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How to work as a nurse in Saudi Arabia from Nigeria

A nurse from Nigeria gets an SCFHS licence in 7 steps over about 6 months on the main route, with SAR 500 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 · SCFHS ↗

What is different from Nigeria

If you trained in Nigeria

What does the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria ask for?

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.

Your steps, in order

Nurse Specialist classification (bachelor's degree) · Saudi Commission for Health Specialties · ~6 months · 7 steps
  1. 1
    Valid registration as a nurse in your country of training or last practice
  2. 2
    Bachelor's degree in nursing
  3. 3
    At least one year of experience (non-Saudis), evidenced by a personnel-department letter with field, category and dates
  4. 4
    Primary source verification of your qualification, home registration and experience (DataFlow)
    ~5 weeks · ~SAR 500 · who pays varies · Source ↗
  5. 5
    Pass the SCFHS Prometric exam
    who pays varies · Source ↗
  6. 6
    Certificate of good standing under six months old
    you pay · Source ↗
  7. 7
    Job offer and lawful residence (iqama); registration follows residence
    employer usually pays · Source ↗

Not listed: one more step we have not yet confirmed in the regulator's own documents. Every step →

The published fees leave out the visa or work permit, certificates from home and one step whose fee is not published.

Other routes

Verification of your certificates by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria applies on each of them too.

Every step on every route →

What to do next

Tell us about your training, your registration and your experience, and we show which of SCFHS's steps you have left, with each fee and how long it takes.

Sources

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