KSH81 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Long time lurker but never posted. I have a question about registering with AHPRA, we are at the beginning of our VISA process really, however we are going to Perth ont he 8th February, I just wondered while I am there can I register with AHPRA as I know I have to do this in person. I havent done skills assesment yet tho. Thanks in Advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERSTARDJ01 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 The processing times for aphra I believe are 3 mths but you could try calling them and asking yourself if what your asking here is possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERSTARDJ01 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 There contact number is 1300 419 495 you would need to do it about 7am to catch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 21 hours ago, KSH81 said: Long time lurker but never posted. I have a question about registering with AHPRA, we are at the beginning of our VISA process really, however we are going to Perth ont he 8th February, I just wondered while I am there can I register with AHPRA as I know I have to do this in person. I havent done skills assesment yet tho. Thanks in Advance Once you get your approval of registration (in principle) then that is the point at which you present to the AHPRA office (within 3 months) to complete and finalise your registration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogi Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Hey guys just jumping on this thread as I didn’t want to start a whole new one! so I applied for AHPRA in December (received 7th), prior to this I had asked the NMC to send a COGS to them. Received an email this morning to say AHPRA still need the COGS. I’ve told AHPRA that I have had one sent from NMC and forwarded my email from NMC verifications from 7th December where they specifically confirmed they have sent a COGS to AHPRA. I don’t know exactly when the NMC sent the cogs but has anyone else had experience of this? I have contacted the Nmc to ask again and see if there’s a way of tracking it but I don’t want to miss out on the 30 day window so should I ask for another one to be sent? I’ve had my documents lost in the post before so don’t want a repeat of it! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeH Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 How long before applying to ahpra did you send the NMC COGS? I think when I sent a request to NMC, there was a statement on the reply email that said to make sure you have an account open with the council you're applying to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogi Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, LeeH said: How long before applying to ahpra did you send the NMC COGS? I think when I sent a request to NMC, there was a statement on the reply email that said to make sure you have an account open with the council you're applying to. It was sent from the NMC around 27/11 and I doubt it would have got there faster than my application. I also got my uni to send transcripts on the 21/11. Does AHPRA only open an account once they receive your application? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychNurse Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, yogi said: Hey guys just jumping on this thread as I didn’t want to start a whole new one! so I applied for AHPRA in December (received 7th), prior to this I had asked the NMC to send a COGS to them. Received an email this morning to say AHPRA still need the COGS. I’ve told AHPRA that I have had one sent from NMC and forwarded my email from NMC verifications from 7th December where they specifically confirmed they have sent a COGS to AHPRA. I don’t know exactly when the NMC sent the cogs but has anyone else had experience of this? I have contacted the Nmc to ask again and see if there’s a way of tracking it but I don’t want to miss out on the 30 day window so should I ask for another one to be sent? I’ve had my documents lost in the post before so don’t want a repeat of it! Thanks! Hello, I had such a difficult time with the NMC verifications team as AHPRA never seemed to get my certificate of good standing (COGS). In the end I did all of the following: 1. Requested a new COGS: *I had a copy sent to 3 different AHPRA addresses Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. This is because although one AHPRA office may receive your application, it may get processed by another office which handles international applications. E.g. My application was submitted to Adelaide office but processed by Melbourne. *To maximise the chances of AHPRA linking your COGS to your application: Ask the NMC to provide your AHPRA application/reference number, full name, date of birth, UK postal address, NMC pin on any letters sent to AHPRA. Option 2 worked best after AHPRA still didn’t receive any of my COGS and were about to withdraw my application. 2. Email Lisa Cherry (Lisa.Cherry@nmc-uk.org) from the NMC verifications team. In case she is off, copy in the whole NMC verifications team into the email: (Verifications@nmc-uk.org) *Ask her to directly email a copy of your COGS to your AHPRA case officer. *In your email to Lisa Cherry, state the following: -you urgently require a COGS to be resent or your AHPRA application will be withdrawn. -you have requested multiple COGS from NMC which AHPRA have not received -provide your AHPRA application/reference number, full name, date of birth, UK address, NMC PIN number, etc. Good Luck! Edited January 17, 2018 by PsychNurse more information 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogi Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 hour ago, PsychNurse said: Hello, I had such a difficult time with the NMC verifications team as AHPRA never seemed to get my certificate of good standing (COGS). In the end I did all of the following: 1. Requested a new COGS: *I had a copy sent to 3 different AHPRA addresses Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. This is because although one AHPRA office may receive your application, it may get processed by another office which handles international applications. E.g. My application was submitted to Adelaide office but processed by Melbourne. *To maximise the chances of AHPRA linking your COGS to your application: Ask the NMC to provide your AHPRA application/reference number, full name, date of birth, UK postal address, NMC pin on any letters sent to AHPRA. Option 2 worked best after AHPRA still didn’t receive any of my COGS and were about to withdraw my application. 2. Email Lisa Cherry (Lisa.Cherry@nmc-uk.org) from the NMC verifications team. In case she is off, copy in the whole NMC verifications team into the email: (Verifications@nmc-uk.org) *Ask her to directly email a copy of your COGS to your AHPRA case officer. *In your email to Lisa Cherry, state the following: -you urgently require a COGS to be resent or your AHPRA application will be withdrawn. -you have requested multiple COGS from NMC which AHPRA have not received -provide your AHPRA application/reference number, full name, date of birth, UK address, NMC PIN number, etc. Good Luck! Thanks so much I'm having an absolute nightmare with everything and it hasn't even started - Royal Mail lost my COGS to ANMAC as well as all my supporting documents to ANMAC for my 189 visa and so I'm feeling so disheartened by it all! I spoke to NMC verifications today who were a bit vague about resending it to AHPRA as I didn't have confirmation that it's actually been lost (the one to ANMAC is coming up as lost by royal mail, whereas I never got a tracking reference for my COGS for AHPRA so don't actually know!) but they will resend the one to ANMAC today and I've asked for it to go to the three AHPRA places like you've suggested. If I don't hear back that they've sent them off I'll ask for an email to be sent to both case officers because quite honestly I can't take any more posting problems!!! Starting to feel like I will never actually get there but trying to be an eternal optimist! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERSTARDJ01 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Royal mail lost all our anmac docs so we resent them all via dhl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogi Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 minute ago, SUPERSTARDJ01 said: Royal mail lost all our anmac docs so we resent them all via dhl I know the'yre awful. I resent my anmac docs with fedex and they got there fine, but the NMC won't do that for the COGS so I'm hoping an email will be enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERSTARDJ01 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 My wife's pin details etc got lost and they emailed them and sent them via dhl for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERSTARDJ01 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Ask the speak to Lisa cherry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychNurse Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hang in there guys.. dealing with the NMC and “lost” COGS was the hardest part of the whole process.. Lisa Cherry is an absolute gem! she will email case officers as soon as she receives your requests ?just don’t forget to give her your AHPRA/ANMAC reference numbers, case officer details, full name, date of birth etc. So they will link the COGS to your application. Once you are over this hurdle, and registered-everything else just fell into place ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogi Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 thanks so much guys. I have emailed Lisa just now. Fingers crossed this all gets sorted ASAP! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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