Another rise in IELTS requirements – Registered Nurses
Article 2 taken from Immigration News (Volume 177):
It seems that the new national body looking after the registration process for nurses in Australia called the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NWBA) is now going to request 7.0 on the Academic IELTS test in order to process the registrations.
Here is yet another example of professional bodies seemingly determined to crush international students dreams of becoming permanent residents with little warning.
Most nursing students may be aware that if they do not pass the registration process they cannot pass the skill assessment requirement for migration applications. It used to be that each state was responsible to look after the registration process but from the 1st July it is the responsibility of the NWBA.
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) is a different organisation. They are accredited for the skill assessment for migration purposes. We are aware that they do accept letters from the university supporting applicants English instead of the IELTS level but that will be no use if applicants cannot obtain national registration as a nurse in the first place.
