Become a Registered Nurse in UK in 3-6 months and secure a Work Visa after!

[rose_aimagroup]

Become a Registered Nurse in UK in 3-6 months and secure a Work Visa after!



Park Royal College of London, United Kingdom is inviting all Filipino Registered Nurse with a minimum of one year experience (paid/volunteer, full or part time equivalent) for a career opportunity in United Kingdom!

Upon successful completion of Overseas Nurses Program (ONP). you will become a fully Registered Nurse in UK. Once you get the RN registration, we guarantee to find nurses job with Work Permit.

The Overseas Nurses Programme (ONP) gives overseas nurses the opportunity to become a Licensed Nurse in UK.

[PinoySaNorwich]

Under the current UK immigration rules, migrants can be employed under Tier 2 (General) if they will be doing skilled work that is on the shortage occupation list.

Nurses (SOC code 3211) are included in the latest shortage occupation list but ONLY for the following jobs in this occupation code:

a) specialist nurse working in operating theatres
b) operating department practitioner
c) specialist nurse working in neonatal intensive care units.

Therefore, it is not really guaranteed that once you become a fully registered nurse in UK under ONP, you can find a job. You will of course need to have the work experience and appropriate skills relevant to the above mentioned jobs.

[heatwave]

Interesting.


@PinoysaNorwich - can you expound more?

[PinoySaNorwich]

You can read information about working in the UK under Tier 2 General) in this link, http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/vi.../tier2/general

You can find the full shortage occupation list in this link http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...nlistnov11.pdf

Becoming a Registered Nurse in UK is one thing (via ONP etc), getting a nursing employment under Tier 2 is another.

[rose_aimagroup]

We are already aware of this information. The work placement that we provide for our students are the one who issues COS. As an HTS school, we assure you that we provide Work Permit. Try researching about our school so that you will know what we offer. www.parkroyalcollege.org

We appreciate the infos that you provided, and I do hope that other nurses will find it helpful. There are proper ways to conduct due diligence. You may ring the College or AIMA Group contact numbers or send them emails which would give you the information you want. Better yet, you can visit the Philippine Admission Office for you to personally see for yourself.

[PinoySaNorwich]

Park Royal College (formerly known as A & S Training College prior to December 2011) is indeed a Highly Trusted Sponsor (HTS) under Tier 4 of the points based system according to their website. This means that they can act as Tier 4 sponsor to students to study with them in any of the courses that they offer. While studying, they can offer you to do work placement as part of your course but this is not full-time employment.

Under Tier 4 conditions of stay, "you are not allowed to work in the UK if you are on a course at any level with an education provider that is not a UK higher education institution or a publicly funded further education college (unless you are on a short-term study abroad degree programme at an overseas higher education institution)."

"If you are allowed to work, the work you do must not fill a full-time permanent vacancy (other than on a recognised Foundation Programme), and you must not be self-employed, employed as a doctor in training (except on a recognised Foundation Programme) or as a professional sportsperson, coach or entertainer."

"If you are allowed to work, you can work full-time during vacations within the above limits. If you have completed your course and you apply to remain in the UK under the points-based system (e.g. Tier 2) before your existing permission to stay expires, you can work full-time (within the above limits) until your application is decided."

(source for above excerpts: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/vi...s/conditions/#)


Work permits are no longer issued to migrants other than Bulgarian and Romanian nationals. Skilled workers (which include nurses) who have been offered jobs in the UK will need to apply under Tier 2 of the points-based system.

Thus, I reiterate that becoming a Registered Nurse in UK is one thing (under Tier 4 via ONP etc), getting a nursing employment under Tier 2 is another.

[rose_aimagroup]

Park Royal College (formerly known as A & S Training College prior to December 2011) is indeed a Highly Trusted Sponsor (HTS) under Tier 4 of the points based system according to their website. This means that they can act as Tier 4 sponsor to students to study with them in any of the courses that they offer. While studying, they can offer you to do work placement as part of your course but this is not full-time employment.

Under Tier 4 conditions of stay, "you are not allowed to work in the UK if you are on a course at any level with an education provider that is not a UK higher education institution or a publicly funded further education college (unless you are on a short-term study abroad degree programme at an overseas higher education institution)."

