AHPRA- whats your experience?****

[lilmissp]

Hi all I applied to AHPRA 8 weeks ago and apart from acknowledgement in february that they have my application I have heard nothing else. I have phoned and asked if there is anything I need to send but have got nowhere and no answers apart from it is being assessed. If I have missed anything or need to change anything would they have contacted me by now?
For anyone who has had experience how long did it take them to contact you if you needed to change anything or re-send anything. I feel so frustrated as I am sure everyone who has had to deal with them must feel.

[Maruska]

Hi,

which office did you send your application to? It seems according to PIO member experiences that some of the busy offices like NSW ( Sydney) take longer time processing. I think that 8 weeks is too early to have anything done but don`t have a personal experience, I am going to apply at the end of April.

[lilmissp]

Hi Maruska

I applied to Queensland. But now I am having all sorts of panics as I know if it isnt right it will really mess a lot of things up ie timing for visa house sale starting job.

[GilraenH]

Have you contacted them to see they have everything? Or is there anything that you might chase up for them?

Good Luck!

[Maruska]

Hi Maruska

I applied to Queensland. But now I am having all sorts of panics as I know if it isnt right it will really mess a lot of things up ie timing for visa house sale starting job.

If you are applying for permanent residency visa then you don`t need the registration, only positive skills assessment. Best of luck

[lilmissp]

Have you contacted them to see they have everything? Or is there anything that you might chase up for them?

Good Luck!

Hi, yes I have phoned them twice and asked if there is anything I need to send but I am just told that it is currently with an assessor and they say it is within time scale even though I was told 4-6weeks and it is now 8 weeks. !!!!

[GilraenH]

Hi, yes I have phoned them twice and asked if there is anything I need to send but I am just told that it is currently with an assessor and they say it is within time scale even though I was told 4-6weeks and it is now 8 weeks. !!!!

Fingers crossed then it is not long! I know from others that this is a very frustrating wait/part of the process.

[bikerdave]

Hi,

First post so be kind. I applied for nurse licensure with the AHPRA in Sydney - October last year. The confirmation of receipt email came roughly two weeks after I mailed the application form out, they also debited my payment around the same time (October 2011). Heard absoulutely nothing until an email first week of March 2012 requesting I re-send my University transcript in an AHPRA acceptable format (let me know if you need to know what this format is, may save you time). Currently I am still waiting for my Uni to send out the revised transcript (takes time to re-format a standard transcript into AHPRA format).

I have been given until the first week of May to provide the transcript or they automatically bin my application (unless I request an extension but they don't say how this is done). I have been advised by my waiting employer in Queensland that their experience with the AHPRA is that it averages 6-9 months. Fortunately for me my employer's attitude seems to be "come as soon as is convenient for you" so I have been under absoulutely no stress.

Just hang in there.

David

[Maruska]

OK, so the moral of the story is "don`t send ANYTHING to Sydney" . David, that`s really a terrible experience, hopefully they will be fast after they get the transcript! Lucky for you to have such an easygoing employer.

[baileysgirlx]

Hi all, mine took 5 months and 2 weeks exactly with the Perth Office ! Yes a bloody nightmare I'm sorry to say. Apparently there is a massive backlog! I kept emailing constantly but it doesn't speed it up. As long as you have had your original acknowledgement then you just have to sit back and grit your teeth as best as you can. Hopefully yours will come quicker than mine!! Good luck x x x