It might not look like a lot...but it took me many hours over the course of about 3 months to complete the application, which I found detailed. What you can't see is the extra trips to Kinko's to make copies, paying for official transcripts and other legal documents. Registration is for lifetime costs about $1000. Each year a midwife must obtain a practice certificate which includes a fee of about $400. For the first 18 months I practice in NZ, I am to work towards completing some coursework like pharmacology for NZ midwives, Treaty of Waitangi, etc., in order to continue practising.
Anyhow, the prized certificate was received!
BTW, that stack of papers weighed 4.6# and cost about $100 to Fed-Ex to New Zealand.
Wait until I show the amount of paperwork I am sending off for the girls and I to get our NZ visa applications!
