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I am in the same boat as you are. I have been on the phone with both the CNO and CLPNBC numerous times and its a total headache, but have some answers. As the others have said, you have to register with the CNO and CLPNBC colleges, which means you have to pay both fees, nearing $1000. I never heard anything about claiming back some of the registration fee, but will look into that. Once you have fully registered with the CNO, then that allows you to transfer your license to BC, but again you have to pay both fees. As for the exam, the CNO says you can no longer take the exam in another province. BC currently does not have a jurisprudence exam, but they may change that and have one in upcoming months, so they told me just to check back. To fully register with the CNO you have to take the Ontario jurisprudence exam. The CLPNBC also requires a background check as part of there registration to the college. Hope that answers some of your questions.

Fiona59, Yes our American community colleges are a bit cheaper, but i cannot believe the price differences in colleges and universities! Thank you for your comments. I have seen a few of your post and know that you have a lot of information on Ontario colleges, I appreciate you posting and replying!

kaxmak, It is great to hear you got in without any nursing background! I do have 2 years of university and am applying for the accelerated nursing program at Conestoga. I definitely know a lot more now than i did when i wrote in June, which is such a relief... just lots of paperwork!!! Thank you so much for your support!

Thank you for responding! It looks like it isn't too hard to transfer your degree from country to country then! That is great news. I am applying to Conestoga for my RPN which i think is a good route for me. Are American colleges really cheaper?? The schools i've gone to already have been at least twice as more as in Canada! Thanks!

Does anyone know anything about being an American and transferring into the Canadian nursing system? Or been through it? I am having the most stressful time getting news about transferring and the differences in the school systems. Here is why I ask. My boyfriend is Canadian and I am American, he is in Optometry school for the next 3 years and I just decided a year ago that I would for sure do this nursing major (after a long battle against it because it looked so intimidating). We will be getting married soon, and I don't want to put my career on hold and have to wait for him to finish in 3 years to just get started in nursing. Any thoughts or suggestions? Really anything would help right now. I have been told that people from the states have gotten a nursing degree from a commended school, and not been able to do anything with it up there. They have had to start over, even though they are qualified here. This is my fear (and makes no sense). Right now, I am taking some pre-requisties to get into the nursing program at my school, but I probably won't end up applying to my school before things get rolling with him and I. The problem with that is that the school I have looked into in Ontario doesn't even do pre-requistes, but rather you apply right from high school. The school cannot tell me if they will exempt me from the same classes I have already taken or not. At this point I am just lost in what I am supposed to do. I may end up having to start over 2-3 years of pre-requisties I have already finished because the school does not have the pre-requisite system. I feel like i am in a waiting game to see if all my hard work will even count, and hope that there is a better answer, but at this point this is all i know. Also, I have to be a resident of the province to even apply to the RN program. I do not however to apply to the LPN program. So I am thinking this is the route to take for me... Any thoughts or suggestions? Really anything would help right now.