Apply In-Person:

1. Application for Nursing License in Ethiopia is available in the Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia contact link
2. Applicant must provide all necessary information in the application form.
3. Documents that are needed for this procedure are mentioned under “Required Documents” section of this page.
4. Applicant should carry photocopies and originals of all the documents while applying for this procedure.
5. Applicant should attach photocopies of documents (whichever is necessary) along with the application form while submitting the application form.
6. This procedure can be done for free of cost.
7. If all above-mentioned procedures were followed properly, the licensewill be provided within one month.
8. Applicant can collect their license by visiting the office.
   

• Academic Certificate (translated into local language)
• Professional Certificate
• College Transcript
• Practice License
• Curriculum Vitae
• Passport sized photograph – 2
• Passport
• Letter from the organization in which the candidate is going to be attached.
  

Location: Addis Ababa
Address: Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia,
Airport Rd,
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Contact link
Location link

Foreign Nurses who are willing to work temporarily in Ethiopia are eligible.

Fee for this procedure has to be paid as per authority’s request.

Valid for 30 to 90 days depending upon the time requested by the applicant.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.

The processing time for this procedure is one month.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M".

• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.
• Applicant should follow all instructions provided by concerned authorities properly.
  

• Full Names
• Passport Number
• Country of Issue
• Name as mentioned in the Diploma or Certificate
• Permanent Address
• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth
• Country of Origin
• Citizenship
• Spoken Languages
• Professional Qualification
• Training
• Registering Authorities
• Registration Numbers
  

This document is necessary for any foreign nurse to work temporarily in Ethiopia.

Foreign Nurses who are willing to work in Ethiopia must have undergone training and passed an examination in a foreign country and own an educational certificate.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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