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Hi! I am also moving in Australia in June, Sydney to be exact. Where are you moving? I am a US nurse with 5-years of surgical/trauma ICU nursing experience in a level-1 trauma center in Detroit. I, too would appreciate any advices, tips and suggestions on how to acclimate to a whole new different healthcare system =) Thank you in advance!

So sorry to hear that, I submitted my application in Oct 2017 and I still haven't been approved. Like @Brookeee they also had me go back and forth with so much paperwork, recertifying/notarize documents. Sending middle school and high school transcripts. It seemed like after completing one thing, they had 3 more things to ask. And it was not cheap having to mail stuff to them with tracking. I am starting to feel unmotivated but hearing that I am not on the same boat, kind of makes me feel better. Sorry to say. Also my officer isn't very personable nor helpful at all, which makes it 10x worst communicating with her. That is very insulting requiring you to do a bridging course, especially when US RNs more trained than Oz with old-school healthcare system. I totally feel you on sponsorship. I also would need to be sponsored. Do you mind me asking what your final decision was?

Hi, I'm also a US RN with 3 years SICU experience. I was wondering how you were able to get the process of getting registered in Oz started? I am 31 so I cannot apply for the holiday working visa. I did RTW trips that would olny last 6 months max til I have to go back to the States to work again. So I am super interested in working in Oz as a nurse and not have to keep coming back to the US to earn money to sustain my gypsy life. LOL Thanks in advance!