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

[cucci]

Do ask the HR to indicate FULL TIME and number of hours... it seems that AHPRA is quite strict with this...

[ohnodimple]

Hello,

Just out of curiosity with regards to your ONP. May I know how many credits was it and what level?

Level 6, 40 credits. Yours? Oh, I just received a response from AHPRA. I have two weeks to complete my documents. I sent everything to Sydney but my RO is from Perth. I will ask my uni to resend my docs to Perth just in case. I can't do the same for NMC because 35 quid is a lot for me. I hope all goes well. God bless us.

[lestie]

Hi! I just want to know.. from the time the ahpra officer received the Cert of Good Standing that he/she asked for.. for how many weeks usually they release the Letter of eligibilty? thanks

[edsel07]

Level 6, 40 credits. Yours? Oh, I just received a response from AHPRA. I have two weeks to complete my documents. I sent everything to Sydney but my RO is from Perth. I will ask my uni to resend my docs to Perth just in case. I can't do the same for NMC because 35 quid is a lot for me. I hope all goes well. God bless us.

Hello. My ONP is only Level 5 and 15 credits. I thought it is the same for everyone. It made me nervous now.

Did they ask what documents you need to complete? It might be the COGS from NMC because they are slow as snail in processing and sending out documents. I have sent my request on 24 Aug but up to now they haven't sent it yet. I called them this week and they said my request is still on the assessment process and I have to wait for 10 days! Have you rang them for update?

And may I ask what documents did you ask your Uni (UK) to send to AHRA?

Thank you.

[edsel07]

4-6 weeks according to their website but could be longer if they ask for additional documents.

[ohnodimple]

Hello. My ONP is only Level 5 and 15 credits. I thought it is the same for everyone. It made me nervous now.

Did they ask what documents you need to complete? It might be the COGS from NMC because they are slow as snail in processing and sending out documents. I have sent my request on 24 Aug but up to now they haven't sent it yet. I called them this week and they said my request is still on the assessment process and I have to wait for 10 days! Have you rang them for update?

And may I ask what documents did you ask your Uni (UK) to send to AHRA?

Thank you.

Hi again. Don't be nervous. Everything will be fine. About my NMC, they actually sent my docs to Australia on 21 August. Until now, the tracking states "on the way to Sydney, Australia." which honestly is kind of upsetting especially they said it should be with AHPRA after 15 business days.

I asked my uni to submit certified copy of my course description with placement hours, medicine management certificate and accreditation letter. :) I just can't understand the two weeks they have given me since London is more than a thousand miles away from Australia than the Philippines. And they usally give 30 days to them.

Keep me updated too :)

[edsel07]

Hi again. Don't be nervous. Everything will be fine. About my NMC, they actually sent my docs to Australia on 21 August. Until now, the tracking states "on the way to Sydney, Australia." which honestly is kind of upsetting especially they said it should be with AHPRA after 15 business days.

I asked my uni to submit certified copy of my course description with placement hours, medicine management certificate and accreditation letter. :) I just can't understand the two weeks they have given me since London is more than a thousand miles away from Australia than the Philippines. And they usally give 30 days to them.

Keep me updated too :)

Hello. Oh that's annoying. Maybe you could ask for an extension from your RO as it is not within your control. I hope we can just given them a pre-paid envelope just to make sure it gets to the recipient on time.

I hope everything gets sorted just in time. :)

[NursePalmtree]

Hi guys! Im new in this forum. I have a concern regarding my AHPRA application. I sent all my documents last August 24 and received the generated email that they received my documents last sept 4. Until now my debit card still wasn't charged for the processing fee.. And no email from them whatsoever. Should I contact them? And how can I make a web inquiry regarding my application? I'm starting to get worried since they still haven't charged me anything does this mean my application hasn't progressed to anything and is still not assigned to any RO ?

[edsel07]

Hello, we have exactly the same timeline. I have sent it on the 24th as well and received the confirmation email on 4th Sept wih my credit card charged on the same day. I would email them, they responded to my query in 2 days.

[cucci]

It won't hurt if you get in touch with AHPRA.

[cucci]

Hi! I just want to know.. from the time the ahpra officer received the Cert of Good Standing that he/she asked for.. for how many weeks usually they release the Letter of eligibilty? thanks

The RO merely checks the submitted documents... once complete and in order, he/she would forward them to the Board (?) for approval or rejection (with his/her recommendation, I presume) {this was how our communication went, in my case}... so as to the timeframe, it can depend on a lot of factors... but since they usually have a time frame of about 6 months after the receipt of initial submitted documents to decide on the case (my initial docs were received around 3rd week of Jan '17 and I had until July '17 to complete them because some docs were not compliant)

But even with those delays, I was able to complete the documentary requirements by mid April '17 and the LoE was released the last week of April.

[hmone]

Regarding Clinical Skill list in CV, do we need to write down exactly the same list that the school gonna provide later on. Because AHPRA mentioned we need to provide certify true copy of all the skill lists written inside CV. I have sent email to my school to provide me all my clinical skills lists that I have done during my school time but they havn't replied me yet. I was preparing to submit documents to AHPRA end of this month and I don't know what to do with that Clinical skill list. Totally Lost. Please give me some advice. Thank YOuuuuuuuuuuu