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right im all set with the QNC1form in front of me, pen in hand (well, iv put it down to type this but u know what i mean!) confused - it says "if ur applicatin is approved between 1 April and 30 june you will recieve a licence untill 30 june of the next financial year" so my question is if i send my form tomorrow what will happen? will they still process it but it will expire 30th june this yr?

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Hi KT and Kris,
Basically the answer to your question is yes!

Unlike the NMC's annual fee that lasts for a full year from the date you renew it from, the QNC has a set date that everybody has to renew on. So in other words they want $90 for this year up to June and then another $90 for June this year up to June next.

There is some good news though - they give you a very nice looking badge when you register :rofl:

Mark :)

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well i think ill frame it then cos it will be the most expensive badge ill ever own ha ha! thanks mark, dont know how id cope without all ur advise! :)

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Just thought i'd give you a bit more information about applying to the QNC. When I applied they took payment off my credit card 13 days after posting the form to them. I got an acknowledgement letter with my Queensland nurse id number about a week later. You can check online at anytime to see if your name is on the online registration list - my name was on it about 4days after receiving the acknowledgement letter and I received a formal registration letter, certificate, the really nice badge and cd about a week after that.

The web address for checking your registration status with the QNC is:

https://secure.qnc.qld.gov.au/t1tbmain.asp

Mark

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thats quick! is it usual to have a wee panic attack when u realise things might move quickly?! (do really want to go tho!) my next question however is about the evidence of inital registration - does this mean ur NMC pin card thingy?

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Hi kt and kris,

Had to chuckle when I read the above, I had a bit of a wobble when I sent my application off, then I got an email back from them saying I hadn't sent all the info as per the form. I was a bit too keen to send it off and hadn't read it properly, panic over!! New panic, got to contact all the places I have worked over the past 5 years and get references from past supervisors. To date it has been 3 months since I sent letters off and still not got all the references in. We were hoping to get things moving and go in March (it felt like a long way off last October!!). Bigger panic, might be well into the latter half of the year before we go now.

Good luck with everything.
Paul

BTW: Inital registration is your NMC pin thingy.

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Hi,
Actually no its not your NMC pin card thingy. Its a tatty A4 size of paper thingy :rofl: that the NMC call the "Statement of Entry"

The NMC would have sent you this when you Qualified informing you that your registration is effective.

Mark :)

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oh well i think i like pauls reply better cos i dont have an a4 sized bit of paper from NMC!:unsure:

x

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so its not just me then! still its pants that yours keeps getting delayed. hope it comes thro for u soon :)

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I've seen other people put posts on here saying that they can't find theirs either - apparently all you need to do is phone the NMC to send you a new one. :thumbup:

As for the length of time we need to wait for things - i did find both the QNC and the ANMC quite fast but the wait for other things is really dragging :(

Mark :)

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You should have been sent one with you Pin thingy when you qualified.I don't have the A4 paper from the NMC either, I do have one from the UKCC, but that's now useless, cost me £10 and that was me Registered for life:curse: then it cost me some more a few years later and then even more some more years later. Now it cost lots more within a year, be paying monthly before my next one is due you wait and see:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

As Mark says, the NMC will send you a new one if you ask them nicely, they may even help you loose some pounds as well, that's £££ and not lbs:rofl:

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ha ha i think i would prefer it if they helped me loose lbs cos im skint enough as it is and i havent even started paying for all the visa stuff yet