A 32-year-old nurse from Nigeria (8 years' experience, WES done, IELTS L7.5/R6.5/W6.5/S7.0) asked which PNP to target.
- Nursing is a regulated profession in Canada - budget for NNAS first. The key warning: to work as a nurse you must go through the National Nursing Assessment Service, and registration can take 1-2 years. Any PNP plan built on a nursing NOC needs this on the critical path.
- Start by creating an Express Entry profile - members pointed there as the base step, since many nurse-friendly provincial streams select from or link to the EE pool.
- Consider alternatives in parallel: one member suggested the UK as a faster route for nurses; another mentioned Atlantic-region (AIPP-era) caregiver/healthcare employer routes - verify any 'agency with jobs' claim independently, as recruitment offers in comment sections are a scam vector.