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What a nurse trained abroad needs to register in Kuwait

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Ministry of Health nursing licence (Registered Nurse)

Ministry of Health, Kuwait · ~6 months · ~KWD 10 · 10 steps

A nursing degree or diploma, three years' experience for a BSN or four for a diploma, a valid home licence, BLS, the Prometric Registered Nurse exam and the ministry's interview. The employer submits the licence request, so a job offer comes first. Read from the ministry's own pages through archived copies, so shown as official but indirect.

  1. 1
    Valid nursing licence from your country
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  2. 2
    B.S.N. or nursing diploma after higher schooling, attested, with the transcript and secondary certificate
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  3. 3
    Three years of experience with a BSN, or four years with a diploma
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  4. 4
    Valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate
    you pay · Source ↗
  5. 5
    Job offer from a Kuwait employer (the employer submits the licence request to the Medical License Department)
    ~KWD 10 · who pays varies · Source ↗
  6. 6
    Primary source verification of your qualification, home registration and experience (DataFlow)
    ~5 weeks · who pays varies · unconfirmed · Source ↗
  7. 7
    Pass the Ministry of Health Registered Nurse exam (Prometric, 150 questions, 60%) and the ministry's interview
    who pays varies · Source ↗
  8. 8
    Two 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 ↗
  9. 9
    Emigration clearance through eMigrate, recruited only through a government agency (Indian nurses)
    you pay · Source ↗
  10. 10
    Overseas 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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