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
NMBI to Ahpra: Irish Nurse Registration in Australia
Irish nurses move from NMBI to Ahpra by applying for registration with the NMBA, and the first step is the online Self-check. Nothing transfers automatically: your Irish registration becomes evidence in a new application to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Ireland is on the NMBA's list of approved comparable jurisdictions. If you qualified and registered in Ireland and have at least 1,800 hours of RN practice in approved jurisdictions since 1 January 2017, streamlined Pathway 1 may apply. NMBI issues the Certificate of Current Professional Status that Ahpra asks for.
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
NMC to Ahpra: UK Nurse Registration in Australia
To go from NMC to Ahpra, UK nurses apply to the NMBA for registration, beginning with the online Self-check. NMC registration does not transfer; it becomes evidence in a new application to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. The United Kingdom is on the NMBA's list of approved comparable jurisdictions, so if you qualified and registered in the UK and have at least 1,800 hours of RN practice in approved jurisdictions since 1 January 2017, streamlined Pathway 1 may apply. One NMBA registration covers every state and territory. Visas are a separate decision for the Department of Home Affairs.
Guides
- Ahpra Self-check for nurses: steps and results explained
What to enter in the Self-check, and what each result means for your next steps.
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
Fees for nurses and midwives
- Scope
- Australia-wide professional registration; schedule effective 2025-09-18
- 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
- Scope
- Australia-wide internationally qualified nurse routing
- Last verified
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
Steps after Self-check
- Scope
- 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
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