Arbrodin

Hi Maria,

I know it's seems a very pointless exercise, 81 pages ago I started this thread due to the frustration I was having, I am in the same boat as you in terms of training, I started my training in 1989, the hospital had its own school of nursing, no diploma or degree courses in them days. I am also RNLD trained which is an even bigger spanner in the works.

although I could not get a transcript from my training school, it disappeared in the 90's, the NMC were able to send the syllabus for my course over. This seemed to be accepted at first..

timescales with AHPRA are amazing, I applied in August 2013, well before the changes were brought in, they held my application back and they are assessing me under the new criteria!

other issues with them are that when diploma nurses came out, we were encouraged to do a diploma in an clinical area, so I completed mine in Epilepsy Care, as degree nursing developed, we looked at doing degrees and I completed my MSc in Sleep Medicine with distinction for me which again is another clinical area. APHRA in their wisdom do not think these will be taken into account, as neither say Nurse or Nursing in the title, however, I am on my third or fourth extension now, as I keep pushing and I have got to provide yet a third lot of info on my MSc.

I still think this is a pointless exercise, despite 25 years experience in the nhs. I will keep going to the end, but have resigned myself to not being registered and not being able to move to Aus.

I have since moved from adult LD to another job I paediatrics, working in mainstream and across LD children's services, I had to do something to pick me up off the floor. My new job is great and given me a new challenge, which moving was all about too!

having secured a job which was held open for me for a year, had family so somewhere to live and being ready to go some 12-18 months ago apart from APHRA,

To say I am frustrated with it all, is an understatement, so with no diploma nurses being registered us traditional nurses need to jump thro more hurdles!!

Paul

I trained 1986-89 before diplomas or degrees. My school of nursing had relocated to a University . After 6 weeks of being passed from department to department going around in circles, I wrote a letter complaining and low and behold a sheet of very faded paper appeared from their archives. It wasn't a full transcript but all my study/ practice hours and placements were on it. Not that it will be any good to me as the new criteria has forgotton about us traditionally trained nurses even though I topped up to a degree .

Don't give up, are there any tutors still around who taught you? They may still have a transcript?

Hi All,

my my wait seems endless, having sent my application in mid August, now mid January I emailed again for an update and got the following response

Dear Paul

Unfortunately I am unable to provide you with any further updates. We are still waiting for further instructions from the Nursing & Midwifery Board regarding the assessment process for applications for registration for overseas trained nurses and midwives.

I will contact you as soon as we are advised.

wonder if I will ever receive a LOE

Paul

have u heard from Aphra yet?

Hi,

I have had an email this week as below, I find it difficult to believe that having received my documents in August, that they want me to submit further information, they want further info on my Masters degree, as I was only able to submit results at the time and have since attended my graduation. They also want me to document when I trained, when I completed my diploma and then degree, this is because I was trained pre diploma and degree nursing programmes and had to keep pace as it were, with students education.

Paul

I would recommend at this point that if you are willing to submit further information to AHPRA it will be added to your application when it is considered by our Registration Committee. Could you please also include your explanation regarding your education pathway that you have provided in your recent email in a cover letter when you submit the documents?

Hi All,

Further emails to and from APHRA below, still no decision as yet, seems a long time since the 12 th August when my documents were first acknowledged. Having gone through the AMNAC process an having my skills assessed as equivalent, now APHRA want to revisit this assessment or so it appears. Does anyone know if this is because my diploma and masters are not in nursing qualification specifically, the diploma being in epilepsy and masters in a medical science. Thanks. Paul

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Dear Paul

Due to the high volume of overseas applications Australia wide, there is currently no time frame available at this stage for outcomes of internationally qualified Nursing and Midwifery applications.

I am unable to comment on the outcomes of other applications submitted. It all comes down to education equivalence to an Australian Bachelor Degree which is part of the assessment process.

Please be assured that I am aware of your pending application and will contact you as soon as we have further information regarding the status of your application.

Then

You are welcome to contact AHPRA with questions at any time.

Can I please ask if the Master of Science Degree was specific to nursing? I do not have the delegation to advise if your Master of Science MSc Degree in the medical sciences field could be taken into consideration for your current application for general registration as a Registered Nurse.

You are welcome to submit further information/evidence of this qualification to add to your application if you wish.

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When we did the skills assessment we had all the documents certified by a JP so they should be good to go for AHPRA, for those that have had ANMAC forward there documents on what additional documents have you send or had requested, I know the CV will be one of them, has anyone had to send anything else?