"If you are allowed to work, the work you do must not fill a full-time permanent vacancy (other than on a recognised Foundation Programme), and you must not be self-employed, employed as a doctor in training (except on a recognised Foundation Programme) or as a professional sportsperson, coach or entertainer."

"If you are allowed to work, you can work full-time during vacations within the above limits. If you have completed your course and you apply to remain in the UK under the points-based system (e.g. Tier 2) before your existing permission to stay expires, you can work full-time (within the above limits) until your application is decided."

(source for above excerpts: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/vi...s/conditions/#)


Work permits are no longer issued to migrants other than Bulgarian and Romanian nationals. Skilled workers (which include nurses) who have been offered jobs in the UK will need to apply under Tier 2 of the points-based system.

Thus, I reiterate that becoming a Registered Nurse in UK is one thing (under Tier 4 via ONP etc), getting a nursing employment under Tier 2 is another.

Tier 2 of the Points Based
System – Policy Guidance

Switching
1You can apply from inside the UK if you have, or were last granted, leave in one of the
categories listed in the table below:

Switching into
Tier 2 (General)

• Any Tier 1 category;
• Tier 2 (General);
• Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer: Established Staff) if you
are applying to change sponsor1;
• Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer), under the rules in place
before 6 April 2010 if you are applying to change sponsor1;
• Tier 2 (Sportsperson);
• Tier 2 (Minister of Religion);
• Tier 4 (General) student3;
• Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) in the Creative and Sporting
sub-category, for a job as a professional footballer
switching into Tier 2 (Sportsperson)only2;
• Dependant partner of a Tier 4 student;
• Highly Skilled Migrant Programme;
• Innovator;
• Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland Scheme;
• International Graduates Scheme (or its predecessor the
Science and Engineering Graduate Scheme);
• Business and Commercial work permits (except multiple
entry work permits) including Intra-Company Transfer work
permits;
• Sports and Entertainment work permits (except multiple
entry work permits);
• Jewish Agency Employee;
• Member of the Operational Ground Staff of an Overseasowned
Airline;
• Minister of Religion, Missionary or Member of a Religious
Order;
• Overseas Qualified Nurse or Midwife3;
• Person Writing Up a Thesis3;
• Postgraduate Doctor or Dentist3;
• Representative of an Overseas Business;
• Representative of an Overseas Newspaper, News Agency
or Broadcasting Organisation;
• Student3;
• Student Nurse3;
• Student Re-Sitting an Examination3;
• Student Union Sabbatical Officer3.

Switching from a Tier 4 or Student category into Tier 2 (General), Tier 2
(Sportsperson) or Tier 2 (Minister of Religion)

If you are switching from one of the following categories:
• Tier 4 (General);
• Student;
• Student Nurse;
• Student Re-Sitting an Examination;
• Person Writing Up a Thesis;
• Postgraduate Doctor or Dentist;
• An Overseas Qualified Nurse or Midwife; or
• Student Union Sabbatical Officer.
You can only switch into Tier 2 if you meet the following criteria:
• you must have current leave which has not expired in one of the eligible categories
listed above; and
• you must have successfully completed and passed a UK recognized bachelor or
postgraduate degree, Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Professional Graduate
Diploma of Education or have completed a minimum of 12 months study in the UK
towards a UK PhD during your current period of leave or a period of continuous leave
which includes your last grant of leave; and
• you studied for the eligible award at a UK institution that is a UK recognized or listed
body, or an education provider which holds a license for sponsoring students under
Tier 4 of the Points-Based System; and
• you are applying from inside the UK.

[PinoySaNorwich]

As mentioned above, you can then definitely switch to Tier 2 whilst your current leave under Tier 4 has not expired and you have met all the required criteria.

However, my previous post below which relates to applying under Tier 2 will still apply:

Under the current UK immigration rules, migrants can be employed under Tier 2 (General) if they will be doing skilled work that is on the shortage occupation list.

