Destination hub · AU
Reviewed nurse pathways to Australia
Start with a supported origin, then use the complete corridor hub to resolve the destination jurisdiction and its official decision points.
Complete corridor hubs
Supported origins for Australia
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.
PH → AU
Philippines to Australia registered nurse pathway
One NMBA registration covers all of Australia. The mandatory Ahpra Self-check uses your full qualification, registration, examination and practice history to work out whether streamlined Pathway 1 or Pathway 2 applies, or Stream A, B or C. Training in the Philippines does not place you in Stream B by default, and immigration is a separate process.
GB → AU
Registered Nurse: United Kingdom to Australia
How a nurse registered with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) applies for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) through Ahpra. This is not a direct NMC transfer; NMC registration instead serves as evidence in a new NMBA application. The mandatory Ahpra Self-check routes each applicant to a streamlined pathway or an assessment stream. One NMBA registration covers practice across Australia. Permission to enter and work in Australia is a separate matter for the Department of Home Affairs.
Evidence record
Official sources used by pathways to Australia
Each entry records who published the source, what it covers, and when it was last checked.
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
International criminal history checks
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration
- Last verified
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Accepted English language tests
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration
- Last verified
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Translating documents
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration
- Last verified
- Australian Department of Home Affairs
First Working Holiday visa (subclass 417)
- Scope
- Australia (Commonwealth immigration)
- Last verified
- Australian Department of Home Affairs
Working in Australia
- Scope
- Australia federal immigration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Applying for registration
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
English language skills registration standard (nurses and midwives)
- Scope
- Australia-wide registration standard
- Last verified
- 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
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Immigration and employment in Australia
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Orientation to health care in Australia
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Registration standard: Recency of practice
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Qualification and registration requirements
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Registration application stages
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Completing the Self-check
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- Australia-wide internationally qualified nurse routing
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Steps after Self-check
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- Australia-wide internationally qualified nurse routing
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Renewing Your Registration with NMBI
- Scope
- Ireland professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Requesting a Certificate of Current Professional Status (CCPS) to Work Abroad
- Scope
- Ireland professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Registration Fees
- Scope
- Ireland professional registration
- Last verified
- 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
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
The Register of Nurses and Midwives and its Divisions
- Scope
- Ireland professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
NMBI and the Registration of Nurses and Midwives
- Scope
- Ireland professional registration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Voluntary Removal from the Register
- Scope
- Ireland professional registration
- Last verified
- Australian Department of Home Affairs
Visa options for skilled sponsored workers
- Scope
- Australia federal immigration
- Last verified
- Australian Department of Home Affairs
SkillSelect Expression of interest
- Scope
- Australia federal immigration
- Last verified
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing and Pearson VUE
Fees and Payment
- Scope
- United States and Canada NCLEX administration
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Fees for nurses and midwives
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration; schedule effective 2025-09-18
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Multiple-choice question exam
- Scope
- Australia-wide internationally qualified nurse assessment
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Objective Structured Clinical Exam
- Scope
- Australia-wide internationally qualified nurse assessment
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Portfolio
- Scope
- Australia-wide internationally qualified nurse assessment
- Last verified