Australian Immigration Daily News

Last week, Legal Training Australia together with ANMAC hosted a webinar for Registered Migration Agents.  Migration Alliance brings you the following summary from the webinar:

Registration:

• Programs of study that have been accredited by ANMAC and approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia will lead to registration in Australia as a nurse or midwife under the approved qualification pathway of the Health Practitioner Regulation Act (2009) 53a.
• Programs that have been accredited by ANMAC and approved by the NMBA appear on the Approved Programs of Study list
• The registration process was due to change in 2020, however due to COVID19 this is more likely to be in 2021 (tbc)

               What does this means for your clients?

               - bridging programs will cease exist

               - an exam (MCQ) and outcomes based assessment (OBA)will be introduced. 

Professional Reference requirements

A professional reference template is provided on application.

Applicants are discouraged from writing their own reference. ANMAC routinely verify references.

Points are not allocated by ANMAC. ANMAC will report on periods of work that are greater than:

• 3 years overseas, including New Zealand 
• 1 year in Australia

ANMAC will only recognise work that is paid and has been completed while the applicant was registered as a nurse/midwife in that same country. The submission of registration verification supports the dates in the reference. 

Updated statistic:

• Online application process
• Document upload only
• 7000 applications in 2019/2020 – an increase from last year
• 20% represented by agents
• 3-4 week turnaround from date of application