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@tamiko17 I also got the same report. I finished my BScN degree from the Philippines and for the most part, it's not comparable. I have waited for almost a year! It's quite disappointing. By the way, I also experienced the same problem regarding the identification documents. Before my advisory was released, they asked me to send a copy of my notarized ID documents (which I already did before).

@dishes @silverdragon thank you so much for the advices. Upon reading the requirements for IEN in the site, I was somehow reassured since my educational background in nursing is a 4 year BScN degree course, but as an IEN, I definitely expect some plights that I might have to overcome such as the competency assessment or the bridging courses. I guess it's just the way how it is if you're an IEN.

I have a question and I badly need your advices on what you guys know pertaining to the licensing process in Canada for LPN and RN. I am a Filipino registered nurse (since 2014) with no RN experiences at all, but I am staying here in Halifax, Nova Scotia as a permanent resident and currently working as a long term care assist. I have applied to NNAS last year and they said I might get my advisory next week. Now my question is that how would my non RN experience affect my processing for RN and/or LPN ? Your extensive insight will be greatly appreciated. Thanks !

Thank you for this valuable insight, but I have a question in mind. I graduated with a BSN degree in the Philippines last year. Since my BSN program is based from the revised Philippine BSN curriculum, do I still have to take subject courses (regardless of any state)? As what i've heard from some of my batchmates, they were no longer required from taking it. Thanks!

Hi jmariel! I'm a Philippine registered nurse and I would like to give you my insight regarding the NNAS as much as I can. I started my application with NNAS (for the province of nova scotia) on October last year. Basing from my experience,upon sending the documents in CGFNS/NNAS office, it took 2 weeks before the documents reflected on my advisory report. As what NNAS told me, when documents are received, it would take 6-8 weeks for the office to evaluate your documents to see if it's authentic, and to check if it meets the promulgated requirement and standard. After which, another advisory report is going to be sent to inform you regarding the next steps . For now, I can only speculate the probabilities and trust what NNAS told me because at this stage, I'm still waiting.

there is an e-manual that can be downloaded from the NNAS site. just open "apply/login", then scroll down. You should find the link that will redirect you to the e-manual. All instructions are stated in there.