Filling the AHPRA Registration Form

What are the steps to fill the AHPRA provisional/ general registration form?

You can apply for provisional or limited registration ONLY after you secure a job offer.

• Gather all the required documents:
  • Proof of Identity-certified: Although there is a huge list of documents that you can choose from, the most commonly used ones are:
    • Passport
    • Driving License
  • Primary medical degree- certified
  • If coming via competent authority pathway, evidence of additional examinations (eg PLAB)
  • If you have any specialist qualifications (eg MD, DNB, MRCP etc), its evidence
  • Details of internship certificate
  • Certificate of Good Standing from all the authorities of all those countries where you have registration in the last 5 years
  • Signed and dated Curriculum Vitae
  • Letter of employment
• International criminal history check (ICHC)
  • From all countries other than Australia in which you have lived, or been primarily based, for six consecutive months or longer, when aged 18 years or more
  • From either of the two AHPRA approved supplier:
    • Fit2Work
    • AIS International
• Evidence of English language competency
• Fill in the relevant application form
  • APRI-30: Application for provisional registration
  • APLS-30: Application for Limited registration
• Send the application form to your hospital where you have been offered the job
  • They will attach the offer letter, supervised training plan and get your form signed by the Director of Clinical Training
• Hospital will then forward your form to AHPRA
• Wait for AHPRA to allot a Case Officer, who will go through your documents and ask for any clarifications/ additional documents, if needed
• AHPRA will send you an in-principle approval letter
• Once you make your move to Australia (which will be within a month or so after you receive your in-principle letter), do an ID check with AHPRA. The documents needed are:
  • Passport and driving license (or any other document that you submitted while filling the form)
  • Copy of your visa
  • Proof of your date of entry into Australia: Your trip itinerary or boarding pass (please note that Australian immigration does NOT stamp your passport)
• Application will be finalized within the next few days. You can now start working.

AHPRA may deny your application for provisional or general registration if you do not meet the recency of practice.