hello stressed,

thank you.... yes indeed it was a long wait.... il be looking for job around the sunshine coast... still looking for a sponsor....

I'm still looking for a job, preferably with sponsorship, as I have been here for 6 months of my working holiday visa already!

I'm in Brisbane and love it, but would move if necessary.

Good luck with your search!

Well. Its been nearly 2 weeks since the call and I am STILL not registered. The latest is that my application is with the 'officer' for 'final checks' and they cant give me a time scale as to how long it will be

hello stressed,

your papers are probably to be presented in the march board meeting. after that you can probably hear news from them.

stressed are you working now in an aged care homes? are they sponsoring RNs too? please PM me if you have idea about this. thanks in advance stressed.

psyche

Hi I have been having a major problem with AHPRA and so far my application has taken 3 months. Until sep last year I had registration with the northern territory stupidly I forgot to re new as we were on our way back to Oz. Remembered by November and was told I needed to re register. But it wouldn't take long as AHPRA would have all my details!!! God knows how many calls and emails I have sent but got told in February I needed to fill out a different form and submit some more info, 2 months to tell me that. I was then told once I had done that it would all be processed in a week. I'm still waiting. Has anyone had any advice from a legal perspective as to AHPRA responsibility and processing time frames? I have a job but dont think my employer will hold on for 6-7 months waiting. Has anyone complained? Or got their local hospital or mp to investigate if so was the outcome successful? I am just trying to speed it up as I am the breadwinner in our house and we are running out of savings. I have bills, rent and children to feed so any advice would be greatly appreciated. It's getting desperate. Thanks for reading.

Ahhhh, this is sounding ridiculous now!

At at what stage did you apply to AHPRA?
I'm about to submit to WA for 176 state sponsorship so have done nothing yet about registering but if it's taking so long perhaps I should start lookng into it (and hope we get the sponsorship!).

I applied in September and got my registration yesterday! took almost 6 months

So I would start it ASAP!!

next on my to-do list then.....it's never ending at this stage but it'll be worth it in the end!

hello stressed,

I was just wondering what you used to prove you did your training etc in the uk. I have lived in the uk my whole life and so have done my education and training in english so obv dont want to sit the IELTS unless i HAVE to and the next test date available isnt untill the end of april which is frustrating consisdering I wanna send my nurse reg apllication off
thank you

have you heard back form WA re state sponsorship yet?

well someone took pity on me over there at ahpra and granted me my eligible for registration letter. thats the fab news! bad news is the job offer i had was withrawn a couple of weeks ago, due to them no longer prepared to wait on my rego coming through. Im not going to reapply if they readvertise. Weve now decided to continue down the SS route and apply for jobs if and when i have a PR visa. Have applied for sponsorship and just waiting on a decision. Then hopefully its 176 here we come!!! Have got 12 months to present with visa id at an ahpra office, to complete full registration.

Piece of cake!

Hi all,
I send my application first week of December and they took payment on feb 8th.
I spoke to them yesterday and this guy said that 'we got all ur papers and its with one of the assesment officer; they will contact you thru email within 2-3 weeks time'
Friends, is their any hope...? Does it mean my papers are ok?
Also, if I am registered what is the next procedure? find an employer or proceed with ANMC? How long ANMC process would take..?
Thanks for ur reply.

depends on what type of visa you want to go out on. if its a temp employer sponsored visa then you wont need a skills assessment with anmc. get a job, get them to sponsor you on a 457 and present at the ahpra office with your visa on arrival. if however you want to go over on a 121 visa or another permanent type, them you will need to do the anmc bit. the anmc takes a minimum of 12 weeks to come through.
when i got assigned an officer through ahpra they contacted me straight away to reuest a couple of outstanding documents. if its been a coupkle of weeks for you then id say that was a good sign. However this is ahpra we are talking about so take nothing for granted

Thanks for your quick reply...I am looking to go on PR basis. That case, do I need to find employer before applying to ANMC? What I understand is once registered with AHPRA, we need only modified assesment. Isn't it?

its a little more tricky than that because you wont actually be fully registered until you present at an ahpra office with your visa. you will only receive a letter stating that you are deemed eligible for registration. this is known as an 'in principle' letter.
From what ive read and heard, the in principle letter is not enough for a modified assessment with anmc as you need to be fully regisitered. Looks like you will have to do the full anmc assessment if you want a PR. i would contact anmc by email to clarify this though.

If you want to get out there quicker, get a job then get out there on a temp visa, for which you dont require skills assessment, and do anmc skills assessment at a later date, and apply for a PR following, out in oz.
i did anmc first, then ahpra.
good luck