if you live outside australia, you can have a notary public certify the documents. or any of the persons you just mentioned. but i think the most convenient person to access in order to have your documents certified as true copies is a notary public.
to those who are planning to obtain a license in australia and intends to have the BP sometime in 2011 yet, if you already have passed the ielts and if you have not yet submitted documents to ahpra, i suggest you go the NMBWA route. it is quicker, and more straightforward.
hi!would this mean that any public notary will do,as long as we follow the correct format for certified true copies?am i not required to go to the Australian Embassy to have my documents certified?thank you very much!
hi!would this mean that any public notary will do,as long as we follow the correct format for certified true copies?am i not required to go to the Australian Embassy to have my documents certified?thank you very much!
- any notary public is fine (unlike the medical checkup whereby there is an accredited doctor).
- for documents required by nursing board, no need for such thing as "red ribbon: DFA, or Aus Embassy etchus..
- yep just follow the correct format/wordings of certifying a document... and make sure that each page of each document is signed by the notary public.. each each each page...
to those who are planning to obtain a license in australia and intends to have the BP sometime in 2011 yet, if you already have passed the ielts and if you have not yet submitted documents to ahpra, i suggest you go the NMBWA route. it is quicker, and more straightforward.
makes sense.. explore this option guys.. the WA parliament will approve the national registration law (thats what the politicians said) by end of August, then will be operational by middle of October..
hi!would this mean that any public notary will do,as long as we follow the correct format for certified true copies?am i not required to go to the Australian Embassy to have my documents certified?thank you very much!
Thanks a heap for the greeting, JavRN... and Wow! Your input is constantly a breath of fresh air and quite valuable indeed... You just reinforced my plan to suggest to my sister to just lodge a quick application to NMBWA instead before they officially join AHPRA-NMBA this October, and for her to be able to benefit from the old rules of the board and fast track her way into shifting a nursing career in Australia... Again, my utmost gratitude to you, big bro! :up:
Hi guys, it feels like I am new here. I have been very busy with work, lovelife, and fatherhood.
I am so happy to see three fellows granted multiple entry visas. Congrats to reiken, drednag, and gemini star.
@salmonella, liaa, and mikyong
Part 11.1 of the AGOS, requires you to write your most recent qualification, assessments/examination. Since you passed the NCLEX RN exam, you would need to put that under 11.1 if that is the most recent. If you obtained a California RN license after passing the NCLEX, then that means you obtained a qualification to practice in California, and you would need a state verification of license sent to AHPRA. Your 11.1 should look like this:
Title of qualification: Registered Nurse
Name of Institution: California Board of Nursing
Country: USA
However, passing the NCLEX does not automatically qualify you to work as an RN in some states like California because the NCLEX is just one of the requirements to obtain a qualification/ license. Another stupid requirement is the social security number. If you don't have an SSN, then you will not be qualified in California yet and you cannot obtain a state verification of license. But since you passed the NCLEX you need to declare that and if I were in your case I would put under 11.1 this:
Title of qualification: NCLEX RN
Name of Institution: NCLEX/Cabon
Country USA
Comp date : date of exam
Length of Prog: examination
Then I would photocopy the letter from Cabon stating that I passed the NCLEX and I would have it certified as true copy and send it as attachment. I think that would be enough. If they would ask for a verification of license, that would be the time I will send a letter stating that I only passed the NCLEX but was not yet given a license because of SSN requirements hence, verification of license is not possible.
Anyway, you will most likely be assessed under category c, and you will be required to take the BP. So whether you put your being an NCLEX passer or not, would not really make a difference.
Unless you were licensed in the USA, and you worked as RN for at least 1 year fulltime equivalent, there is a chance that you will be assessed under category b and BP will no longer be required. There is no precedent yet with AHPRA but with the previous boards like QNC and NMBWA, if you were licensed in the the US and have the minimum required experience, BP is not required.
This also answers reiken's question re her sister. There is no precedent with AHPRA yet. But there is a chance BP will be waived, based on previous stateboard rules. If i were reiken's sis. I would gamble and send application to NMBWA. It will only cost me 220 AUD dollars to be assessed and there is a chance that I will be granted an OZ license right away and come October, when WA will be part of AHPRA, then the license will be valid anywhere in OZ.
If required to take the BP, the eligibility letter from NMBWA is good for three years, and it will be valid to take the BP anywhere in Oz when WA is officially part of AHPRA come October.
question lang ha, last year i asked in NSW regarding bridging program and was told(along with other friends) that they no longer offer it.that's why we are now in WA doing conversion...i've read here about those wanting to get the BP in NSW? are you sure it is offered now?
just want to share. I called AHPRA awhile back, the lady said there will be no need for me to send another TRF of my IELTS and a certification of good standing. the ones i sent to NBV was already forwarded to AHPRA, I just need to send the other requirements and the application forms.
Im so confused doing my CV... :confused::confused::dzed::dzed::dzed:
- as matter of rule, you have to disclose completely such information because they asked for it.. if you do not, that's a risk that you will have to take, but if i will make a bet, chances are you will not be "caught" so to speak, now therefore it is your call, your gut feel,.. in any case theres nothing immoral about hiding it anyway..
- the way you state it above, it seems that CALIF. BON can issue such a "validation of license" costing $60.00.. plus your courier fees.. the question is how will AHPRA look at it versus the usual requirement of "verification of license or statement of good standing".. that we dont know because of you knw everything is new in AHPRA, everything is a precedent now it seems..
- my personal advice, if there is a way to "write/type" this statement in the form then better have it this way:
"I would like to disclose that I passed the NCLEX in California, but as of now I decided not to pursue the submission of other requirements nor to work there, therefore California has not officially issued a RN license document to me. I just passed the NCLEX which is just one of the primary requirements of getting a license".
- With that statement, you were disclosing an information (not hiding it), but since you downplayed it such that AHPRA will consider not requesting for any subsequent documents. Anyway what you said above is true "as of now";) ...get my point... in any case indeed you are not yet allowed to practice in calif.
- if then, they will request talaga for "verification/valication" then thats the time you will request for it..
your call,.... good luck....
hello cioman! thank you very much for replying to my inquiry. I am now enlghtened as to what to do. I am so glad that you shared your idea.:)
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if you live outside australia, you can have a notary public certify the documents. or any of the persons you just mentioned. but i think the most convenient person to access in order to have your documents certified as true copies is a notary public.