私が、その知り合いに確認してわかったことを回答します。
BC州で看護婦として働くためには、日本の看護婦の資格、TOEFL550点以上、BC州の看護婦試験にパスしてRNABCという所に登録、雇用主(もちろん病院関係)からのレターが必要だそうです。
また、BC州は現在看護婦が不足しているそうで、今年の初めより時限的な移民プログラム(The Provincial Nominee Program:PNP)というものが用意されたようです。
http://www.healthmatchbc.org/nurses.htmlより引用しますと、
Some foreign nurses recruited by B.C. health employers may be eligible under a new program - Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) - to receive priority for landed immigrant status from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The PNP is now available to facilitate the immigration process for fast tracking qualified, foreign trained nurses (and their families) to fill nursing vacancies in B.C between now and May 2003. This program is administered by the Ministry for Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Services (formerly the Ministry of Multiculturalism and Immigration) in collaboration with Health Match BC to assist qualified nurses from countries outside of Canada to obtain landed immigrant status in approximately 6 months. As this program is employer driven, nominees are required to have arranged employment prior to progressing with the application process. Qualified candidates must have a) received a full-time job offer from a B.C. health employer, b) meet the requirements of the Registered Nurses Association of B.C., OR the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of B.C.
と言う事です。
私の知り合いが始める学校は、実践的な医療英語を学ぶクラスと、ビザ取得をサポートするクラスの2つを計画しています。
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