Nurse licensing · NNAS NNAS Nurse Assessment Canada from Pakistan
NNAS needs records sent by the institutions that hold them, rather than a file assembled by the applicant. Your nursing school and council send their documents directly.
Nursing council
NNAS
Source verification
NNAS assessment
Competency test
Provincial requirements
End-to-end time
Several months (varies)
Document route
Apostille
NNAS report to your provincial regulator
Before applying to provincial regulatory colleges (such as CNO in Ontario or BCCNM in British Columbia), foreign nurses must submit their educational and employment records to NNAS for comparative advisory reporting.
NNAS mandates primary source verification, requiring your Pakistani nursing school and the Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC) to transmit verification forms directly. We coordinate with your nursing institution and manage all required HEC and MOFA document attestations.
Send your credentials for review
Send us your nursing diploma and PNMC registration. We confirm the attestation chain, the verification submission, and the agreed scope plus quote before you book.
Start the scope checkEligibility
National Nursing Assessment Service (NNAS)
Nursing diploma or BSN from a recognised institution with current registration.
The NNAS assessment collects your education and employment evidence into a report for the provincial regulator.
Documents the nursing board wants
The papers your nursing file depends on, each with its own reference page where available.
The attestation sequence for nurses
MOFA apostille
MOFA apostille
Canada accepts the MOFA apostille directly for documents used in the registration file.
How the nursing council works
National Nursing Assessment Service (NNAS)
Assesses internationally educated nurses before provincial regulators process registration.
Primary-source verification
- NNAS verifies your education and employment records and produces the advisory report for the province you choose.
- NNAS itself does not set an English requirement, and the provincial regulator does, with most provinces accepting IELTS, OET, or the Canadian CELBAN.
Competency and language
- The provincial regulator sets any further exam or jurisprudence requirements after the NNAS report.
Council filing and documents
- Create the NNAS account, submit the education and employment documents, then choose the provincial regulator for the report.
- We prepare and file the Pakistan-side document work, and the NNAS application runs on the NNAS system.
Processing estimate
NNAS processing varies by document completion, so plan for several months before the report reaches the province.
Registration renewal
Provincial nursing registration renews on the college’s cycle with continuing competence evidence.
Nursing licence filing help
Send your nursing diploma and PNMC registration, and we confirm the attestation, verification, and coordination scope plus the quote before you book.
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Member since 11 Jan 2024. The MOFA apostille is accepted, and study or immigration files additionally require a credential evaluation (ECA).
Insured document handling
Cover for loss or damage in transit
Free doorstep collection
From anywhere in Pakistan
What we file and what the council decides
A nursing licensing file splits into document work and a regulator decision. We keep the two separate, and this page states the boundary in writing.
Attestdone performs
- ·HEC attestation of the nursing degree and transcript
- ·MOFA apostille
- ·document preparation for the NNAS file
Partner steps in the nursing file
Where the council names an outside verification or translation partner, we coordinate that handoff.
- ·the English test booking where we arrange it
You do
- ·the NNAS application and fee
- ·the English test
- ·the provincial regulator application after the report
PNMC or the destination council decides
The nursing council controls eligibility, assessment results, registration, and renewal.
- ·the NNAS assessment report
- ·provincial registration requirements
- ·registration and renewal
What nursing-file support does not include
We do not issue registration, guarantee an assessment result, or substitute for your professional declarations.
- ·assessment acceptance
- ·registration approval
- ·visa or immigration outcomes
Reviewed by Attestdone Compliance & Content Review · Last reviewed 2026-08-12
Sources: NNAS Important documents for your application · NNAS Eligibility · HCCH Apostille Convention status table (route facts)
Regulatory requirements change. Verify eligibility, fees, and timelines on the regulator's portal before applying.
Nurse licensing questions
Common doubts for the Canada nurse licence route, answered before you book.
What is the NNAS?
Which province do I choose for the report?
What documents does the file need from Pakistan?
The Canada document files that pair with this journey
The licence application runs alongside a visa file. Open the work visa or immigration file to see the full document set and route.
More licensing journeys
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What professionals say about this route
Clients who took the nurse file through NNAS and the Pakistan-side document chain.
“I needed an apostille for my Masters admission in Germany. MOFA processed it in three days and I had scans before it even shipped. Watching my originals move gave peace of mind.”
Sana Mahmood
Karachi
“The Hague apostille saved me weeks over the old embassy route for my UK work visa. HEC attestation plus MOFA apostille was all I needed and Attestdone finished the sequence in eight working days.”
Dr. Farhan Iqbal
Islamabad
“My MBBS scroll had to be received by the Dubai Health Authority before my residency started. Attestdone collected the scans from my home in DHA, filed the HEC application online, and I had the e-Attestation Certificate in three working days. The status updates they sent eased my nerves.”
Dr. Ayesha Sheikh
Lahore
Start your Canada nurse licence file
Send us your nurse documents and we take them through the required verification and MOFA's apostille counter in Islamabad, then coordinate the verification steps under your regulator reference. The regulator alone decides eligibility and the licence. The agreed scope and quote are confirmed after review.