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I know ultimately it will come down to myself to make this decision but need some more educated opinions I think to try and make my decision. Basically I'm a 24 year old Irish university degree trained General nurse. I've just about a year of experience and my plan had always been learn to drive (pay off my car, which is hopefully just about another year) and then go to Australia for a working holiday visa where I could get a feel for nursing there and work agency or whatever (or that was the dream plan anyway) However the hospital I'm currently working for has now offered up funding to do post graduate diplomas and certificates in my area of nursing (respiratory). The courses would begin in sept 2017 (length six months to a year) and because the hospital are funding it I would then be obliged to work for the hospital for a year post completion. So that#s thrown a spanner in the works. I'm tempted because this is obviously a very big opportunity. But by the time I have completed it I would be probably just about too old for a WHV, so would have to rethink plans all together. Especially while the 457 visa is a bit up in the air. My question is really would these postgraduates stand by me in Australia and would if be easier to find a job and such. Or would it really make no difference. I don't have any intentions to specialise at the minute and would like to continue working in a general medical setting. I would possibly still get funding after I come back from Australia, if I come back at all. But it's unknown year to year if funding will be there or not for these courses. I know it comes down to my decision ultimately but, having some outsiders opinions may give me some further food for thought

Due to qualify in three weeks (whoo hoo) but planning on staying here for a year to gain some experience before leaving, so not for another year, thankyou!

Been off the site for a while but thought I'd pop in to check. Just to explain again, want to go to Aus for a year WHV, looking to register with AHPRA. But unsure of when to start the ball rolling. A while ago it was taking 8 months to get your reg with them. Is it still at the same length of time? There was a thread specifically for this but it has seemed to died since my last visit. Thanks lads

I can't help much as I'm only in the planning stage myself, but I've been looking at Air BnB as an alternative to renting a place. A lot of places seem to want to get into leases and if you're travelling it seems that might be difficult. Air BnB rents to people on nightly or monthly basis Mostly it's just rooms in their houses or apartments. But in a lot of cases I've looked at it's more a form of house sitting as the landlord seems to be away a lot with work or hardly ever home for whatever reason. Lots of nice places in Melbourne I've looked at online too Depends what you're looking for though I suppose

Or would something off Air BNB be better perhaps? Does anyone know if bills are included on the Air bnb prices? Things like 'wireless internet' are included in the 'amenities' section, so I would think so, but can't find anywhere where it says for sure

Boyfriend and I plan on going for a years WHV in a year or so, but looking into everything now to get all my bits together and have come across a snag. We're going over for a year, basically for a prolonged recce, with the view of liking it and I'd like to get a skilled independent PR visa. I'll be a qualified nurse by then with a year or two under my belt and from my research it seems hard and expensive but the best choice for us. However, for the year we're on our WHV, we'd like to have a look at some places as we travel [Melbourne, Brisbane, Bondi being the main three we'd aim for] with the view for perhaps the second half of the year settling down to work. But it's kind of hit me, it may be hard to get an apartment to settle down. Before this we won't be living together or anything, coming straight from living separately with our parents, we won't be permanent residents in the country. We won't have a reference from someone we've rented from before. Hopefully we'll have a good bit saved up by then, and will have a joint bank account for our adventure in Aus. So paying a deposit/bond shouldn't be a problem, and I'll have a job with a nursing agency hopefully, so wges should be decent. But will this make it difficult to attain a nice apartment to rent for a while? I've read on here in places such as WA it's illegal to rent to non-residents. Hoping for a good view on this or else it'll mess up the plan we have going :wacko:

That don't actually do much! My aunt flew from Brisbane to Dublin only a few weeks ago and booked with them for this service. She was flying alone with two small children and thought well I'll only rely on them for when I need to pee or something and they did nothing for her. She knew who they were. I think they make themselves known at the start of the flight or something. And she found both of them, both ways of her journey, would rush past her seat, avoiding eye contact. Said they seemed to just be an extra pair of hands for cabin crew, as they helped the crew at meal times etc. but never helped any parents on the flight anyway. May be better on other routes, but just warning, don't rely on them and book for that service alone!

I think any dog can be a dangerous dog, it's all down to how they are raised and controlled by their owners. I understand some dogs are on the 'dangerous dogs list' and badness would be more inherent in them. But I truly believe it's down to how people treat them in their early development stages, like humans. I know some staffys who are the most loving dogs I've ever met, and I've met some truly evil pomeranians Sorry to hear about your dog though, sending good vibes for a quick and easy recovery xx

More than likely, we tend to cover up the crazy with it :wink:

No seriously Fifi if it'd talk back we'd sit talking to it I dunno if it' strictly an Irish thing, when I holidayed in Australia I found most people to be quite friendly. But it could just be me also but many a times I've gotten talking to complete strangers in public. On the bus, in cafes. Old, young, whatever. We just like talking I suppose. There's a funny thing about how the Irish colonise country in such sneaky ways that the bottom line comes down to we just keep talking I will talk to anyone as long as they're not horrible to me

sure jesus we'd talk to the wall :laugh:

