A nurse from Nigeria gets a DHA licence in 9 steps over about 5 months on the main route, with AED 1,135 + US$240 in published fees, and one thing is different from Nigeria: verification of your certificates by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.
Checked 23 Oct 2026 · DHA ↗
To verify your certificates of registration for a foreign regulator, the council asks for an application naming the purpose and destination, the verification form, the current licence, the certificates of registration, a birth certificate and the fee paid through Remita.
Not listed: one more step we have not yet confirmed in the regulator's own documents. Every step →
The published fees leave out certificates from home, the visa or work permit and one step whose fee is not published.
Verification of your certificates by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria applies on each of them too.
Tell us about your training, your registration and your experience, and we show which of DHA's steps you have left, with each fee and how long it takes.
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