Meeting AHPRA requirements as a International Trained Nurse from the Philippines

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Hi, how long do I have to wait before the offer letter will be sent by the institution? I sent my application to ETEA last Friday.

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sir which month are you going for ETEA? im planning for october intake.

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Just sharing our timeline by far

The Wife as the Primary Applicant

16 years experience as RN

October 19, 2015 - IELTS Speaking exam

October 24, 2015 - IELTS Academic exam

November 6, 2015 - R- 7.0, W- 7.0, L- 7.0, S- 7.0 OBS- 7.0 (Thank you, Lord!🙏)

Started completing AHPRA Requirements

December 8, 2015 -Lodged ICHC Fit2Work

December 17, 2015- Received Fit2Work result - No disclosable court outcomes

Dec 23, 2015- Sent all documents to AHPRA via EMS Philpost

Jan 04, 2016- AHPRA acknowledges the receipt of the application

Jan 29, 2016- AHPRA Assessment Outcome- Referral Letter to take Bridging Program

February 12, 2016- Availed of the free services of BrightSolutions Australia for Bridging Program Enrollment and visa assistance

- Submitted initial requirements to ETEA Victoria

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sir which month are you going for ETEA? im planning for october intake.
June intake ☺️
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guys, just a question, do we still need to submit again good standing certif from saudi council for AHPRA registration after bridging course? i submitted one before when i was still applying for bridging course.. thanks..

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Hello everyone! Would just like to ask if you know the format of the certificate we have to get from school that we've taken a Pharma class? Thanks!

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Hi all,

Is there anyone in this forum who applied for Bp or who recently finished your Bp at IHNA Melbourne campus.

Thank you :)

I'll be taking my BP this june at IHNA melbourne campus, and my girlfriend have done her BP at the same campus 3 yrs ago.

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Hi everyone! I started browsing through similar topics on the internet this week since I got my IELTS result. I am currently in working Saudi Arabia and planning to submit my application for a Bridging Course to AHPRA asap. This forum has given me a great amount of information that I need on this matter. In lieu with this, I would like to ask for certain clarifications regarding some issues that are still vague to me. Thank you in advance!

1) Are the proofs of Identity (categories A, B, C, D) only applicable to applicants who are in Australia already? The following link (latter part of the last page) states that overseas applicants who cannot secure the reqts in all categories may only submit minimum identity requirements which is the overseas passport. https://www.ahpra.gov.au/documents/default.aspx?record=WD12%2f9373&dbid=AP&chksum=y%2bC%2bklcBCX%2bE6CcA6vJq3A%3d%3d

Did I understand this right? Which box will I tick in the AGOS-40 form for this one? I only found Overseas Passport with Australian Visa and the rest of the choices are not even applicable to me.

2) For the residential address and principal place of practice to be filled in the AGOS-40 form, which do you advice that I put? My address in the Phils where I used to work for 6 years or here in Saudi Arabia where I am working now for a year already? Won't there be conflicts?

3) In connection to #2, would it matter what address I put and from where I send my reqts? (Ex. saudi address, send reqts from Phils. Or the other way around), since I am planning to send my requirements to the Phils. for notarization and send all the reqts to AHPRA from there because there are still reqts that I am having secured there also. In short, I cannot come to the Phils yet as of now due to employment contract here. I will only exit here once there is an assurance in my application.

4) In connection to #3 again, is there a required time or deadline from the date when the notarization was signed/ stamped until the date when you submit the requirements? Like for a year or two only since it was notarized?

5) Btw, certified true copies (CTC) and notarized copies are interchangeable terms but they quite differ right? All notarized copies are signed by lawyers but not all CTCs are not certified by lawyers. Hence, its better to have the documents notarized?? Do I understand it right?

6) Do you have an actual Statement of Service which you can email to me? I saw the template from the website already but I wish to see an actual one written by an applicant from the Phils. already. Pls. Pls. (You may send it to [email protected] AND [email protected]). Here in Saudi, is there a chance that I can request for my SOS in that format. I already have one but it is an outlined detail of my employment only (Position, Area, Salary, etc.) with saudi translation on the right side. To those who have a Saudi experience, I will appreciate your inputs. Thanks a lot!

Also, how recent must the SOS be from the date of issue? Is there a requirement?

7) The most frequently asked question but I think that which doesnt't have a clear cut answer yet is also the info which intrigues and confuses me the most. The requirements for Criteria 2, 3, 8? Do I secure these or not? I am still planning to do so for my heart and mind's peace. Haha!

-I have actually requested for Criterion 2 from my school already and waiting to claim it.

-For Criterion 3, what are CHED's reqts to provide you the document? And do I request it from the NCR office in Diliman?

-For Criterion 8, what exactly do I request from the school? The course syllabus only or a leetter! Certification with the syllabus?

8) Can you avail of fit2work services for the ICHC even if you are outside of Australia?

9) Which courier service is the best and the fastest? Ill be sending all my documents to the Melbourne office. Can I send the documents which are required to be sent 'directly' to AHPRA on the same day that I send my Application Form and other reqts? Of course provided that I send criteria 2, 3, and cert of good standing/ registration status in separate envelopes (1 envelope each). Or will there be a bearing if I send the application first then the others a few days? Do I wait for my registration officer to request them before I send them separately?

10) When do I pay for the application? Upon submission of requirements or upon AHPRA's receipt recognition? I have read from the previous pages that they will charge it from your credit card using the card details which you wrote in the AGOS-40 form? True?? So ill just wait and check for my statement of account then?

Woah! This inquiry is quite long but I wish you can take time to read and help me. Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! I am counting on you all. ������

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Wait there's more! 😁

-- Won't there be any issue if I took the first 2 semesters of Nursing in 2 different schools in 2003? i attended the school where I graduated in 2004-2008 and they already incorporated the units I completed from my 2 previous schools in my TOR. In my documents, shall I write all the inclusive years when I attended college (2003-2008) even if the School that I will list down is only the school where I attended and graduated from 2004 to 2008???

-- Do I really have to tabulate my CPD trainings/ lectures/ activities attended using this format by AHPRA, aside from attaching the certificates of attendance?http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/documents/default.aspx?record=WD13%2F12201&dbid=AP&chksum=vYs4nHCMS4HR4%2BaA5DK9Pw%3D%3D

Thank God for this thread!

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Hello everyone!

Anyone here enrolled in IHNA Perth campus this coming May 23?

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I'll be taking my BP this june at IHNA melbourne campus, and my girlfriend have done her BP at the same campus 3 yrs ago.

Hai Rabuslon

Thank you for replying to my post

if you don't mind can you please give me your email id, I have few doubts to clear

Thank you so much

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Hello guys, i need your help. For those of you folks who are registered nurses in the PH but only has working experience in saudi, did ahpra require you to submit your saudi license as a registered nurse there? What if you are not a registered nurse in a saudi and only in the PH. What happens? Would that eventually lead me to being denied for either future registration or at the very least a brisging program? Please. Any input will be great. Thanks!

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