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
Done with my skype interview with IHNA today.. I guess it went ok but not my very best interview ever! Hehe.. I hope I can get in for their intake on August. Anyone here taking IHNA's iron program in Melbourne campus?
Can i take BP with my student visa? My current visa is subclass 457 my agent told me that I can't do it with that visa.
Student visa's are not generic, they are issued in accordance with a course that you have stated you will undertake, you cannot just change courses and educational institutions and use the same student visa!.
If the BP program that you are enrolled in is a criscos course then you must have another student visa, if it is a private organsation then you need the short term business visa or tourist visa- please note if you take on tourist visa, you still must take all medical checkup etc as your intended time in Australia is be a nurse and that requires medical.
Thank you for that info. I apply for IHNA iron program. Had my interview today and told me that they will send an email regarding my application. So as of now I dont know what visa they require for BP. If its 456visa I know I need to exit Australia.
aila, ladydee-rn, g3stalt, mr. e-nigma, kringkring, angelslove, irin, ishtin:
here's ahpra-sa's reply to my inquiry regarding the transfer:
"thank you for your recent enquiry regarding transferring your application from wa to sa office.
as you received a notification from wa office advising your application has now been escalated for final approval, i would strongly recommended that you keep your application form in wa for finalising. transferring the hard copy of the documentation from wa to sa office can impact on processing time.
in sa, we process applications in chronological order, from the date the documentation was received. in your situation this would be from the date we received your documentation in s.a.
the standard timeframe for the assessment of registrations is from 3-6 months. however every application is assessed on its own merits therefore this time frame is only a guide and cannot be guaranteed. so therefore, by transferring your application from wa to sa office, we cannot guarantee that we will complete the assessment in time for your bridging course this may 2012.
sorry i don't have any contact numbers but i remembered aaon told me that they know student accomodations close to the school if you need one. you should contact them about it.
thanks for the reply. i emailed aaon twice already but got no reply
sorry I don't have any contact numbers but I remembered AAON told me that they know student accomodations close to the school if you need one. You should contact them about it.
Thanks for the reply. I inquired about this thru email but got no reply from AAON. Im still waiting for my visa,though... you got yours already?
aila, ladydee-rn, g3stalt, mr. e-nigma, kringkring, angelslove, irin, ishtin:
here's ahpra-sa's reply to my inquiry regarding the transfer:
"thank you for your recent enquiry regarding transferring your application from wa to sa office.
as you received a notification from wa office advising your application has now been escalated for final approval, i would strongly recommended that you keep your application form in wa for finalising. transferring the hard copy of the documentation from wa to sa office can impact on processing time.
in sa, we process applications in chronological order, from the date the documentation was received. in your situation this would be from the date we received your documentation in s.a.
the standard timeframe for the assessment of registrations is from 3-6 months. however every application is assessed on its own merits therefore this time frame is only a guide and cannot be guaranteed. so therefore, by transferring your application from wa to sa office, we cannot guarantee that we will complete the assessment in time for your bridging course this may 2012.
no reply yet from ahpra vic. but i have decided stick it out with ahpra-wa. patience, patience, patience. :)
one other applicant tried this after waiting 6 months, transferred it to wa from victoria and waited another 6 months. then complained that it took too long.
changing assessments centres, is like trying to jump the queue,....australian culture does not work like that. you are asking another ahpra office to assess you application, it goes to the end of the queue behind the other applicants that have sent their applications to that specific ahpra office.
you hear that someone was assessed at this office in the past month or so that they received their loe in 6 weeks, but that was then - past tense, things change according to the daily mail. nothing is for sure, when making assumptions on someones past experience in their timeframe for assessment.....
@ ailene313- Hie. When did you receive your offer letter from AAoN? Where will you be doing your clinical placement? I did an interview 2 weeks back and l'm just waiting for the reply. I don't even know which intake l will in, l wish it's the April intake!!!
Mar 5- got an email and a call from AAON asking me I wish to accept a place in the April 2012 intake. Mar 6- had a phone interview with one of their coordinatorsMar 7- received letter of offer, signed the agreementMar 9 - paid the feesMar 15 - they received my paymentMar 16 - eCoe was issued; lodged my visa application electronicallyMar 17 - did my medical exm via e-healthAt present - awaiting med exm results and visa approvalI wish I can make it.Tip to follow up your application with them: Do it through phone call
adyhottie
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Who else here in this Thread are going to AAON this April 4,2012? Hope to see you guys there!
1.) adyhottie
2.) ailene313
3.) minja
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