Nurses (SOC code 3211) are included in the latest shortage occupation list but ONLY for the following jobs in this occupation code:

a) specialist nurse working in operating theatres
b) operating department practitioner
c) specialist nurse working in neonatal intensive care units.

Therefore, it is not really guaranteed that once you become a fully registered nurse in UK under ONP, you can find a job. You will of course need to have the work experience and appropriate skills relevant to the above mentioned jobs.

In other words, sponsor employees under Tier 2 cannot offer any nursing job vacancies available in their organisation to migrants as the skilled work must be in the shortage occupation list.

[rose_aimagroup]

As mentioned above, you can then definitely switch to Tier 2 whilst your current leave under Tier 4 has not expired and you have met all the required criteria.

However, my previous post below which relates to applying under Tier 2 will still apply:



In other words, sponsor employees under Tier 2 cannot offer any nursing job vacancies available in their organisation to migrants as the skilled work must be in the shortage occupation list.

Your post above is incomplete.

NOTE: For supervised practice nurses, points will be awarded for the guaranteed annual salary that will be paid when the individual achieves NMC registration, provided he/she has a guaranteed job offer with the Sponsor on completion of the placement. If the individual has not achieved NMC registration after nine months, we may consider curtailing his/her leave.

As I've said, our students taking ONP-PDA will get a work permit because the work that we provide are the one giving COS. Meaning, upon successful completion of their ONP, they will get their WP, guaranteed. We are an HTS school, our rating is the most important thing for us. What we say to our students are facts. Otherwise, we won't be an HTS school right?

[PinoySaNorwich]

The last sentence of my previous post should read: "In other words, sponsor employers under Tier 2..." instead of 'employees' (there is no edit button here).

Of course, my previous post was indeed incomplete as I have only highlighted the Tier 2 condition that is most relevant to the context of this thread. I know that there are a lot more requirements (i.e., funds, English test, etc) that an applicant need to meet to secure a visa under Tier 2 and these can be found in the link I mentioned in one of my previous posts.

I don't contest the HTS status of Park Royal College under Tier 4. What I find misleading was your claim that:

Once you get the RN registration, we guarantee to find nurses job with Work Permit.

The UK Border Agency has recommended that Overseas Nursing Programme (ONP) students will apply under Tier 2 of the Points Based System. Tier 2 is a work permit category and it is necessary for the employer to agree for the employee to undertake the period of study and adaptation training necessary for the ONP.

Currently, most students who apply for the ONP will already be in the UK under a Tier 2 visa. If you are outside the UK but already have a designated employment sponsor under Tier 2, you will need to make a Tier 2 visa application.

If you are already in the UK under a Tier 4 visa and you not an EEA national, you will need to find an employer who can give you a job which is included in the shortage occupation list and sponsor you to switch to a Tier 2 visa.

Please take note that work placement is not the same as a full-time job or employment. "Work placement" as a term in the UK is the equivalent to an "on-the-job (OJT) training" in the Philippines, and as such, which can be undertaken whilst studying as part of the course. For health and care courses (e.g., NVQ, ONP, etc), the work placement in offer can be as an ATA (Auxiliary Trained Abroad) or a HCA (Healthcare Assistant).

As you have mentioned in another thread here,

AIMA group is not an employment agency, our service is the provision of educational opportunities in the UK.

AIMA group does not send workers abroad, we provide a service to individuals who wish to pursue a Higher education abroad.

AIMA Group has existing partnerships with about 300 work placement providers located within central London, thus having constant and ready work placements where the students can be placed.

How then could you claim that you can "find nurses job with Work Permit"? You can guarantee to offer work placements perhaps but not full-time nursing employment. You can offer students to get a Tier 4 visa through them studying a course in your HTS school in London but you cannot definitely offer them a job to get a Tier 2 visa.

I rest my case!

[rose_aimagroup]

The last sentence of my previous post should read: "In other words, sponsor employers under Tier 2..." instead of 'employees' (there is no edit button here).

Of course, my previous post was indeed incomplete as I have only highlighted the Tier 2 condition that is most relevant to the context of this thread. I know that there are a lot more requirements (i.e., funds, English test, etc) that an applicant need to meet to secure a visa under Tier 2 and these can be found in the link I mentioned in one of my previous posts.

