Hi everyone! I'm a newbie in this forum. Have been an avid but silent fan of the forums in canadavisa.com until I came across this wonderful thread just today!
I submitted my application for RN registration in Ontario end of March this year. Got their confirmation that they received the forms plus the payment 3 days after. They advised me to wait for updates. I waited for their reply and bugged CNO through emails inquiring about the status of my application. They replied to my messages, although sometimes after 2 weeks, which was understandable.
Just last Friday, before I went to Laguna for work (I am originally from QC but got a job as a paid staff nurse in Laguna after more than a year of volunteer/training experiences in Manila), I received a package from CNO. Excited about the result of my assessment, i literally dropped my bag and hurriedly opened the package.
A mix of emotions settled in as I was reading several pages of the initial result. The letter indicated that I need to submit additional info relating to my nursing experience and completion of additional nursing education. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing that the BET form that majority of the RN applicants are babbling about, isn't included in the package.
And of course, included is the Option Form to continue or withdraw the application with a 40-day deadline from the date of the letter. Letter was sent 6th of May and I received it just last Friday! Thanks to the very efficient Philippine postal system, I now need to submit the option form before this Wednesday.
I have several questions with regards to the additional requirements they require from me:
a.) Do these requirements have a deadline? In the letter, it only says that further information about the status of my application will be received after 3 months from the day the letter was sent (meaning Aug 6, 2011). Does that mean all the completed forms including verification of employment be received by CNO before Aug 6 this year?
b.) Does anyone have an idea if having BET in the initial application result is a good thing or bad thing? Because according to some forumers, CNO might have changed their application procedure in which BET is not anymore included if application is received after March of this year. Or does this mean that it might still be given depending on the result of the additional info that they require from the applicants? Is it their way of lengthening the process (meaning additional cost in sending documents), just in case the nursing experience and further education fall short to their expectations?
c.) To the forumers who are already in Canada, are there still a lot of RN jobs out there? I have read several postings from allnurses.com and some forums that there are no jobs for us anymore. Because, it seems that a lot of IENs are flocking Ontario (majority in Greater Toronto Area) and I thought that they might have already secured nursing jobs that there are no more slots left for those Ontario RN wannabees like us.
I would like to personally commend the thread started and the forumers for putting up this very informative thread. I learned a lot from the posts (especially from canimmigrant, Paulferrer and carribRN). I hope you could extend your kind hearts and share your thoughts to my enquiries. Kudos for all the help that you give to your fellow countrymen who are Ontario nurse aspirants.
