Re: Hiring new grads

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · May 5, 2010

This post has been moved to a thread of its own in the International Forum because it deals with issues related to immigration of IENs. The average Canadain nurse doesn't have any knowledge or advice to offer to that.

For the most part, Canada is not recruiting offshore any more. The costs have proven to be much higher than the benefits and some parts of Canada are laying nurses off so there is a ready pool of qualified people to hire without the added burden of immigration and licensing concerns. By the time you'd be ready to find an employer, the likelihood of them having a vacancy that could only be filled by someone from another country is pretty small. There is no money in most provincial health care budgets to provide financial assistance to existing employees so it's even more unlikely that you'll find one willing to give you money. There are no shortcuts, by the way. The process will take approximately a year just for you to get to the registration stage. Please read this: Internationally Educated Nurses - VERY IMPORTANT - READ THIS FIRST

Your information is incorrect about the Canadian Registered Nurse Exam. When you apply here you're not applying to write the exam you're applying to be registered as a nurse in a Canadian province, which will include passing the CRNE. And NO Canadian province will give eligibility to anyone from another country who has not written and passed their local exam and had a local license. None. Go here for more information about the CRNE: FAQ_ The Canadian Registered Nurse Examination (CRNE) Also, depending on where you were educated you will probably have to undergo a substantially-equivalent competence assessment (FAQ - Substantially Equivalent Competence (SEC) Assessments ).

The Canadian Immigration Service has recently been denying tourist visas for the purpose of writing the CRNE because of issues with people not returning home to their own countries when the exam is over. Obtaining permanent resident status has its own requirements and you've got a long way to go before you'll be ready to think about it.

Be prepared for a lot of hard work and disappointmentif you want to move to Canada. It won't be easy and there are no quick, easy, guaranteed ways of doing it.