I don't contest the HTS status of Park Royal College under Tier 4. What I find misleading was your claim that:



The UK Border Agency has recommended that Overseas Nursing Programme (ONP) students will apply under Tier 2 of the Points Based System. Tier 2 is a work permit category and it is necessary for the employer to agree for the employee to undertake the period of study and adaptation training necessary for the ONP.

Currently, most students who apply for the ONP will already be in the UK under a Tier 2 visa. If you are outside the UK but already have a designated employment sponsor under Tier 2, you will need to make a Tier 2 visa application.

If you are already in the UK under a Tier 4 visa and you not an EEA national, you will need to find an employer who can give you a job which is included in the shortage occupation list and sponsor you to switch to a Tier 2 visa.

Please take note that work placement is not the same as a full-time job or employment. "Work placement" as a term in the UK is the equivalent to an "on-the-job (OJT) training" in the Philippines, and as such, which can be undertaken whilst studying as part of the course. For health and care courses (e.g., NVQ, ONP, etc), the work placement in offer can be as an ATA (Auxiliary Trained Abroad) or a HCA (Healthcare Assistant).

As you have mentioned in another thread here,



How then could you claim that you can "find nurses job with Work Permit"? You can guarantee to offer work placements perhaps but not full-time nursing employment. You can offer students to get a Tier 4 visa through them studying a course in your HTS school in London but you cannot definitely offer them a job to get a Tier 2 visa.

I rest my case!

I think you are not aware that HTS schools are ALLOWED to give work placements.

[PinoySaNorwich]

work placement = on-the-job training (OJT)

work placement is NOT a full-time employment

Read the details aboul work placements as part of a course of study here in the official UKBA website:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/vi...apply/course/#

[PinoySaNorwich]

Below is the relevant excerpt on work placements from the UKBA website link that I mentioned in my above post (para di na kayo mahirapang maghanap):

Under Tier 4 (General), you can do a work placement as part of your course of study, provided that the work placement is an assessed part of the course and the course is:

- at degree level or above; or
- a foundation degree course (but only if your confirmation of acceptance for studies was assigned before 21 April 2011); or
- provided by a Highly Trusted sponsor.

If your course involves a work placement, your education provider will be responsible for you throughout the work placement.

In certain circumstances, you may be able to do a work placement as part of your course, providing it is an assessed part of your course. We will decide if you can do a work placement together with the amount of time you can spend on the work placement. This will depend on the level of your course and where you are studying.

If you are doing a course at NQF level 6 or above, with a recognised body, higher education institution or as part of a study abroad programme, any work placement you take must be no more than 50 per cent of the length of the course in the UK, unless there is a legal requirement for a longer period of work placement.

Example 1. You can study a 2-year Master's degree course involving 12 months' study with your education provider and a 12-month work placement.

If your course is at NQF level 5 or below with an highly trusted sponsor, or if you are studying a course at any level with a sponsor that is not an higher education institution, any work placement you take must be no more than 33 per cent of the length of your course in the UK unless there is a legal requirement for a longer period of work placement.

Example 1. You can study for an NQF level 4 diploma involving 20 weeks' classroom learning (with a minimum of 15 hours' taught study each week) and a 10 week work placement arranged at the end of or at any time during the course.

Example 2. You can study for an NVQ level 3 qualification with a work placement run concurrently with the course: 20 hours' classroom study each week with your education provider, plus 10hours' work placement.

If you are coming to the UK for a 'study abroad' programme as part of a higher education course at an overseas higher education institution, you may do a work placement as part of the programme - but it must be no more than 50 per cent of the length of your study in the UK.

[rose_aimagroup]

Below is the relevant excerpt on work placements from the UKBA website link that I mentioned in my above post (para di na kayo mahirapang maghanap):

Under Tier 4 (General), you can do a work placement as part of your course of study, provided that the work placement is an assessed part of the course and the course is:

- at degree level or above; or
- a foundation degree course (but only if your confirmation of acceptance for studies was assigned before 21 April 2011); or
- provided by a Highly Trusted sponsor.

