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Hello to all my fellow RNs. I am scheduled to take the SEC assessment in a couple of months, but when I applied for a temporary resident visa in our canadian embassy, my application was denied. I was pretty surprised when I got the denial. I have a multiple entry tourist visa to the US, and I've been there twice already and did not overstay. I do not have a criminal record. I am currently employed here in the Philippines as a Staff Nurse in a surgical ward, and was given an approved leave of two weeks to go to Canada and take the exam. I admit that personally, I do not have a significant amount of funds since the salary of nurses here is very low, but I included a letter of parental support because my parents will be helping me out in paying for my airfare and stay in Canada. It was really a shock to me to be denied. Now my two options are: 1. Submit another application for a temporary resident visa, and perhaps include a letter explaining that I only plan to take the exam and go home immediately. Do you think this will help my application? And perhaps I should include a complete itinerary of what I'm going to do? 2. Or accept that I cannot go to Canada and take the SEC. Which is really frustrating and saddening, and I'm just not the type to accept things like this so easily. I mean, well, the fee for application to become a registered nurse in CA is not a small amount that I could just easily let go. To any Filipino nurses out there who were able to go to CA on a temporary resident visa to take the SEC, can you give some pointers on what you included in your application to be approved a visa? Thank you in advance.

Here's a link to the registration procedure in taking the IELTS in IDP Philippines: http://www.philippines.idp.com/ielts_information/registration_procedure.aspx The fee is P8,640. Good luck!