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ADVISORY: FILIPINO NURSES &

HEALTHCARE WORKERS

SHOULD BE WARY OF

ADVERTISEMENTS &

CONSULTANCY FIRMS THAT

PEDDLE MISLEADING

INFORMATION ABOUT NURSING

JOBS IN NORWAY

Published on 31 January, 2013 - 10:57

The Philippine Embassy in Oslo wishes to warn Filipino nurses and healthcare workers about

misleading information currently circulating online and peddled by a growing number ofconsultancy firms about the supposed abundance and ease of finding nursing and other

healthcare jobs in Norway.

Said consultancy firms make these unsuspecting Filipinos believe that getting a nursing orhealthcare job in Norway is easy, advertising misleading information such as NO IELTS and/or

PRC License needed among other gimmicks, when in truth, it is not easy to find work as a

foreign nurse or healthcare worker in Norway.

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While it is true that IELTS is not required by most health care employers in Norway, this is only

because English is not the primary language used by the country and its healthcare sector.

Instead, foreign nurses and healthcare practitioners wishing to work in Norway have to pass adifferent and much harder Norwegian language exam and take other exams in order to be

deemed employable as a nurse or healthcare worker in Norway and to do so requires that the

Filipino be ready to spend a large amount for his or her tuition for further studies, board andlodging, etc. while in Norway.

And while a PRC license may not be needed for the processing of ones visa application, said

license is still required by relevant authorities in Norway in order for a foreign healthcare worker

to be properly recognized as such in Norway.

Moreover, these Filipino nurses and healthcare practitioners should be advised that authorization

from SAK (Statens Autorisasjons-Kontor) or the relevant Norwegian government authority doesnot equal work or employment nor is it equal to a nursing license. It merely recognizes that the

Filipino has the qualifications of a healthcare worker, nothing more. Authorization/Autorisasjon

does not equal work. Authorization/Autorisasjon is not equal to a nursing license in Norway.

Another alarming aspect about the proliferation of these consultancy firms is that they chargethese unsuspecting Filipinos with, often, large sums of money for information and services that

the Filipino can actually obtain for free and do by himself or herself if the latter only consulted

the appropriate websites (i.e. Norwegian Embassy, SAK, etc.).

The Embassy has reported this alarming situation to the DFA and DOLE and it has handled

several cases involving victimized Filipino nurses and healthcare workers who have been duped

by these unscrupulous consultancy firms. Said Filipinos usually arrive in Norway without an

employer and sometimes without even a place to stay. Most are deeply in debt and have nomeans to fund their stay in Norway, which is one of the most expensive countries in the world.

Their situation makes them vulnerable to further abuse and victimization.

It is not easy to find work as a foreign nurse or healthcare worker in Norway.

While the Philippine government is working hard to address this matter, the Philippine Embassy

is enjoining the Filipino Community in Norway to help spread this advisory and warn Filipinosabout these unscrupulous consultancy firms and the false information currently being spread by

the latter.

Moreover, related to this matter, the Embassy also wishes to reiterate its previous warning about

various unlicensed, unaccredited and informal Norwegian Language Schools/Coursesproliferating in the Philippines, enticing many Filipino professionals, especially nurses, to pay

unreasonable fees for language classes that are staffed by unlicensed and/or untrained teachersfor the chance to land well-paying jobs that are supposedly awaiting the student in Norway uponcompletion of the language course.

The Embassy wishes to warn the public of the pitfalls of falling prey to these unaccredited

schools and agents. The Norwegian Government has not accredited, licensed or recognized any

Norwegian Language School/Course operating in the Philippines for profit nor does it deal orcooperate with any agent or agency. The Norwegian Embassy has released several warnings

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about said schools and agents such as the link below and encourages visa applicants to go to the

Norwegian Embassy directly.

http://www.norway.ph/embassy/visainfo/news/agents/

Filipinos who have fallen victim to these Philippine Norwegian Language schools arrive inNorway expecting to immediately find work only to discover that further Norwegian language

courses are needed at additional expense and that the visa issued to them by the Norwegian

Embassy is not enough time for them to finish the needed language courses and find a job. Thismakes them vulnerable to abuse and human trafficking.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.norway.ph/embassy/visainfo/permits/language/

Filipino professionals wishing to practice their profession in Norway should equip themselves

with the proper information by visiting trusted information sources such as Norwegiangovernment websites (Norwegian Embassy in Manila, Norwegian Labor & Welfare

Organization or NAV, Norwegian Registration Authority for Health Personnel or SAK, etc.) to

avoid falling victims to human trafficking and so as to be in full control of their professionalfuture.

For more information about Norwegian visas and permits, please visit:

http://www.norway.ph/embassy/visainfo/

http://www.norway.ph/embassy/visainfo/visas/

http://www.norway.ph/embassy/visainfo/visas/schengen/http://www.norway.ph/embassy/visainfo/permits/

http://www.norway.ph/embassy/visainfo/permits/language/

http://www.norway.ph/embassy/visainfo/permits/jobseeker/

For more information about accreditation as a healthcare worker, please visit:

http://www.sak.no

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