the IRON program. Though I have the eligibility letter from AHPRA it didn't expedite the processing of my registration.The following are the information about the processing of registration for ARNTP graduates with or without eligibility letterWITH ELIGIBILITY LETTER:-I got my AHPRA eligibility letter from AHPRA-VIC. Schools would usually submit the list of students for the program and list of graduating students on the state they are located at. Since, UniSA is in South Australia the school submitted the confirmation of completion to AHPRA-SA. Then AHPRA-SA would be in contact to AHPRA office where I got my eligibility letter. The office to office transaction would really take time but it would also depend a lot from the school if they are fast enough to submit the completion certificates and other required docs to AHPRA. Aside from this, it would also depend on your case officer if he is prompt enough to process your registration.-Fortunately, my case officer was really fast in processing my registration (or maybe because I got mine from AHPRA-VIC which is also the head office). I got my registration after 2 weeks from the date of our graduation. However, some of my classmates who got their eligibility letter from AHPRA-WA and AHPRA-ACT got their registration after 3-4 weeks. And for some who applied in AHPRA-SA got their registration after 1-2 weeks. It is really a case to case basis. WITHOUT ELIGIBILITY LETTER-Some of my classmates didn't have the eligibility letter when they applied for ARNTP. They applied for the GRADUATE REGISTRATION pathway which allows them to apply for registration 4 to 6 weeks before completion of the course. My classmates applied 4 weeks before our completion and some of them got their registration 3-4 days after our graduation and others got it after 1-2 weeks. It was really fast. Lucky for them since they didn't need and wait for the eligibility letter which took me and some of my classmates 4-8 months waiting time.I was really hesitant to apply for ARNTP before because it will be longer studying time. However, I just realised that the waiting time for eligibility letter would take time as well. The struggle doesn't end after you got the eligibility letter because you also need to hunt for BP schools which is also time consuming.However, you must also consider the cost, the time and the future expenses you will have when choosing ARNTP or IRON program. By doing so, it will help you plan in choosing the program that suits you. I hope I have answered some of the queries of future students for ARNTP and IRON program.

Wow!a friend of mine is interested to take the arntp. So is itwiser for her to take with her all.the necessary papers for ahpra regstration?

[dj_E.]

I just called AHPRA yesterday about the required post grad experience in order to apply for eligibility, and they said it's 2 years, because I really thought it's only 3 mos. as what I have read in websites and in some of the threads here.

[ladydee-rn]

@Aquarius31

Yes..That would be a good idea..It would be better to prepare all the documents before coming here.

[shinuel]

hi! did you also send CON your australian federal police check?thanks