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Hi, I am a registered nurse in the Philippines with no work experience. I enrolled at a 2-year practical nursing program at Centennial College in Toronto Canada. I already have a student visa and will be leaving this November but my classes will star...

Look for courses that could lead to a career that is included in the NOC 0,A or B occupations so that you could use it to apply for immigration in the future. That way, you'll have another option other than RPN in order to qualify for immigration. Yo...

Hi val0922.. What do you mean by study plan? If you're an RN in the Philippines, you can go for the 1 yr RPN bridging course or take a different course that is offered to international students. As an RN in PH, you may qualify to take the RPN exam wi...

Hi.. no, I wasn't questioned at all about that. I don't think it's an issue. :)

Hi Smith_RN, sorry it took me a year to reply. Hope you'll still be able to read this. The first thing you need to do is to take an English proficiency exam such as the IELTS. That's a requirement of any College or University in Canada for internatio...

Hi.. I can't believe I started this thread 2 years ago.. been awhile. Yes, I took the RPN exam sept of last year and passed it. But to get my license, I need to finish this RPN course (because I graduated my BSN more than 3 years ago) and it serves a...

There are many other ways to migrate but I do not qualify for the others. I applied for RN at CNO already and I can bridge while on a student visa but it will take much longer and there is no assurance I'll be accepted at university. It's very compli...

Hi asiole.. They're right, you don't need to take an RPN course anymore because a bachelor degree of nursing + having passed the licensure exam back home will already qualify you to take the RPN exam. The only reason I'm taking a PN course is because...

Hi, I am a registered nurse in the Philippines with no work experience. I enrolled at a 2-year practical nursing program at Centennial College in Toronto Canada. I already have a student visa and will be leaving this November but my classes will s...

I don't know dishes. It's a lot harder for us because of course, there will always be a preference to hire permanent residents rather than international students. This is a huge risk for most of us because a lot of money is involved for something tha...

Hi, Vimge4 and BryanWang: There is no issue with taking the exam. CNO will allow you to take the exam after you graduate an acceptable nursing program regardless of being an international student or not. I called them and also emailed them about the...

I'm glad to know I'm not alone.:) Thanks! I'll update you if I find out anything about it too. Good luck!:)

Hi there vimge4! :) I'm taking a PN program at Centennial College. I have a question for u, do you know if CNO would register us on a post-graduation work permit? It's just that one of their requirements is either you're a permanent resident or you h...

PN is Practical Nurse here. How do I apply for one without conditions? Will there be an option wherein I can state I'd like to work in a healthcare setting? According to CNO, I can sit the exam for PN because of my RN degree back home..but I can only...

Thanks for the reply knina. Experience has been good so far. I'm taking a 2-year PN program here in Ontario but I'm still on my 1st month so I can't apply for an off-campus work permit till July. I have just been lucky to be granted a scholarship by ...

Hi there.. I'm on the same boat as you. I'm also studying nursing on a student visa in toronto ontario. After graduation, you do get to apply for a work permit which is valid for the number of yrs you studied.. it's called a post-gradiate work permit...

Thanks. I called CNO and they told me that if I am able to prove my BSN degree in the Philippines (But I must have graduated in the last 5 years) then I will be eligible to take the Practical Nursing licensure exam. But they'll only be registering me...

I can relate.. I'm a 2009 BSN graduate here in the Philippines and have no clinical job experience whatsoever. I worked as a front desk officer in a hotel just so I could feel how it is to work with salary. Then I resigned and decided to give nursing...

I am currently enrolled in an LPN 2-year program at Centennial College in Toronto. I'm on a student visa and classes don't start till January 2012. Now, I just found out that in Newfoundland and Labrador, there is a 1-year LPN program at Center for ...

Thanks. I really hope that LPNs will still be part of the NOC skill types required for this application. I think Licensed practical nurse is NOC skill type B... I'm not sure. I read a way to interpret the NOC list but can't seem to find it anymore. I...

From how I understood the Canadian Experience Class route... If you were an international student, then gained at least a year of experience in a profession with your post-grad work permit with NOC skill type 0, A and B, you are already eligible to a...

Is the FSW route the Canadian experience class immigrant visa route? I hope it'll still be in the list by then. Thanks.

I'm from the Philippines. I can get a post-graduate work permit after graduating from my course. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/work-postgrad-who.asp I think this may be a new program so maybe that's why not a lot of people know about it. But it...

Thanks for all your replies. No, this isn't recognized in my country. But, I"m not studying to work in the Philippines. I'm studying to work in Canada. After graduating from a full-time course 8 months or longer, international students are encouraged...

By the way, I can't send a private msg yet through allnurses... I don't have enough posts (i think)... would be glad to reply to any of your questions...