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Reviewed nurse pathways from Ireland

These are the complete corridors supported by the current reviewed dataset. No route is inferred for an unlisted destination.

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Supported destinations from Ireland

IE → AU

Registered Nurse: Ireland to Australia

How a nurse on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) Register applies for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) through Ahpra. This is not a direct NMBI transfer. Your Irish registration becomes evidence inside a new NMBA application, supported by an NMBI Certificate of Current Professional Status. Ireland is one of the NMBA's approved comparable jurisdictions, which is why the streamlined pathways matter for Irish nurses. The mandatory Ahpra Self-check decides whether you follow a streamlined pathway or an assessment stream. One NMBA registration covers every Australian state and territory. Permission to enter and work in Australia is decided separately by the Department of Home Affairs.

Scope: Origin: Ireland (NMBI Register, national). Destination: Australia, where a single NMBA registration covers all states and territories; immigration is governed separately by Commonwealth law.

Evidence record

Official sources used by pathways from Ireland

Each entry records who published the source, what it covers, and when it was last checked.

  1. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

    International criminal history checks

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  2. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

    Accepted English language tests

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  3. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

    Translating documents

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  4. Australian Department of Home Affairs

    First Working Holiday visa (subclass 417)

    Scope
    Australia (Commonwealth immigration)
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  5. Australian Department of Home Affairs

    Working in Australia

    Scope
    Australia federal immigration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  6. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

    Applying for registration

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  7. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

    English language skills registration standard (nurses and midwives)

    Scope
    Australia-wide registration standard
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  8. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and Ahpra

    Registration standard: General registration for internationally qualified registered nurses

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration; standard effective 2025-04-23
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  9. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

    Immigration and employment in Australia

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  10. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

    Orientation to health care in Australia

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  11. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

    Registration standard: Recency of practice

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  12. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

    Qualification and registration requirements

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  13. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

    Registration application stages

    Scope
    Australia-wide professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  14. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

    Completing the Self-check

    Scope
    Australia-wide internationally qualified nurse routing
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  15. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

    Steps after Self-check

    Scope
    Australia-wide internationally qualified nurse routing
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  16. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

    Renewing Your Registration with NMBI

    Scope
    Ireland professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  17. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

    Requesting a Certificate of Current Professional Status (CCPS) to Work Abroad

    Scope
    Ireland professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  18. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

    Registration Fees

    Scope
    Ireland professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  19. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

    Qualified Outside the EU: applying for registration in one or more divisions of the Register

    Scope
    Ireland professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  20. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

    The Register of Nurses and Midwives and its Divisions

    Scope
    Ireland professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  21. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

    NMBI and the Registration of Nurses and Midwives

    Scope
    Ireland professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)
  22. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

    Voluntary Removal from the Register

    Scope
    Ireland professional registration
    Last verified
    Open official source (external site)