This is my first time to make a post here in allnurses.com. I've been reading a lot of threads here for months now and it really helped me in making sound decisions in my nursing career.
I graduated last August and took the local licensure exam last November. After a month, my relatives based in UK told me to enrol in a post grad course in UK so that I'd be eligible to apply for a student visa. I've been attending orientations of consultancy firms/agencies offering assistance, however, I found that it wasn't really that hard to file a student visa for as long as one could comply with the requirements of the UK home office and of course the british embassy.
Now, I'm choosing between two post grad courses:
1) PG Course in Int'l Health Mgt. (18 mos. program with the last 9 mos. for work placement)
Will taking a PG Course enhance my career as a professional nurse?
Although the results of the local licensure exams have not yet been released, I'm optimistic to make it with God's grace and of course, the hardwork and perseverance I placed in it.
In case I become a holder of a Tier 1 Post-study work visa, will I still have difficulties getting employed in the UK?
Yes, you will. Again, this is what we are trying to explain to you. You are not going to be getting any training that is going to get you a visa there to remain. It is just like those that come to the US now to study, there is no guarantee that they will be able to remain when they are done. And at the moment, earliest that things will open up to adjust one's status is going to be more than five years in the US.
The UK is actually much tighter than the US.
You can read all that you want into this, but we are telling you what is happening now.
And if you really want to know, how come we have not seen one person post that has gone thru this program and has been able to remain and work there once their training period was done? Simply, none have.
Tier One is nothing in terms of their levels, you need to be at a Level 5 to be able to get a visa at the minimum now if you are not from an EU country.
Adjusting from a student visa is also never guaranteed. There is no one that can guarantee that you will be able to get this when you are done with your program as well.
In case I become a holder of a Tier 1 Post-study work visa, will I still have difficulties getting employed in the UK?
Yes you will, not sure if you have seen any of the UK news but there are many companies going out of business here, when means we have a record number of UK citizens who are unemployed, this means that UK employers are going to be looking to our own citizens before even considering an overseas applicant who will have very limited experience in UK healthcare. In the area I work we have accountants, nurses and managers who are having to apply for their jobs as there has been re-structure and some positions are being terminated.
As a healthcare employer, I can say without any shadow of a doubt I would not consider you even for interview for a position unless you could demonstrate that you had far more experience and knowledge than those from the UK.
burbeestar, have you considered ONP ?
Serene with respect yet again you are demonstrating your complete lack of knowledge of the realities of life and working in the UK. How will doing the overseas nursing program help when there are very few nursing jobs available and there is little chance of getting a work Visa. It's just throwing more money away with little chance of work.
Heck even as an expereinced and very well qualified UK nurse if I left my job now and tried to find another I'd stuggle to get work.
Thanks for the advices. I'll have to think this through since my purpose to take post-grad is to grow professionally as a nurse. :nuke:
We are also not sure if you actually understand all about this program. It is not going to help you in one bit grow professionally as an RN or as a nurse for that matter. This program is not going to offer anything else that experience will not do for you. And it is not a degree, so it will not get you any job offers based on this when you do not have the actual experience in front of you.
You have heard from several nurses that are actually citizens of the UK and have been raised there and grown up there and have worked most of their careers there and they are telling you how things are there.
It is your choice as to what you want to do. And our responses are not going to change. We still stick by what we have been stating all along, you may wish to check out the stickies on the Philippine forum concerning programs like this that are being offered in the UK.
A more important question to ask yourself:
If a program like this were offered in your country, would you take it? Or if you would go to the UK and understand beforehand that there was no one way that you would be able remain there and work when it was done other than the training time after the program, would you take it?
suzanne4, RN
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Yes, you will. Again, this is what we are trying to explain to you. You are not going to be getting any training that is going to get you a visa there to remain. It is just like those that come to the US now to study, there is no guarantee that they will be able to remain when they are done. And at the moment, earliest that things will open up to adjust one's status is going to be more than five years in the US.
The UK is actually much tighter than the US.
You can read all that you want into this, but we are telling you what is happening now.
And if you really want to know, how come we have not seen one person post that has gone thru this program and has been able to remain and work there once their training period was done? Simply, none have.
Tier One is nothing in terms of their levels, you need to be at a Level 5 to be able to get a visa at the minimum now if you are not from an EU country.