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Old 25th, August 2008, 09:19 AM
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Default Re: Wanting to go USA, FPGEC problem

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Originally Posted by aussiepharmer View Post
Does anyone know what NABP would do regarding personal circumstances like what I am facing?
No idea, you would probably have to look at the site, its all up to the ECE (which is completely different from NABP) apparently to assess your qualification and they do it on a case by case basis. It seems that they tell different people different things. I suspect that a lot will depend on how you word your application and what pieces of paper you can provide. We had certificates from our Pharmacy council stating that we were eligible to start pre-reg at X date etc,.


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Originally Posted by MPharm
Is it difficult to get a work permit there and is it hard for having a license? What is the typical period for British graduates to do so? Thanks for telling me!~
I hardly know any British pharmacists in the UK let alone the US so no idea.

I heard that it takes a few years from other countries(A mother of a pharmacist over there) what with state internship etc, but I think she was working in a technician/dispenser role while she waited for here application to work out. Also rumour has it that the PharmD is a higher standard than the Mpharm and you are expected to play catch up.

Actually there seem to be a lot of forums out there discussing this you could google it.

As for the work permit: how hard do you think it is to get a British one? I doubt that it is much different there. Vital two questions are:
1.)are you registered? usually impossible unless you had a work permit for pre-reg/internship.
2.) Can a local fill the position?

A recruiter was desperately advertising on another thread so I asked if anything could be done for overseas pharmacists: standard answer not unless registered here.
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