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New Zealand needs physiotherapists.

Green List · Tier 1 · straight to residence · immigration.govt.nz

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

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

5 of 5

countries carry this profession on an official shortage or priority list

NHS Long Term Workforce Plan · gov.uk · enterprise.gov.ie

NZ Tier 1

Green List Tier 1 — straight to residence

immigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22

808

open listings — NHS Jobs, HSE jobs, Health NZ portal, Job Bank Canada

exact title & keyword match · 2026-09-22

18,500

healthcare invitations in the last 12 months — 6 draws

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

What you do abroad

The work, and why it matters.

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 wanted

Five of five countries list this role.

Each card carries this profession's strongest fact there, and what is open on the boards today.

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

exact title · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · an hour

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

You'd be in good company

Named, in their own words.

Physiotherapists make up the largest register at 6,676 registrants, representing just over 20% of all CORU registrants.
coru.ie · coru publishes first state · read 23 Sept 2026
Physio HSCP Careers Evening 2025Galway University Hospitals HSCP Career Info · 24 Nov 2025
Who regulates you

Who decides, country by country.

The regulator assesses your qualification. We prepare and submit the file. The decision is theirs.

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
  • Qualification assessed against the NZ standard
  • Registration with the profession’s own board
  • Green List job offer → Straight to Residence
physioboard.org.nz
  • Credential assessment for the province you choose
  • A national certification exam for most professions
  • Language test — English or French
canada.ca
Your route

Four steps to registration.

Fit check against HCPC / CORU / PBNZ standards

Your degree, syllabus and clinical hours read against the regulator’s own published standards.

Syllabus mapped, documents legalised

Every document in the form the regulator asks for, translated and legalised in the right order.

Filed in your regulator account

Filed in your own account. Every query drafted by us, sent by you, tracked to the answer.

Registered — then the NZ Express route opens

Registration comes first. The visa route follows the destination country’s published framework.

Recent numbers

The latest official figures.

Read from the government's own pages in September 2026. The date is the disclosure.

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

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.

See your own route as a physiotherapist.

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