Your pre-application checklist

Your pre-application checklist

About your results

The answers in this checklist are personalised for you, based on your individual answers.

You can download your checklist as a PDF. Your checklist won't be saved, so you willl need to use
the tool again if you leave this page.

If your circumstances change, we recommend you get a new checklist.

Results are valid on 23/11/2023

Identity
Check your answers below, then read our page on providing identity evidence for more detailed guidance.

Proof of identity
You indicated that you have a valid passport.
Remember, your passport must have more than three months to expiry at the time you submit your
application.
You'll need to give your passport details and upload a clear scan or photograph of your passport's
picture page at the start of your application.

Evidence of name change

You indicated that you have changed your name.
We'll ask you to upload evidence of your name change so we can confirm your identity.
Some examples of evidence are a marriage, civil partnership or divorce certificate, or a deed poll
notification.
Your evidence must be issued by the relevant official body and should clearly show your old and
new name(s).

Eligibility
Check your answers below, then read our page on providing qualification evidence for more detailed
guidance.

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Your qualification may meet our eligibility criteria

You indicated that you have a qualification in nursing or midwifery that has or would allow you to
register in the profession in your country of training.
The easiest way to demonstrate this when you submit your application is to provide evidence to
show you have registered with the relevant regulator in your country of training. We'll contact your
regulator to confirm your registration.
If your regulator is unable to confirm this, for example if you have not completed a registration
examination, we may not be able to accept your eligibility application.
If you haven't registered your qualification in your country of training, we'll contact both your training
institution and the regulator you could register with to check you meet our eligibility criteria.
We won’t be able to consider your application if your qualification doesn’t meet our eligibility
criteria, so you should check this before you start your application.
Remember, your evaluation fee is non-refundable, even if we determine that you're not eligible to
apply or you don’t gain registration.

Evidence of your qualification

You indicated that you have your original qualification certificate.
You'll need to upload a clear scan or photograph of your qualification certificate at the start of your
application.
You'll also need to show the original certificate to us in person before we can register you.

Contact details for your regulator

We'll ask you for the name of the regulator in your country of training, so we can confirm your
registration if you registered with them, or whether your qualification would allow you to register
with them if you haven't registered with them.
Before you begin, you should contact the regulator in your country of training to:

let them know you are applying for registration with us

make sure you have completed any steps they need you to before they can respond to our
request

Taking the Test of Competence

Depending on the qualification you have, we may also ask you to complete a Test of Competence
as part of your application.
This is so we can be sure that you have the skills and knowledge to deliver the high standards of
care expected from everyone on our register.
We’ll confirm if you need to take the Test of Competence after we evaluate your qualification.
Find out more about the Test of Competence.

Health
Check your answers below, then read our page on providing health evidence for more detailed guidance.
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Information about your health

You indicated that your health does not allow you to practise safely and effectively.
If you are managing your condition and/or disability so that you can practise safely and effectively,
we will not need any further details.
If you tell us that you have a health condition and/or disability that you are not managing
appropriately, we'll ask you for more information to help us assess whether this may put patients
and others at risk.
You'll also have the opportunity to share any further information that you feel may support your
registration application.
Remember, declaring a health condition and/or disability doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t be
able to join our register; we just need to be sure that you have taken steps to manage this so that
you're able to practise safely and effectively.
Read our guidance on health and character for more information.

Supporting declaration about your health from your medical practitioner

or occupation health
We'll ask you to give us contact details for a registered medical practitioner who can make a
supporting declaration about your health.
This could be your registered doctor or a member of the occupational health department.
Their declaration must be based on an assessment they’ve completed on you in the six months
before submitting your application, so make sure you've seen them in this time.
Their declaration must be issued no longer than 3 months before the date they're submitting,
otherwise we may ask you for a more recent version when we assess your application.

Character
Check your answers below, then read our page on providing character evidence for more detailed guidance.

Police clearance certificates

We'll ask you to upload a police clearance certificate from any country you’ve lived in for 12 months
or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years before your application, while aged
18 or over.
You'll need to make sure that your police clearance from the country you're living in at the time of
your application has been issued no longer than 12 months before the date you're uploading,
otherwise we may ask you for a more recent version when we assess your application.
For the countries you are no longer living in, you'll need to ensure that your police clearances were
issued after you left each country. If any of them were issued before you left, we may ask you for a
more recent version when we assess your application.

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DBS certificate
We'll ask you to upload a standard level DBS certificate if you’ve lived in the UK for more than three
months at the time of your application.
If you're living in the UK when submitting your application, your certificate must be issued no longer
than 12 months before the date you’re uploading, otherwise we may ask you for a more recent
version when we assess your application.
If you're not living in the UK when making your application, you'll need to make sure that your DBS
was issued after you left the UK, otherwise we may ask you for a more recent version when we
assess your application.

Language
Check your answers below, then read our page on providing language evidence for more detailed guidance.

Using a test as evidence of your English language

You indicated that you plan to use an accepted language test as evidence to support your English
language.
Remember, your language can be demonstrated by an NMC-approved English test taken in the two
years before the date you make your application, where you achieved the required score in each of
the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.
In your application we'll ask which test you took, the date of your test and your scores. We'll also
ask you to upload a copy of your test certificate.
Read our English language guidance for more information.

Other requirements

Assessment and registration fees

You'll need to pay an evaluation fee when you submit your eligibility and qualification application.
Then, when you're ready to submit your full application, we'll ask you to pay a registration fee.
Check our costs and fees page for more information.

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