Detail Instructions for International Nurse to Immigrate to Canada as a Nurse

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International Nurses can come to Canada under the skilled workers and professionals program.


Canada’s skilled workers immigration program aims to recruit qualified foreigners who can help fill the country’s skills shortage. Nurses are among the professionals Canada has included in its priority list of foreigners who can apply as immigrants. This is not surprising, because the Canadian Nurses Association predicts a shortage of 60,000 registered nurses by 2022.

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Application form

• Job offer

• Work experience

• Fees

• Proof of funds

• Medical examination

• Police clearance

1.

Determine your eligibility. You are qualified to apply as a permanent resident if you have a job offer from a Canadian health institution to work as a nurse. You also qualify if you are a registered nurse or a licenses practical nurse with at least one year of experience in the last 10 years. If you have been working in Canada as a nurse for at least one year under a work permit, you may also apply.

2.

Complete the documentation. Download the forms and the document checklist from the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website (see Resources). Fill out the forms and the gather the required documents. Some of the documents you need are a photocopy of your passport’s bio-data page, a photocopy of your work permit if you are currently working in Canada or a photocopy of Service Canada’s confirmation letter if you received a job offer from a Canadian health institution.

3.

Submit your application. Mail your application and the fee to the Centralized Intake Office in Sydney Nova Scotia. As of June 2010, the fee for each applicant is CDN $550, or USD $526. Pay in Canadian funds by certified check, bank draft or money order payable to “Receiver General for Canada,” or by credit card through the CIC website (see Resources).







Citizenship and Immigration Canada



Federal Skilled Worker



Centralized Intake Office



PO BOX 7500, Sydney, NS



B1P 0A9 Canada

4.

Undergo a medical examination. If you meet the selection criteria, the Canadian visa office in your country will give you instructions on how to proceed with the examination.

5.

Submit police clearance. If the Centralized Intake Office in Nova Scotia recommends your application for further assessment, the Canadian visa office in your country will ask you to submit a police clearance.

6.

Get your visa. If your application is approved, the Canadian visa office will issue you a permanent resident visa and a permanent resident card.



Tips & Warnings

• If you are applying without a job offer, you need to show to the Canadian visa office financial documents proving that you can support yourself and your dependents in Canada while you are looking for a job. The funds required depend on the number of family members. The required amount for a single applicant is CDN $11,086, or USD $10,605 as of June 2010.



• If you are interested to live in Quebec, visit the province’s website because it has its own skilled workers program. (see Reference 1 under immigrate)



• If you’re hiring an immigration representative, he must be authorized by the government. Authorized representatives include lawyers who are members in good standing of a Canadian provincial law society, immigration consultants who are members in good standing of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants and notaries who are members in good standing of the Chamber des notaries du Quebec

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