India to United Kingdom registered nurse pathway

Step 1

Use the NMC overseas-trained route for professional registration. If employment is involved, check recruitment against the England recruitment code and check immigration separately under the Health and Care Worker visa rules.

Step 2

Complete the NMC ID Check with acceptable identity evidence and provide the required qualification information. The qualification must allow, or have allowed, registration in the country of training; NMC seeks confirmation from the relevant regulator or, where applicable, the education institution.

Step 3

NMC evaluates the qualification after the required application material and third-party confirmations are complete. The evaluation outcome determines whether a Test of Competence is required.

Step 4

Use an evidence route the NMC accepts: an approved test, a pre-registration nursing or midwifery qualification taught and examined in English, or recent practice in a majority English-speaking country. Each route has detailed evidence rules of its own.

Step 5

Complete CBT and OSCE only if the NMC requires it after qualification evaluation. The two parts may be taken in either order under NMC rules; OSCE is delivered by an approved United Kingdom provider.

Step 6

Provide the required health and character declarations, police or identity evidence and referee responses, then pay the registration fee and await the NMC decision.

Step 7

India sits on the current green list and has a government-to-government agreement under the England recruitment code. Neither changes what the NMC or the Home Office require of you. For the Health and Care Worker route you still need an eligible nursing job with an approved sponsor, a Certificate of Sponsorship, and to meet the salary and immigration conditions in force.