If your course involves a work placement, your education provider will be responsible for you throughout the work placement.

In certain circumstances, you may be able to do a work placement as part of your course, providing it is an assessed part of your course. We will decide if you can do a work placement together with the amount of time you can spend on the work placement. This will depend on the level of your course and where you are studying.

If you are doing a course at NQF level 6 or above, with a recognised body, higher education institution or as part of a study abroad programme, any work placement you take must be no more than 50 per cent of the length of the course in the UK, unless there is a legal requirement for a longer period of work placement.

Example 1. You can study a 2-year Master's degree course involving 12 months' study with your education provider and a 12-month work placement.

If your course is at NQF level 5 or below with an highly trusted sponsor, or if you are studying a course at any level with a sponsor that is not an higher education institution, any work placement you take must be no more than 33 per cent of the length of your course in the UK unless there is a legal requirement for a longer period of work placement.

Example 1. You can study for an NQF level 4 diploma involving 20 weeks' classroom learning (with a minimum of 15 hours' taught study each week) and a 10 week work placement arranged at the end of or at any time during the course.

Example 2. You can study for an NVQ level 3 qualification with a work placement run concurrently with the course: 20 hours' classroom study each week with your education provider, plus 10hours' work placement.

If you are coming to the UK for a 'study abroad' programme as part of a higher education course at an overseas higher education institution, you may do a work placement as part of the programme - but it must be no more than 50 per cent of the length of your study in the UK.

As I've said before, the work placement that we provide for our ONP-PDA students are the one giving COS, like Northampton Hospital. By the way PDA is Level 6, and just so you know, the criteria for achieving a work permit in the UK has now been made much easier and as such a large portion of our students will be able to qualify for this.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...2-guidance.pdf

[PinoySaNorwich]

Contrary to what you said above, the current UK immigration rules are much stricter compared to that which were in effect when I arrived here in the UK eight years ago (I became a British citizen in 2009).

The changes on the rules were brought by the UK Government to reduce the net migration to the country by people who come from countries outside the EEA.

Read this article so that you will be enlightened: http://www.workpermit.com/news/2012-...he-economy.htm

To cite a few examples on the changes:

For Tier 4 students, maintenance funds of at least £1,000 per month (for those studying in London) are required to be shown - no such requirement before

For Tier 2 migrants, reduction to 3 types of nursing jobs included in shortage occupation list - before 2010, any types of nursing jobs

There are now yearly limits on the number of visas that can be given under Tier 2 and Tier 4 - there were no such limits prior to 2010

To see the recent changes about work placements, maintenance funds, etc, go to this link, http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publica...study-visa-soi

[rose_aimagroup]

As you are aware, a new and exciting route has opened in the UK (last April 18,2012) providing students access at various points to achieve Tier 2 status.

Initial perception of the rule is that any Level 6 (like our ONP-PDA) will allow them to progress to a work permit since the student could be considered firstly as having achieved a professional graduate diploma. Therefore, will not be subject of the cap on immigration in this category as they have studied in UK.

[PinoySaNorwich]

Are you referring to this change?

New student rules to welcome the brightest and best while tackling abuse

New rules will come into force within weeks to cut abuse of the student visa route and ensure that only the brightest and the best students can stay and work in the UK, Immigration Minister Damian Green announced today.

Students can currently work in the UK for 2 years after their studies have finished, under the Tier 1 (Post-study work) route. But from 6 April, a more selective system will come into effect so only the most talented international graduates can apply to stay in the UK for work purposes.

Only those who graduate from a university, and have an offer of a skilled job at a salary of at least £20,000 (or more in some cases) from a reputable employer accredited by the UK Border Agency, will be able to continue living and working in the UK in order to benefit the British economy.

