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yes..if dubai then you will apply thru DHA. there are some private hospitals in dubai that prefer Western educated nurses, and they do pay well. licensing in sharjah i'm not so sure but the hospitals in dubai are better. there are hospitals that sponsor your visa, and there are certain benefits to it like getting a round trip ticket yearly. anyway, go to this webpage for registering in dubai - Dubai Health Authority ( DHA ) Â - Â Professional

it depends on which emirate you will be moving to..HAAD for abu dhabi or DHA for dubai. For the DHA, they will interview you for approx 15 mins asking you questions usually based on your work area. what will your visa be when you move to the uae? will you be a dependent or a visit visa?

If you were educated in the Philippines, you have to take IELTS. Quoted from the CGFNS website: To be exempt from the English proficiency requirement, you must meet ALL of the following criteria: country of nursing education was in Australia, Barbados, Canada (all provinces; the only approved schools in Quebec are: McGill University and Dawson College in Montreal, Vanier College in St Laurent, John Abbot College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, and Heritage College in Gatineau), Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom or the United States. textbook and instruction language was in English. So if you graduated from the UK, for example, you would be exempt.

Why don't you apply for both. While waiting for Canada, work in UAE. UAE is a great place to work. Depending on where you work, Asian and Western nurses salaries are not that different. It is a long, hard process to get licensed in Canada, especially considering that you might need to undergo SEC assessment. There is also no assurance that your application would be included in the cap of 500 nurses for 2013, if nurses are still on the list.