Due to recent changes regarding applications for International nurses to Australia and the combining of the nursing boards to one central nursing board in Australia AHPRA I have started a new thread for people to discuss the new process on working in Australia.
Currently New Zealand is not accepting new applicants from International trained nurses except those that meet the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement {TTMR} this will be updated once the New Zealand nursing board reopen their books to International nurses.
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency AHPRA
Guys, please help me with my dilemma..I'm doing my BP next month till sept but my IELTS will expire in August, what should I do to apply to AHPRA and work visa? do I have to re-sit the IELTS or just present evidence that the medium of instruction of my secondary and tertiary education is in English? For those who have experienced this, please let me know what to do. Thank u very much.
Some BP schools don't even care if your IELTS has already expired by the time you take the BP. This I know because I also have the same dilemma and I have already asked 2 schools. The letter from AHPRA will suffice. An eligibility letter means you have satisfied AHPRA's English requirement. But you will eventually need a valid IELTS for DIAC to process your working visa. So if your aiming to 'not come back' here in the Philippines after your BP then I suggest you re-take your IELTS here so that by the time you obtain your registration and have successfully found an employer willing to sponsor you then everything will be smooth sailing from then on... Not unless you are willing to spend more by taking the IELTS or OET in AU.
Hi everyone! Just want to share...after 7 months of waiting and praying so hard...I finally received my eligibility letter. At first I got so anxious cause I don't have any clinical experience but there's really nothing impossible if we keep our hopes high...And let's always remember...all good things come to those who wait...
Hi everyone! Just want to share...after 7 months of waiting and praying so hard...I finally received my eligibility letter. At first I got so anxious cause I don't have any clinical experience but there's really nothing impossible if we keep our hopes high...And let's always remember...all good things come to those who wait...
So u've been with them for 7months already?hmmm...they told me that their time frame for their applicants is 2-6months only...at what stage r u now in ur application?i've already sent my application to AHPRA so that would not be included with what i'm going to pay them...do u know any other applicants who have successfully made it to Australia thru them?
hello ms. blue_bunnie :) may i ask for your ym or fb account? i just have a few questions to ask regarding the agency/cies that you were referring to. please pleease pleeeeease:) i hope to hear from you soon.
ps this is my first post so i cant send pms yet that is why i am requesting you this. yes, i already finished reading the whole thread and i have been lurking around for quite sometime:)
Hi everyone! Just want to share...after 7 months of waiting and praying so hard...I finally received my eligibility letter. At first I got so anxious cause I don't have any clinical experience but there's really nothing impossible if we keep our hopes high...And let's always remember...all good things come to those who wait...
hi, does anyone here studied and finished bachelor of nursing post registration?how did it go? please i need advise regarding this before i will lodge my application to the australian embassy.... please enlighten me...
Specializes in Neuroscience,Aged Care, General Nursing.
@ banah someone here in the forum actually finished that post graduate program offered by Uni. of Ballarat,forgot her name,she posted around early 2010. I know you are aware of the pathway that will lead to registration using that course. :) good luck
Specializes in Neuroscience,Aged Care, General Nursing.
Just a quick query to those who already have their much awaited correspondence from AHPRA. How long does it usually take to release an 'eligibility letter' once a case manager handles an application?
Thanks in advance..
No one knows, its a case case basis but basing from the experiences of others and reading posts of others who received their eligibility letter I would send it to WA.
Hi everyone! Just want to share...after 7 months of waiting and praying so hard...I finally received my eligibility letter. At first I got so anxious cause I don't have any clinical experience but there's really nothing impossible if we keep our hopes high...And let's always remember...all good things come to those who wait...
Good day everyone! I finally sent my documents to AHPRA last April. I am told that I should be getting a notification from AHPRA that they have received all my documents. However, I haven't received an e-mail from them. I wonder if this is normal. Another thing is, my mom found out that the AHPRA fee was deducted from her credit card balance. Does that mean that they have started assessing my papers? *crossing my fingers* I sent my application at the Sydney, NSW AHPRA office, by the way. I am really worried.
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Another thing is, my mom found out that the AHPRA fee was deducted from her credit card balance. Does that mean that they have started assessing my papers? *crossing my fingers* I sent my application at the Sydney, NSW AHPRA office, by the way. I am really worried. 
sweet_toothRN
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Some BP schools don't even care if your IELTS has already expired by the time you take the BP. This I know because I also have the same dilemma and I have already asked 2 schools. The letter from AHPRA will suffice. An eligibility letter means you have satisfied AHPRA's English requirement. But you will eventually need a valid IELTS for DIAC to process your working visa. So if your aiming to 'not come back' here in the Philippines after your BP then I suggest you re-take your IELTS here so that by the time you obtain your registration and have successfully found an employer willing to sponsor you then everything will be smooth sailing from then on... Not unless you are willing to spend more by taking the IELTS or OET in AU.