 

Cheers

Baz

I had to resend the my CV and give cpd evidence, also because my yearly NMC renewal date passed, I had to get the NMC to resend confirmation of registration again! At a cost!

am pulling my hair out now...lol 2nd call to Aphra and no useful information... I called them 1st about a month ago and they said they are doing further checks and that's all they can say could not confirm if they received the documents i sent in September. The phone call from today they confirmed that they received the documents and my application is still being assessed and have to keep an eye on my emails. Its just a waiting game and its painful..i have my BSc to finish while i wait, i guess that will keep my mind occupied :-)

Hi, I know how you feel, I am about a week behind you in APHRA acknowledgement and had to provide further documents which they received in September. I will keep an eye out for your cheer when yours arrives, may keep me positive that mine will not be far behind. Paul

Hi, I started a separate thread on APHRA some time ago, my docs were received mid August and have recently been advised that there is still no timescales for international applications, however someone posted they had received theirs, having applied in July. Frustrating is the word!!

Hi, as I have been in the aphra system since mid august, 4 months since acknowledgement email, is there anyone currently receiving registration confirmation. Is there anyone else who has been waiting this long? Paul

Hi all, I had my documents acknowledged with the Victoria office back in mid August, have had various emails from you will here in the next 2 weeks to you will here in the next 2 days. My latest response to my email asking for a timescale is below. It is not very encouraging!! Paul

Dear Mr Andre

Thank you for your enquiry.

As you are aware the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and AHPRA are currently reviewing and strengthening the process in place to support the nationally consistent assessment of applications for registration from internationally qualified nurses and midwives (IQNM).

Due to the high volume of overseas applications, there is currently no time frame available at this stage for outcomes of internationally qualified Nursing and Midwifery applications.

If there is any further information that the Registrations Team requires from you, we will contact you directly as soon as possible.

Hi, has anyone else experienced similar email from APHRA. As you can see from my timeline, my APHRA acknowledgement of receipt of my application was August, I was requested to send an updated cv and transcript of registration, these were both received by APHRA on the 10th September and 25th September. I had an email from APHRA on the27th September saying I would receive an outcome within 7-10 working days. On the 21st October I enquires and got an out of office reply so I emailed enquiries. The reply was I would hear in 2 working days. On Monday of this week I received the email which is copied below. Has anyone else experienced this message or will have had to wait this long in the process.

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Dear Paul

Since you last received correspondence from your registration officer AHPRA and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia have strengthened the processes in how we assess applications. At this stage your application is still currently under review. Once your application has been fully assessed we will be in contact. Please contact us in six weeks for an update on your application if you have not heard from us in the interim.

Regards

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Thanks

Paul :arghh:

Hi, I have just received email confirmation that my APHRA application form and supporting documents have arrived, the application date is the 12/08, in the email it states there is no timescale due to the high volume of applications, is there anyone in the process of obtaining registration and how long did they currently wait. Thanks. Paul

Ugh, getting so frustrated with waiting for ANMAC skills assessment. They received all documents on 28th May, still waiting. I know it can take 13 weeks or more, but I'm getting so fed up of waiting now to get the next part of the migration process underway.

Looking at AHPRA, it seems just as tedious a process for registration. Anyone got any tips to help cope with the frustration of waiting?!

Hi,

i understand the waiting is very frustrating, I received my LOD last week, it took fourteen weeks before I received the email stating it was completed, then five days later the letter arrived in the post. Just looking at Agos 40 reg form now, not straight forward at all and about a 9 week wait once all the docs are in. You have to keep the faith. Paul

Hi All, I have a question regarding APHRA offices. Does it make a difference which office you apply to, I want to move to melbourne or Sydney areas, not sure which as yet, my AMNAC application is in for assessment, I was going to apply to Victoria APHRA, any advice would be welcome if there are differences to where you apply. I was going to ask AMNAC to forward my docs after the assessment was completed. Thanks. Paul

Great thread, when we were on holiday visiting family, they had to tell me to stop packing the shopping into bags at the supermarket, the checkout lady was not amused with me. Having to stop to give way to pedestrians when you get a green filter light to turn left meant I nearly mowed down a few people, then when walking it feels like you should not be crossing. Everyone seemed to get very excited about Bunnings stores, Dan Murphys was great tho. Paul

Hi, thanks, that is true,the whole process means you have to have patience. AMNAC emailed me to say the 12weeks is from the time they receive your application, this is good news. They also say they will forward all the file to APHRA once the assessment is completed. Paul

Hi, my documents have been received by AMNAC, I have had an email to say they will let me know when the assessment is started, does anyone know the current wait time, I see on the website that it can take up to 12 weeks for the assessment too. Thanks. Paul