Meeting AHPRA requirements as a International Trained Nurse from the Philippines

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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.

Thank you. Are you currently working as a nurse in the Philippines? for how many years? It's really hard to review while working..

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Hello guys, can i join your small group? I too am for the october intake of arntp but still in the process of getting the funds ready to settle the tuition.

sure eyem add me :) aileenampon

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hi to all :) who's for july intake here at CON?

hi! regarding national police check, i'm not really sure on what to choose. should i choose the following? this is for College of Nursing

PURPOSE TYPE: Commonwealth purpose/Employment

PURPOSE OF CHECK: Care of children/Intellectually disabled/Aged care staff/Volunteers or overseas employment/ visa?

and how long it took you to get in place?tnx

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hi! regarding national police check, i'm not really sure on what to choose. should i choose the following? this is for College of Nursing

PURPOSE TYPE: Commonwealth purpose/Employment

PURPOSE OF CHECK: Care of children/Intellectually disabled/Aged care staff/Volunteers or overseas employment/ visa?

and how long it took you to get in place?tnx

YES, it is correct, it takes 15 working days to process the National Police checks, but it think it varies, in my case, it only took 6 days.

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sure eyem add me :) aileenampon

Thanks, just did. If you see kois, that's me

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Hello everyone, what are the list of requirements that should be sent to AHPRA for a Letter of Eligibility?

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@laydee-rn... Hello laydee... thanks for your PM.. you might be too busy so I really appreciate all your responses :D But I couldn't send you a PM this time, it says your inbox is full.... thanks again ;)

@eyem... add me up too @fb: Rv Gimenez... thanks future classmate!

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@laydee-rn... Hello laydee... thanks for your PM.. you might be too busy so I really appreciate all your responses :D But I couldn't send you a PM this time, it says your inbox is full.... thanks again ;)

@eyem... add me up too @fb: Rv Gimenez... thanks future classmate!

I will, pls check your fb...;)

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Guys, did anybody experience this?

I sent my application last June 5 via courier to AHPRA QLD to their PO BOX (dumb me) and noted in the courier's site that it has already reached there on June 7. The good standing from PRC was sent June 7 and received June 12 while my ielts was sent June 11 and was received June 13. I emailed AHPRA QLD and they informed me that my good standing and ielts was already received but my application still wasnt.

Can anyone enlighted me if i should resend my main application or should i wait? I already informed ahpra QLD that my main app was sent to their PO BOX.

Hi How's ur application going? Did you resubmit ur form?

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Hi How's ur application going? Did you resubmit ur form?
I message AHPRA QLD and their first message was that they only received my ielts and good standing. I messaged them again regarding my dilemma and now they have informed me that my application was received on June 14 and now is in line for process and that I should just wait for a message in my inbox when it is already processing.
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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 letter

WITH 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. :D

ladydee-rn, thank you very much for this.. you have no idea how much this actually helped for arntp October intakes, I could imagine every one that was to go w arntp is in the same dilemma and unfortunately arntp after grad stories are so hard to comeby... there was no info to wether early apply to ahpra while your here waiting for your visa or just apply while doing the program.. but with this post, its sounding like arntp was a great choice for us! =) its small but its something positive...

I got I question tho, when does the vaccines and police check happen?

and how is the employment situation at the moment there in adeliade?

any advice you can give for those who is about to do arntp?

thank you very much!

we just finished our medicals, and for those girls who are scheduled to take your medicals tests for the visa.. make sure you do it at least 7 days after your period.. or you cannot do the urinalysis... and that's why were freakin driving back there next week.... :banghead:

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I message AHPRA QLD and their first message was that they only received my ielts and good standing. I messaged them again regarding my dilemma and now they have informed me that my application was received on June 14 and now is in line for process and that I should just wait for a message in my inbox when it is already processing.

good, at least you know they've got everything they need. But it's such a pain in the neck to live on the endless wait. In your case, you've been waiting for a year by now (you sent them all the documents in June last year, right?), and they are still telling you the same thing as they say to everyone else :( I am getting so frustrated by this long wait as I have to worry about the expire date of my current visa and IELTS result. Really hope to hear some good news from them soon. Fingers crossed!!!

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