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

[ikris]

Hello everyone! I already received my loe. Thank God! :)

july 24- i submitted my docs

Jul 27- ahpra received my docs

aug 29- received a letter from ahpra asking for my cert of good standing (yes! A letter. I e mailed my r.o to notify her that my good standing was already sent. She told me she had trouble contacting me because my email was incorrect. My bad.)

Sept 19- i received my loe. Finally! :)

Good luck to everybody! Let's continue praying. :)

anyone eyeing for la trobe jan 2106 intake? Any ideas on monash, daekin and lonsdale?

Hi deaGo. Congratulations for the fast processing of your application. Like you, I have also received my assessment outcome recently. I'm also looking for schools. Here are my insights on the schools which you've mentioned:

La Trobe - Where did you see their sched of intake? I went to an Australian educ expo last June and I talked to a school representative of La Trobe. She said that they will not offer the IRON program anymore since they have decreasing number of enrollees (due to the fact that AHPRA processing takes so long before when they released the new criteria). However, this might change now because AHPRA is back on its game and is now releasing assessment outcomes in just 6-8 weeks.

Monash - They require work experience of 5 years to be admitted in their program. They also offer online courses for your theoreticals (around 5 weeks).

Pro: You get to save on cost of living.

Cons (for me): Online studying is different from face-to-face interaction. Also, since I have never been to Australia, I think that I would like to have enough time to adjust to the environment before I have my clinical placement.

Deakin: I have several friends who have studied here which is why I am eyeing on it as well. Sadly though, it just has 1 intake per year.

Lonsdale: I have no idea.

I hope others could share their insights as well. :)

[deaGo]

Hi deaGo. Congratulations for the fast processing of your application. Like you, I have also received my assessment outcome recently. I'm also looking for schools. Here are my insights on the schools which you've mentioned:

La Trobe - Where did you see their sched of intake? I went to an Australian educ expo last June and I talked to a school representative of La Trobe. She said that they will not offer the IRON program anymore since they have decreasing number of enrollees (due to the fact that AHPRA processing takes so long before when they released the new criteria). However, this might change now because AHPRA is back on its game and is now releasing assessment outcomes in just 6-8 weeks.

Monash - They require work experience of 5 years to be admitted in their program. They also offer online courses for your theoreticals (around 5 weeks).

Pro: You get to save on cost of living.

Cons (for me): Online studying is different from face-to-face interaction. Also, since I have never been to Australia, I think that I would like to have enough time to adjust to the environment before I have my clinical placement.

Deakin: I have several friends who have studied here which is why I am eyeing on it as well. Sadly though, it just has 1 intake per year.

Lonsdale: I have no idea.

I hope others could share their insights as well. :)

Hi ikris! Congratulations to you as well! :)

intakes for la trobe are jan and june. I've also attended an orientation from a representative of their school. They offer accommodation with meals and wifi @ $275/wk. i have no idea tho on how they handle their iron program. But their campus is big and it looks appealing. Hehe

lonsdale offers intakes every month and i have a friend who have undergone their iron program. She said her instructors were really nice. Tuition and accom with internet cost is around $18500.

monash- i agree. I am also having problems with online learning. I have tried that when i was in college and i hardly stay awake during the lessons. Hehe.

me and my friend need to make up our minds by next week. I think it's between la trobe and Lonsdale. We're thinking of undergoing their program on January. What about you? :)

[Mimbletonia]

Hi @ikris and @deaGo! Do you have an idea how much the show money for the student visa is? 😊

[deaGo]

Hello mimbletonia! I'm sprry but i have no idea as of the moment. I will update you once i start processing. Which school are you going?

[Mimbletonia]

Hello @deaGo! I might go to Deakin 😊 Congratulations on getting your LOE. Did you ask your Case Officer re: refund?

[deaGo]

Hello @deaGo! I might go to Deakin ������ Congratulations on getting your LOE. Did you ask your Case Officer re: refund?

hello again! :)

when is the intake for Daekin? Refund for? Sorry i'm clueless.

[Mimbletonia]

hello again! :)

when is the intake for Daekin? Refund for? Sorry i'm clueless.

Deakin's intake is on June.

I read in previous posts that AHPRA will give a refund because our registration was refused. I'm just not sure if it's still the case 😊

[ikris]

Hi @deaGo and @Mimbletonia! It looks like we are all batchmates in terms of receiving our letters! :)

What visa will you apply for? Student or tourist visa and what are your reasons behind it?

@deaGo: I am not yet sure which school I'm going though I'm leaning towards Deakin.

@Mimbletonia: What made you choose Deakin? Do you have friends who went there or any feedback on their IRON program? From what I know, there is no show money for the student visa since we are taking a BP only and it is less than 3 months of schooling.

[Mimbletonia]

Hi @deaGo and @Mimbletonia! It looks like we are all batchmates in terms of receiving our letters! :)

What visa will you apply for? Student or tourist visa and what are your reasons behind it?

@deaGo: I am not yet sure which school I'm going though I'm leaning towards Deakin.

@Mimbletonia: What made you choose Deakin? Do you have friends who went there or any feedback on their IRON program? From what I know, there is no show money for the student visa since we are taking a BP only and it is less than 3 months of schooling.

Hi @ikris! I choose Deakin because it is near my aunt's workplace (My aunt's in Melbourne). The downside is the intake will be on June, so it's quite late already. Where did you get your info regarding show money?

[deaGo]

Hello @mimbletonia and @ikris! We probably are batchmates! :)

it would be nicer if we apply for student visa since we can work part time as compared to tourist. But i think most students taking up bp take either tourist or business visa. Maybe bacause a bigger amount of proof of funds is needed.

I haven't heard about the refund from ahpra. But i hope so. Hehe

[proudpinoynurse]

Anyone here knows how to process the visa subclass 600? Can you please help me! I already enrolled at ihna and im for november intake.. lookin also for my future classmates here! :)

[kronick]

Hi i'm also for the november intake in IHNA..