Meeting AHPRA requirements as a International Trained Nurse from the Philippines

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Hello everyone!

My 457 Temporary Work visa was granted today. Thank God! I took my bridging last January and ended last March. AHPRA registration took some time and got it only after 4 weeks and I have to exit Australia. But before I flew back to PH, I already got 2 arrangement for interviews. One wanted to do it personally, which declined my request for phone/online interview. The other one was fine with phone interview. That was my first interview, it was a long one , the position was in line with my experience. Afterwards, I was offered another interview from another hospital.

I was offered a job with my first interview. I don't know about the second one yet. But I fancy the first one better. It took sometime for the paperworks with the HR and just got nominated last Monday. The day when I applied for 457 also. Two days after, my nomination was approved, minutes later... VISA GRANT.

I want to inspire other people here but also serve as a caution for those who are starting. It was an adventure, it was fun but not easy. Before I commenced my journey, I have been reading a lot of bad news about sponsorship since 2012. It was difficult. Perhaps I was just the person at the right time and place.

We are 7 in our class and I am glad to say that most of us have secured a job offer already. And that's because we have years of experience to back us up.

Take your journey with caution. Sponsorship for work visa is tough. Even statistics will tell you that RNs do not belong to the top 15 of sponsored jobs anymore. My best suggestion is to gain more than 3 years of paid experience. And if everything else fail, try the permanent residency pathway.

wow! congrats official02! I'm on my 5th week of waiting for my registration. Which city did you find work?

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Specializes in Renal, dialysis.

well done @Official02

so has anyone here actually managed to get away with a scholarship from Monash Uni?

by that I meant, did not pay any tuition fee at all, finished and registered at AHPRA?

thanks,

@Uktoaussie where in the UK are you from?

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@ordoghaz

They are not offering scholarships anymore.

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Specializes in Renal, dialysis.

@ warexx_17

really. ive had email exchanges from Education linkages and they didnt say anything about that.

which i guess is typical.

apparrently the loan is going to be 20% interest in 30 mos.

which is a lot in a short time. thats i guess, if you paidi in time. with aussone corp.

i had a look in a local bank here in england, its 3.7% pA.

its crazy eh.

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I heard that no one was given scholarship from the current batch and ELP does not advertise about the scholarship anymore unlike before.

If you can get away with the need to make a loan, it's way better.

If you've been in UK for some years, I guess you have already saved something. I know that bridging is really costly. It's much different when we talk about nurses from the Philippines because of the obvious reason of meager salary in PH.

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@Majai

Hi..are you taking the IRON now at MCIE?

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@vickynurse003

Hi..when did you complete your IRON program in MCIE? How was the experience..?

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Sure pm me your email add.

sis, can u share it to me as well? thank you so much!

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@uktoaussie

i processed this one on behalf of my sister. print the instruction together with the certification pattern and show it to your school. my sister graduated in ust so i showed it to the college of nursing who instructed me to bring the request to the main bldg.they filled up the form and sent it to ahpra with the ff attachments: ched recognition and govt recognition certifications. ched is the regulatory authority. i suggest you bring the instruction and sample form to your school, they probably know what to do :) hth

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Hey andy.lee, how was the progress of ur application so far? Im also waiting for the decision of my application.

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Hey andy.lee, how was the progress of ur application so far? Im also waiting for the decision of my application.

Hi @elKing! Did you still pass documents for Criteria 2, 3 and 8?

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