🇮🇪 Ireland · Nurses
What a nurse trained abroad needs to register in Ireland
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NMBI registration (recognition, then adaptation or the RCSI aptitude test)
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland · ~12 months · ~€4,150 · 9 steps
Two stages. NMBI first recognises the qualification (EUR 350); it then registers you outright, or after a 6 to 12 week Period of Adaptation and Assessment with an employer, or after the RCSI aptitude test. English is required at the registration stage. Registration costs EUR 145.
- 1Registered as a nurse in your country of training (NMBI verifies this directly with your regulator)
- 2Nursing qualification of at least three years, assessed against Irish degree-level standardsunconfirmed · Source ↗
- 3Apply to NMBI for recognition of your qualification (EUR 350; college and employer send forms directly)~€350 · you pay · Source ↗
- 4At least 12 months of practice as a nurse within the last five years (reported by recruiters, not yet confirmed with NMBI)unconfirmed · Source ↗
- 5English in one sitting: IELTS 7.0 overall with 7.0 in three components and 6.5 in one, or OET B in three and C+ in oneyou pay · Source ↗
- 6Job offer and Critical Skills Employment Permit (EUR 1,000 for two years, usually employer-paid)~€1,000 · employer usually pays · Source ↗
- 7Meet NMBI's decision; register outright, complete a 6 to 12 week adaptation placement with your employer, or pass the RCSI aptitude test (EUR 2,800, two attempts at each of theory and OSCE included)~12 weeks · ~€2,800 · employer usually pays · Source ↗
- 8Two years on a permanent Nigerian licence before the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria will verify your certificates for a foreign regulator (nurses trained in Nigeria)you pay · unconfirmed · Source ↗
- 9Overseas Employment Certificate from the Department of Migrant Workers, through a DMW-licensed recruitment agency or an employer the DMW allows to hire directly (Filipino workers)who pays varies · Source ↗
Rules checked 23 Oct 2026 · outcomeOS describes each regulator's published rules; it does not advise on your individual case. · Privacy · Terms
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