Thanks Jac, yeah I'm hoping to have 12 months before I go over, just depends on the jobs here. Many nurses from my class and the year above plan on emigrating even to the UK just for a job, really dire here. I would rather leave straight away, but want the experience because it opens more doors. But yeah I suppose I am. We're thinking of maybe travelling around for say first six months, then settling down [possibly melbourne possibly brisbane] for the remaining six months, then seeing where we go from there. Just don't want to have settled down somewhere where there's not a lot of work going and that has a too high cost of living if you get me

Anyone else have anything to add maybe? :cute:

This probably won't be for at least two years, unfortunately I'm just thinking way ahead in wanting to plan. I suppose that true about where the people are living. As a holiday Visa I was gonna try and get registered with an agency that's more national, which I think there's a few, and travel around a bit. Thanks anyway though

They won't tell you you're not allowed in till you get there. From what I remember anyway. My family went on a holiday there when my sister was only about five. Booked through a travel agent who sorted our visas. They put an 'o' [letter] on the visa where on her passport is was a '0' [number]. After about 40 minutes [probably not that long but I remember it being a while. They had to contact the travel agents] of being questioned we were allowed go. It was a nightmare. As long as you've double checked everything, that's all you can do, relax and enjoy (:

I know this is a very broad questions obviously, as most of the big cities have good hospitals and stuff. But just trying to decide where to head for based on work. Here's the story. By the time I get over I'll be a newly qualified degree nurse [general medical/surgical] with [hopefully] a years experience under my belt. I want to come over for a year on a working holiday visa and do some agency work to get a feel for Australia as a whole and see how nursing in Oz compares to nursing in Ireland. The goal being yes I do like it, and hopefully can pick up sponsorship somewhere. At the minute I'm trying to work out where to maybe 'settle'. I'll be going over with my boyfriend, staying with some family on Sunshine coast till I get my bearings as such. So I was thinking maybe Brisbane? But then again a lot of Irish nurses seem to be heading to Perth so I'm unsure. On the other hand Melbourne also seems nice, and quite like Dublin. So could be nice for us. I'm just thinking where would I be most likely to get a viable amount of work. In the boyfriends word 'I'm going to Australia. I want to be near a beach!' Also Syndey is definitely out. Renting prices seem sky high and I visited before and didn't really like it. We will visit it, as my boyfriend's never been to Oz so we gotta do the tourist thing too, but wouldn't like to base there :cute:

My mother is usually in a similar situation when she had to get myself and my sisters passports, not so much me any more, but still my sister. She has to go to court to swear that she hasn't had any contact with our dad, then they give her something to clarify this and it waives the need for his signature and that on the applications. Not sure if this would work for Visa applications, but would say something similar maybe. Can't help much more though, I double verystormy's advice, you'll need professional help on this one

Yeah they really don't like to make it cheap anyway. In my internship I'll be getting 6.50€ an hour. All of that will have to go in the savings pot towards Reg and flights. Thank god I live at home :huh:

Yeah I've noticed that. Which is fairly ridiculous. I want to get at least 6 months experience before I leave anyway, hopefully a year. But I don't see how someone who hasn't actually had working experience get in easier than someone who has years of experience. Clearly the people with the experience are better candidates? I know fair enough we may have more up to date modules technically, but surely a bridging programme should be efficient. Which the consensus on here seems to be it's not? (hope I've gotten that right). I don't get it at all, you guys should be top of the list to be honest, best of luck though, hope it's everything you're looking for

Yeah to be honest, I did only start the real research few days ago. And it's just when you start off it's a bit foggy indeed. Yeah reading on here has scared me a little though haha, lot of negative stories. Hopefully It'll become more clear, thanks a million though! All the best with your application, thanks so much geordiegirl68! (:

Was going for a working holiday (417) first to see how we go, if we like australia etc. [travelling with my boyfriend]. Sorry about the IELTS, I just thought I read somewhere that international nurses from certain countries [can't remember which exactly but Republic of Ireland was included] was exempt from it but ok I'll look into it further. So much information everywhere it's getting muddled in my mind. This is all so daunting I'm rethinking it and just thinking about going for a year and working normally in something else. Was enticed by the thought of more experience, working somewhere new etc. But it seems a lot more hassle than it's worth wow Hope your applications are going well though

Hi lads, sorry been reading the forums and can't find a straight answer, hoping posting here might work. Due to start my final year of BSC degree in general nursing [irish]. After I qualify I want to try gain 6 or 12 months experience before I head to OZ [just so I can get into more agencies/possibly better nursing job over there when the time comes]. Looking to head over first for a yeah on WHV. and mainly stick with Agency Nursing as a job [probably based mostly in QLD]. Looking into starting to get bits together for APHRA reg, and starting to save up fees now. But just wondering what parts I need to do. Will an ANMAC skills assessment need to be done, some threads lead me to believe it's only diploma grads that need this? Can't find online the criteria where this becomes necessary and it's a bit confusing so if someone could clear that up it'd be great. I've read the 8 criteria for application, but nothing there. Also I assume as I'm coming for Ireland I sidestep IELTS assessment. Also, what fees are necessary? Lots of different ones listed on the website, not exactly sure what the first time reg comes under. Sorry if I have this in the wrong place, if someone could give me a push in the direction of where I should post it either that'd be great Thanks (: