Registration

International Applicants/Application and Registration Requirements for Alberta
Application and registration requirements in Alberta include:
1. English language competence evidence

2. Identity confirmation

3. Graduation from a generalist registered nursing education program (educational transcripts)

4. Achievement of registered nurse registration (registration verifications from licensing bodies)

5. Good character, reputation evidence (registration is in good standing; and applicant declaration)

6. Currency of nursing practice (applicant documentation of nursing practice/experience)

7. Fitness to practice (applicant declaration)

8. Evidence of substantially equivalent competence to that expected of the RN in Alberta

9. Passing the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination (CRNE) 
10. Satisfactory Alberta employer reference(s)

Effective July 1, 2011 the minimum scores accepted by CARNA on the English language tests changed.

 All applicants whose first language is not English are required to successfully demonstrate English language competence.

 Applicants may choose to complete one of the two tests listed below.

 Combining scores from more than one test or more than one sitting of the same test will not be accepted.

 Applicants whose test results become more than two years old at any time during the application process or prior to registration will be required to provide 

updated test results.

 Do not submit an application to CARNA until you have received test results that meet the minimum scores below.

* The minimum scores in effect on July 1, 2011 will apply to:

New applications for assessment (or re-assessment) of eligibility that are postmarked after midnight June 30, 2011

AND

Current applicants with CARNA who take an English language test after June 30, 2011 to update expired test results.

Ref : http://www.nurses.ab.ca/Carna-Admin/Uploads/2011_english_language_tests.pdf

Provincial and Territorial Regulatory Bodies

BRITISH COLUMBIA College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia 2855 Arbutus Street Vancouver BC  V6J 3Y8 Tel: (604) 736-7331 Fax: (604) 738-2272 E-mail: info@crnbc.ca	ALBERTA College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta 11620 - 168 Street Edmonton AB  T5M 4A6 Tel: (780) 451-0043 Fax: (780) 452-3276 E-mail: carna@nurses.ab.ca
SASKATCHEWAN Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association 2066 Retallack Street Regina SK  S4T 7X5 Tel: 1-800-667-9945 / (306) 359-4200 Fax: (306) 525-0849 E-mail: info@srna.org	MANITOBA College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba 890 Pembina Hwy Winnipeg MB R3M 2M8 Tel: (204) 774-3477 Fax: (204) 775-6052 E-mail: info@crnm.mb.ca
ONTARIO College of Nurses of Ontario 101 Davenport Road Toronto ON  M5R 3P1 Tel/Tél. : 1-800-387-5526 / (416) 928-0900 Fax/Télécopieur : (416) 928-6507 E-mail/Courriel : cno@cnomail.org	QUÉBEC Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec 4200, boul. Dorchester Ouest Montréal QC  H3Z 1V4 Tel/Tél. : (514) 935-2501 / 1-800-363-6048 Fax/Télécopieur : (514) 935-1799 E-mail/Courriel : inf@oiiq.org
NEW BRUNSWICK Nurses Association of New Brunswick 165 Regent Street Fredericton NB  E3B 7B4 Tel/Tél. : (506) 458-8731 Fax/Télécopieur : (506) 459-2838 E-mail/Courriel : nanb@nanb.nb.ca	NOVA SCOTIA College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia Suite 4005 7071 Bayers Road Halifax NS  B3J 2A8 Tel: (902) 491-9744 Fax: (902) 491-9510 E-mail: info@crnns.ca
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Association of Registered Nurses of Prince Edward Island 53 Grafton Street Charlottetown PE  C1A 1K8 Tel: (902) 368-3764 Fax: (902) 628-1430 E-mail: arnpei@pei.aibn.com	NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Association Of Registered Nurses Of Newfoundland And Labrador 55 Military Rd St. John’s NL  A1C 2C5 Tel: (709) 753-6040 Fax: (709) 753-4940 E-mail: info@arnnl.nf.ca
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut   Box 2757 Yellowknife NT  X1A 2R1 Tel: (867) 873-2745 Fax: (867) 873-2336 E-mail: nwtrna@theedge.ca	YUKON Yukon Registered Nurses Association 204 - 4133 - 4th Avenue Whitehorse YT  Y1A 1H8 Tel: (867) 667-4062 Fax: (867) 668-5123 E-mail: yrna@yknet.ca