The rules are part of a radical overhaul of the student visa system, which will:

~encourage growth - a new Graduate Entrepreneur route will open, with up to 1,000 places for students working on world-class innovative ideas who want to stay and develop them but do not meet the requirements of the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route;

~boost the economy - young entrepreneurs or small company directors will get the chance to stay on in the UK after their studies if they have £50,000 to invest in their business;

~ensure that students can support themselves - for the first time since 2008, there will be an increase in the amount of money that students and working migrants (and their dependants) must prove they have to support themselves financially during their time in the UK; and

~tackle abuse - restricting work placements to one-third of the course for international students who are studying below degree level will ensure that those coming to the UK are here to study, not to work (as was often the case in the past). Additionally, the time that can be spent studying at degree level will be restricted to a general limit of 5 years.

They are consistent to what I have stated in my previous posts.

[rose_aimagroup]

Are you referring to this change?

New student rules to welcome the brightest and best while tackling abuse

New rules will come into force within weeks to cut abuse of the student visa route and ensure that only the brightest and the best students can stay and work in the UK, Immigration Minister Damian Green announced today.

Students can currently work in the UK for 2 years after their studies have finished, under the Tier 1 (Post-study work) route. But from 6 April, a more selective system will come into effect so only the most talented international graduates can apply to stay in the UK for work purposes.

Only those who graduate from a university, and have an offer of a skilled job at a salary of at least £20,000 (or more in some cases) from a reputable employer accredited by the UK Border Agency, will be able to continue living and working in the UK in order to benefit the British economy.

The rules are part of a radical overhaul of the student visa system, which will:

~encourage growth - a new Graduate Entrepreneur route will open, with up to 1,000 places for students working on world-class innovative ideas who want to stay and develop them but do not meet the requirements of the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) route;

~boost the economy - young entrepreneurs or small company directors will get the chance to stay on in the UK after their studies if they have £50,000 to invest in their business;

~ensure that students can support themselves - for the first time since 2008, there will be an increase in the amount of money that students and working migrants (and their dependants) must prove they have to support themselves financially during their time in the UK; and

~tackle abuse - restricting work placements to one-third of the course for international students who are studying below degree level will ensure that those coming to the UK are here to study, not to work (as was often the case in the past). Additionally, the time that can be spent studying at degree level will be restricted to a general limit of 5 years.

They are consistent to what I have stated in my previous posts.

No, this is not the changes that I was talking about. This is way back February. The changes that I was referring was just Last April 18.

I would like to tell you that as a Highly Trusted Sponsor, we do not need to defend anything against anyone to prove that we run a legitimate business.

If you are hesitant, then forego and do not make it sound like we are hounding nurses here to register with us, thus the need for us to "defend" against whoever it is you have pitted us against. I regret to inform you that we do not operate that way.

[PinoySaNorwich]

All latest news/updates about changes to the UK Immigration Rules can be found in the website of UK Border Agency (UKBA), an agency of the Home Office which is responsible for operations relating to immigration.

I looked up the website again and found nothing in particular which started to take effect from 18 April 2012.

In the article entitled Changes to the Immigration Rules from their website, it was mentioned that "Most of the changes will come into effect on 6 April 2012. Some of the changes to Tier 2 will affect those who were granted leave after 6 April 2011."

Can you please direct us to the page in the UKBA website where you can find that change you mentioned which was either pronounced or took effect on 18 April 2012?

My posts were not intended to discredit your organisation of its legitimacy or its being a Highly Trusted Sponsor. I am merely trying to clarify the claims you have made in your posts which I found to be misleading or inaccurate.

My objective in posting in this thread is to be able to help any nurses who come here to know all the available relevant and pertinent information relating to studying and working in the UK before they make an informed decision to pursue applying for it.

Caveat Emptor!

[kindanp]

Become a Registered Nurse in UK in 3-6 months and secure a Work Visa after!



Park Royal College of London, United Kingdom is inviting all Filipino Registered Nurse with a minimum of one year experience (paid/volunteer, full or part time equivalent) for a career opportunity in United Kingdom!

Upon successful completion of Overseas Nurses Program (ONP). you will become a fully Registered Nurse in UK. Once you get the RN registration, we guarantee to find nurses job with Work Permit.

The Overseas Nurses Programme (ONP) gives overseas nurses the opportunity to become a Licensed Nurse in UK.

may i ask how much are the course fees in park royal college involving health care? i am interested to study there. but i also have to consider my financial capability. thank you!