Before leaving for overseas, take the original or certified copies of at least:
- All documents required for registration and employment including:
- Satisfactory evidence of identity.
- Marriage certificate or documents relating to change of name.
- Documents related to employment as a registered nurse over past five years.
- Certificate, diploma or degree issued by the facility where you undertook your nursing course(s).
- Transcript/records of your nursing registration course (on letterhead).
- Your initial registration certificate or, verification
sent directly from the nurse regulatory authority where
your course was undertaken to the Nurses Board Victoria.
- Arrange for verification of your current or most recent
nurse registration to be sent directly from the nurse
regulatory authority to the Nurses Board Victoria.
- Three written professional references on letterhead plus phone and fax numbers to enable your referees to be contacted.
Our meet and greet team will meet you at the airport and can assist you
with finding convenient short-term accommodation, orientating you to
Melbourne, setting up your bank account, organizing health and other
insurance, accompany you to the Nurses Board and networking with other
nurses.
- Overseas nurses include nurse visitors already in Australia.
- Nurses who may be offered sponsorship and employment
contracts are those eligible to be registered in Division 1 of
the Nurses Board of Victoria's register.
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