Nigeria 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

Nigeria is on the red list under the England recruitment code, so organisations and agencies must not actively recruit people living in Nigeria. You can still apply yourself to a specific advertised vacancy that the sponsoring employer hosts and recruits directly. The rule follows where you live; it says nothing about your nationality and it does not block NMC registration.