The office that is taking care of the overseas nurses is in Sydney so wherever you apply it ends there. It is not the same for those nurses already registering so it should not be an issue that its the renewal of registration month. The registration process is so so so so blocked. I am a nurse who applied in September and still waiting. Obviously was asked to meet criteria 2,3 and 8 (they already had criteria 8 in the detailed transcript but they said they must have overlooked it) and they say that now its in progress bla bla bla bla bla bla. When you send them you receive the same answers. The thing is that the Board meets only once a month and thats it. So if you are not lucky that month you will have to be reviewed the next. So taking in consideration that most of us sept, oct, nov did not get the registration yet, one can imagine when they are going to review those who are applying now. I ve been in oz for 2 months now and still waiting for the stupid registration so finally I could apply for jobs. This waiting sucks big time but what can you do!! hope someone get the registration soon and post so other could have an idea of what is happening