The intake is coming up in October 2017 and then in Feb 2018. The college claims to provide training to pass NCLEX RN and CELBAN in these 13 months.
My IELTS score is 6.5 overall with 7 in 2 parts. With work experience and this IELTS score admission for this program is possible.
What I have understood is, if I'm able to pass LPN in this time then I can get a job and transfer to work permit in Canada and thereafter clear NCLEX RN. Though stay back isn't available, college has said that study visa can be extended for 2 more years.
My questions are-
1. What is the opinion about this college? OMNI college, BC, Canada.
2. Is this a good option for me to be in Canada and become a RN in sometime?
3. Are there other colleges in Canada which provide RN preparatory programs and study visas?
4. How to bring in spouse before getting PR? Can spouse also work?
Kindly help me clear the air since I have very little knowledge about nursing and job in Canada.
But to write RN, I have to be there. Isn't? So I thought it would be better to get a 1 year visa and write RN in that time there. At the same time clearing LPN and getting a job somewhere could help me extend my visa period and gather experience too. That is the plan. Don't know how will it work though.
You do not have to be in Canada to write the NCLEX you can write it anywhere there is a Pearson VUE test centre that offers the exam.
It is not the right job market to get a one year student visa in the hopes that an employer will offer a job. Employers are not going to violate labour laws or union contracts to hire a nurse who requires a work visa when there are not enough jobs for local, qualified nurses. Don't fall victim to a sales pitch from a private school, they want your money, they don't care if you spend thousands of dollars and have to turn around and move back home.
You do not have to be in Canada to write the NCLEX you can write it anywhere there is a Pearson VUE test centre that offers the exam.
It is not the right job market to get a one year student visa in the hopes that an employer will offer a job. Employers are not going to violate labour laws or union contracts to hire a nurse who requires a work visa when there are not enough jobs for local, qualified nurses. Don't fall victim to a sales pitch from a private school, they want your money, they don't care if you spend thousands of dollars and have to turn around and move back home.
Thank you very much. Pearson VUE is new to me. So in your opinion it is better to practice NCLEX RN from India and write it via pearson VUE.
Ok, but after clearing IELTS, NNAS, NCLEX RN, what next? Wait under Skilled worker program or Express entry?
I feel these steps like a mountain by being in India. I felt it would be better trying these from Canada. Already, getting 7 band in IELTS academic is tough, tried 7 times. lol. CELBAN in Canada seemed easier.
I don't know...Working in a 1st country in healthcare is my dream. Because I failed in IELTS and late due to age for other study programs I thought this 1 year program with extension for another 2 years could get me RN and a work permit. I feel weird that I hear job market for nurses is low. Some sites claim that Canada will have 60000 nurses shortage by 2020.
Keep practicing your English communication skills as you will need them to work safely in Canada and you will need them to be successful in the NCAS competency assessment (if you have to undergo it). After you receive your NNAS advisory report, you apply to CRNBC and they may require you to undergo the NCAS competency assessment.The NCAS contains three components a computer based assessment, a simulation lab and an oral assessment, you may be able to do the computer based exam from your home country. You have to attend in person for the simulation lab and oral assessment, I believe you can get a visa to attend for the exam and then return home to await the results (check with ncas.bc to verify).
After the ncas, CRNBC may approve you to take the NCLEX which you should be able to do in your home country (check with CRNBC to verify, I am in Ontario and this is true for IENs applying to CNO).
Make a budget that includes all of your assessment and exam costs and do as much of the application process while you are still living in your home country, as it is very difficult to go through the steps in the licensing process while living in Canada and supporting yourself on a minimum wage survivor job.
The prediction of nursing shortages was based on the baby boomers retiring but it doesn't to take into account the other more important factors that influence nursing surplus/shortage cycles in Canada. The political parties that are in control of the provincial budget and the provincial economy are major factors on whether there is a shortage of jobs or not. The shortage predictions were made almost 20 years ago and the Canadian nursing schools increased the number of seats in their programs and have been churning out more new grads than ever before. Schools increased their seats specifically to prevent a major shortage that would require recruiting nurses from offshore.
There is no point in an IEN immigrating to Canada if they cannot meet the nursing licensing requirements, they risk becoming deskilled and may never work as a nurse again. It's better if an IEN knows whether or not they are eligible to become licensed in Canada before they land.
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There is no point in an IEN immigrating to Canada if they cannot meet the nursing licensing requirements, they risk becoming deskilled and may never work as a nurse again. It's better if an IEN knows whether or not they are eligible to become licensed in Canada before they land.
I am not saying they shouldn't meet nursing license requirements but I have seen it on other websites for immigration that academic ielts isn't accepted for immigration and that applicants had to do both. The op can meet skilled workers requirements, come to Canada , if successful for pr, and then study CELBAN in Canada
I am not saying they shouldn't meet nursing license requirements but I have seen it on other websites for immigration that academic ielts isn't accepted for immigration and that applicants had to do both. The op can meet skilled workers requirements, come to Canada , if successful for pr, and then study CELBAN in Canada
It depends when they need to submit proof of their English language scores, if CRNBC does not require it until after they have completed the NCLEX, then yes they can wait to do the CELBAN, but if they need it early on in the application process then they should not wait.
I don't see how immigration can justify requiring a general ielts, if an immigrant's academic ielts score has not expired.
@nurse2gud, I don't know if you are aware but there are some free English quizzes and resources on the Canadian Immigration and Citizenship website, see cic.gc.ca, improving your English and French, language portal of Canada,
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NNAS says these requirements,
The minimum (lowest acceptable) scores for the language tests are:
IELTS
1
:
Academic format - speaking 7, listening 7.5, reading 6.5, writing 7, overall 7
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CELBAN:
speaking 8, listening 10, reading 8, writing 7
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TEF:
speaking 5, listening 5, reading 4, writing 4, vocabulary 4
1
IELTS describes this test as IELTS Academic†and reference it as a format†not a versionâ€
Combined scores from different tests are not acceptable. Scores must be obtained from a test taken at the same
sitting.