CREDENTISGLOBALShow me my routeMy route
Main content
HCPC · CORU · AHPRA · PBNZ · Provincial regulatory college

One registration, three countries.

PBNZ Express Pathway · accepts an active HCPC or CORU registration · physioboard.org.nz · 2026/27 schedule

Register in the UK or Ireland and New Zealand’s Express route opens. Register in New Zealand and Australia’s opens next.

See your route to

Show me my routeHow it works
A physiotherapist in navy scrubs stands at a hospital window above a London street, tablet in hand.

Physiotherapist

New Zealand · PBNZ

NZ Green List · Tier 1AU Shortage · all 8 statesIE Critical SkillsCA Express Entry
Your route

Each registration opens the next.

Start in the UK or Ireland. The next two build on it. Fees and timelines come with your route.

  1. 01

    United Kingdom or Ireland

    HCPC or CORU

    Your first register. Your physiotherapy degree is read against its standards, syllabus and clinical hours.

    hcpc-uk.org · coru.ie · Sept 2026

  2. 02

    New Zealand

    PBNZ Express Pathway

    Accepts an active HCPC or CORU registration. Physiotherapy is Tier 1 on the Green List — straight to residence.

    physioboard.org.nz · 2026/27 schedule · immigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22

  3. 03

    Australia

    AHPRA Physiotherapy Board

    Accepts an active PBNZ registration through trans-Tasman mutual recognition.

    physiotherapyboard.gov.au · fee schedule · 18 Sep 2025

Canada · Provincial college

A separate route: the national Alliance credentialling, then a provincial college. Physiotherapy sits in Express Entry’s healthcare category.

alliancept.org · read 23 Sept 2026 · canada.ca · 2026-09-22

Route finder

Where could you be working next year?

Two answers. Ten seconds. Then we show you what's open for your profession.

These describe each country’s general immigration framework as published, not a route we can promise or advise on. Immigration rules change and are applied case by case. For your own circumstances, consult a registered immigration adviser.

Guides

Guides for physiotherapists

Step by step, in the order each regulator reads your file.

All our guides →
Someone like you

New Zealand already expects you.

Its public health service says it in writing, and its board counts the applications.

We welcome Physiotherapists who have trained overseas to join us at Health New Zealand.
healthnz.govt.nz · physiotherapists · 23 Sept 2026

Physiotherapy degree · trained overseasRegistered physiotherapist

1,058

international applications received — PBNZ

physioboard.org.nz · annual report · read 23 Sept 2026

11,902

on the PBNZ register

physioboard.org.nz · annual report · 31 Mar 2026

Who decides

Where you register first shapes the rest.

HCPC and CORU each read your degree against their own standard. Either one opens New Zealand’s Express route.

United Kingdom

HCPC

  • Degree, transcripts & syllabus mapped to its Standards of Proficiency
  • Registration and experience in your home country
  • English language test
hcpc-uk.org

Ireland

CORU

  • Qualification recognition against the Irish standard
  • Syllabus, placement hours and scope of practice
  • English language and good standing
coru.ie

Australia

AHPRA / Physiotherapy Board via New Zealand — TTMR·AHPRA / Australian Physiotherapy Council direct — APEP route

  • Qualification assessment or portfolio, board by board
  • Supervised practice and recency
  • English language test
physiotherapyboard.gov.au

New Zealand

PBNZ — International Express Pathway

  • Qualification assessed against the NZ standard
  • Registration with the profession’s own board
  • Green List job offer → Straight to Residence
physioboard.org.nz

Canada

Provincial regulatory college + Alliance Physiotherapy Regulatory Boards credentialing exam

  • Credential assessment for the province you choose
  • A national certification exam for most professions
  • Language test — English or French
canada.ca
The work

Same work. A new register.

You get people moving again — after surgery, stroke, injury and long illness.

For patients

Shorter hospital stays and lives lived at home instead of in a bed.

For the system

Every ageing health service in our five countries lists you as a shortage role.

For you

NHS Band 5 pay, HSE staff grade, or a New Zealand residence visa on day one.

Where the work happens

  • Hospitals
  • Community rehab
  • Sports clinics
  • Aged care
Where you’re listed

All five countries list physiotherapists.

The strongest official fact in each, what is open on the boards, and the entry pay.

United KingdomNamed in the NHS workforce plan (training up to 5%)NHS Long Term Workforce Plan · june 2023
455 live · NHS Jobs

keyword match · 2026-09-22

NHS Agenda for ChangeGBP 32,073Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

Band 5, entry step · gross, a year

Source: nhsemployers.org · agenda for change pay scales · 1 Apr 2026

IrelandOn the Critical Skills Occupations Listenterprise.gov.ie · 2026-09-22
13 live · HSE jobs

keyword match · 2026-09-22

HSE consolidated pay scaleEUR 45,514Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

entry grade · gross, a year

Source: assets.hse.ie · consolidated salary scales · 1 Jun 2026

AustraliaShortage in all 8 states & territoriesjobsandskills.gov.au · 2025 list, state ratings
NSW Health professionals awardAUD 76,364Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

Level 1 Year 1 · entry grade · gross, a year

Source: health.nsw.gov.au · health professionals state award · 1 Jul 2025

New ZealandGreen List Tier 1 — straight to residenceimmigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22
31 live · Health NZ portal

exact title · 2026-09-22

Health NZ allied health scaleNZD 77,087Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

Step 1 · entry grade · gross, a year

Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz · allied health collective agreement · 2 Sept 2024

CanadaIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 31202)canada.ca · 2026-09-22
309 live · Job Bank Canada

keyword match · 2026-09-22

BC health science professionalsCAD 43.83Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

P1, first year · entry grade · gross, an hour

Source: hsabc.org · health science professionals agreement · 1 Apr 2025

Counted

The registers, by their own count.

Read from each regulator’s and government’s own pages in September 2026.

78,817

physiotherapists on the HCPC register

hcpc-uk.org · register summary · 1 Sept 2026

47,761

physiotherapists on the AHPRA register

ahpra.gov.au · australian health practitioner · read 23 Sept 2026

Tier 1

Green List Tier 1 — straight to residence

immigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22

10,000

skilled-independent (189) invitations in the last SkillSelect round

immi.homeaffairs.gov.au · 2026-09-22

97,475

open NHS vacancies — 6.5% of the workforce

nhs vacancy statistics · mar 2026

Canada's last six Express Entry healthcare draws

Draw dateInvitationsCRS cut-off
4 Sept 20263,500475
25 Jun 20264,000475
20 Feb 20264,000467
11 Dec 20251,000476
14 Nov 20253,500462
15 Oct 20252,500472

canada.ca · rounds of invitations · 2026-09-22

Pathways

Your route to working and settling abroad as a physiotherapist.

From registration to settling, with who decides each step.

Every route we cover →
Related

Three more we cover.

Occupational TherapistAU Shortage · all 8 statesPodiatristAU Shortage · all 8 statesSpeech-Language PathologistAU Shortage · all 8 states

See your own route as a physiotherapist.

One more answer — where you want to work — and the facts are on screen.

Show me my route