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

[b_cell]

You will have to do what others are too afraid to tell you to save face,, you will have to return home and apply for sponsored work from there, Apply for the skilled visa - need ANMAC assessment first and 3 years experience at home.\Or do what many are doing, what for? costs stacks of money and I cannot see how this changes things and immigration was supposed to stop giving visas, for study straight after another.....apply to do another course, so that you can remain in Australia.

You can apply for a tourist visa and revisit for up to 3 months on and off, to try and get work which to me makes far more sense as it would be cheaper to pay for airfares than other courses to do, which you must attend and do assessments and takes away time from job hunting.

I read this post and thank you Ceridwyn.

[purply20]

hi jois! I am new here, are you sending your papers by yourself or you asked for consultation advice? How did you address your IQNM documents? Did you ask the agencies to write your name in the envelope so that AHPRA would know it's for you? Thanks in advance!

[b_cell]

Hi Ceridwyn. At Present: Independently, I am applying for ANMAC assessment. I also read news that all applications of international nurses will be handled by AHPRA-Sydney. If it like this, will it take time for them to process a good standing certificate to be forwarded to ANMAC for modified skill assessmnet?

[b_cell]

Hi to all! Is it necessary to avail PRC service for good standing to be send to ANMAC directly? And did you avail your college/university's service to have your nursing (BSN-Philippines) original TOR with RLE and course outline with hours, send directly to ANMAC?

P.S. I am applying for my modified skills ANMAC assessment at the moment any help would be welcome. Any fellow allnurses have the same predicament I have?

[Markusuno]

Hi, can anyone share their LOE? I just want to know how it looks. Thank you in advance! ?

[jois]

Hi purply20

I am currently outside the phils and asked one of my relatives to send it for me... For the submission of iqnm it should be sent directly from ched/university... They would normally ask you to send it for them and will give you the already sealed docs.... Its okay... When they open the letters your name will be there... So i gather they will soon trace your application and get back to you for further information/approval via email...

[purply20]

Thank you for enlightening me jois. Did you consult with an immigration agent for your application?

[kaye2014]

Hi!everyone. I hold a PR visa as my husbands dependent. I'm just wondering how do I go through the registration process with AHPRA . I'm so confused. thanks in advance.

[jois]

Purply20

i applied by myself with the help of my friend who is already in australia...

[ceridwyn]

It is difficult to give advice when you do not state what you do know.

The answer is, you are still an international educated nurse applicant and therefore apply on the same form as as every other international nurse through AHPRA using the overseas educated nurse form.

[purply20]

I will try to do that too. My cousin lives in Australia but we aren't sure with the new requirements. How is your application so far?

[b_cell]

It is difficult to give advice when you do not state what you do know.

The answer is, you are still an international educated nurse applicant and therefore apply on the same form as as every other international nurse through AHPRA using the overseas educated nurse form.

I am also an internationally trained ER RN in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Finished BSN in Philippines. Have 2 years and 8 months experience- 2 years and 5 months in ER. Can I ask you a question how you go about applying with an Australian employer who will sponsor? Where did you locate this employer? you are very fortunate at times like this, where Internationally-trained RN who have Australian RN lic , are left hanging in their applications or desperate to go back but takes time.

My history includes the ff:

- I got my registration last May 2014 after BP in a college in Melbourne. I went back to Philippines on May 2014 and got my hardcopy AHPRA cert via mail here in the Philippines- RN Div 1. Independently (like what I did to my AHPRA and college processing), my plan now is applying for PR 190, because it seems like I have too many rejections in my series of applications online in differenthospitals in Australia. I can be qualified (at 60 points) for PR 190 or 189 at present. Some of my RN friends in Australia advise me to take risk in applying for PR asap. Few of them advise otherwise beacuse it will take linger compared to applying as a student visa (affordable courses diploma in business).

At Present: Independently, I am applying for ANMAC assessment just in case. I also read news that all applications of international nurses will be handled by AHPRA-Sydney. If it like this, will it take time for them to process a good standing certificate?

Any advices to my fellow allnurses members are very much welcome? May be this is the most difficult situation where I am in right now. But I am confident I can do this, been processing independently my bridging til AHPRA RN.

P.S. I cannot send PM here yet and can only read you PM.