PHYSIOTHERAPIST

[hkahloon]

Has any physiotherapist gone through the express entry process ? If so, Please share your experience ? Do i need to get my credentials done by WES or the alliance ?

 

[dotslash227]

Yes, you need to get credentials verified by an accreddited evaluation agency to be able to claim points for education.

 

[hkahloon]

Yes, you need to get credentials verified by an accreddited evaluation agency to be able to claim points for education.

So since it’s a physiotherapist degree who would verify it cause I saw people saying that it has to verified by the alliance of physiotherapist ?

 

[dotslash227]

So since it’s a physiotherapist degree who would verify it cause I saw people saying that it has to verified by the alliance of physiotherapist ?

For immigration purposes, for physiotherapists, your degree needs to be evaluated by any of the recognised evaluation agencies like WES, IQAS, ICAS, BCES-IT, CES

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=681&top=29

If you are looking forward to practice Physiotherapy once you are in Canada. You need to get an ECA for your degree to be able to claim points for education under EE. Once you have immigrated, you need to sit for the Physiotherapy Competency Examination (PCE) to be able to obtain a license.

 

[hkahloon]

For immigration purposes, for physiotherapists, your degree needs to be evaluated by any of the recognised evaluation agencies like WES, IQAS, ICAS, BCES-IT, CES

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=681&top=29

If you are looking forward to practice Physiotherapy once you are in Canada. You need to get an ECA for your degree to be able to claim points for education under EE. Once you have immigrated, you need to sit for the Physiotherapy Competency Examination (PCE) to be able to obtain a license.

So getting ECA done through any of the organizations mentioned above will be good enough to claim the points. I don’t have to go through the alliance yet right ?

 

[dotslash227]

So getting ECA done through any of the organizations mentioned above will be good enough to claim the points. I don’t have to go through the alliance yet right ?

Yes. ECA from anyone of those organisations. You only need to go through the alliance if you want to practice physiotherapy in Canada, once you are in Canada. Also, the alliance does not issue ECA's.

Your case is similar to mine, I am an optometrist by qualifications and have got points for education in optometry degree. However, I would not be going through Optometry licensing procedures, as I do not want to practice optometry once I am in Canada.