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Banana K:
Sorry to inform you. GP is a "specialty" in Australia! (And in N. America where it is called Family Practice.) It requires admission to RACGP [after your first or second year of prevocational (JMO) training] and completion of the RACGP training program (a few years). Recent grads, interns, RMOs, registrars (GP and otherwise) are NOT on the list. You can confirm for yourself. Were you thinking you became a GP when you graduated? Are you in school in Australia? Or just thinking about it?
Fully qualified ("board certified", "college fellow" depending on where you did your qualification) medical practitioners are on the list!
Again, sorry if I dashed your hopes. It is unfortunate that this myth persists! It is not fair to continue to propagate it. Although PR is possible, if you are a med student in Australia, you are NOT going to have access to those 60 SOL points. If you leave after graduation, get board certified (ie. complete a residency and fellowship exams in the US or elsewhere) and THEN return to Australia, presumably you would have access to the 60 points. At which point you will be subject to the 10 year moratorium (workforce shortage areas only). I don't think most international students would consider this a desirable career path. Is it becoming clearer?
As always, confirm for yourself. In this case, I would recommend checking out the SOL at the DIMA website and the RACGP website. If it doesn't make sense, you can consult a migration agent or immigration attourney. I have found them helpful.
Sorry to inform you. GP is a "specialty" in Australia! (And in N. America where it is called Family Practice.) It requires admission to RACGP [after your first or second year of prevocational (JMO) training] and completion of the RACGP training program (a few years). Recent grads, interns, RMOs, registrars (GP and otherwise) are NOT on the list. You can confirm for yourself. Were you thinking you became a GP when you graduated? Are you in school in Australia? Or just thinking about it?
Fully qualified ("board certified", "college fellow" depending on where you did your qualification) medical practitioners are on the list!
Again, sorry if I dashed your hopes. It is unfortunate that this myth persists! It is not fair to continue to propagate it. Although PR is possible, if you are a med student in Australia, you are NOT going to have access to those 60 SOL points. If you leave after graduation, get board certified (ie. complete a residency and fellowship exams in the US or elsewhere) and THEN return to Australia, presumably you would have access to the 60 points. At which point you will be subject to the 10 year moratorium (workforce shortage areas only). I don't think most international students would consider this a desirable career path. Is it becoming clearer?
As always, confirm for yourself. In this case, I would recommend checking out the SOL at the DIMA website and the RACGP website. If it doesn't make sense, you can consult a migration agent or immigration attourney. I have found them helpful.
banana k said:actually, USyd, they are on the list... every specialty AND the GP designation is worth 60 points on the skilled migration points test. i'm not sure whether there is a separate stream for specialists vs GP's in ADDITION to the skilled migration stream, but from what i recall surfing the DIMIA web page, they were included there too.
didn't you say you were leaving the forum at some point?