Free tools for international health professionals
Find your registration route, add up the official fees and check NHS pay, using the same sourced figures as our guides.
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Plan your move with the published figures
Route finder
Who do I register with, and what are the steps?Pick your profession and the country you want to work in. See the regulator, the steps and the exams for that route, with links to the full guide.Best for: choosing a countryOpen the toolCost estimator
What will registration cost me in official fees?Every official fee for your route, itemised and totalled in the destination's currency, with the source and the date we checked it.Best for: budgeting the moveOpen the toolNHS pay bands
What would I earn in the NHS, and at which band?Agenda for Change bands and pay points for 2026/27, and the band each profession usually starts at in the NHS.Best for: comparing pay offersOpen the toolVisa cost calculator
What will the Health and Care Worker visa cost my family?What the published GOV.UK fees add up to for you and your family on a Health and Care Worker visa, set against a standard Skilled Worker visa, with the savings to show and your employer's costs.Best for: budgeting the visaOpen the toolSalary checker
Does this salary meet the published visa salary rule?Compare an NHS or health job offer with the salary rule the Immigration Rules publish for its occupation code, band or grade, nation and hours.Best for: checking a job offerOpen the toolSettlement dates
When can I apply to settle, and do my trips abroad count against me?Count the dates the published rules use for UK indefinite leave to remain and for Irish Stamp 4, long-term residence and citizenship, with your trips abroad checked against the absence limit.Best for: planning settlementOpen the toolBlue Card salary
Does my salary offer meet the Blue Card threshold?Compare a job offer with the published 2026 EU Blue Card salary thresholds in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, France and Sweden, and with the Dutch highly skilled migrant amounts.Best for: checking a job offerOpen the toolNHS take-home pay
What will I take home each month on an NHS band?Your Agenda for Change band and pay point after income tax, National Insurance, NHS Pension and student loan, for England, Wales or Scotland in 2026/27.Best for: budgeting your payOpen the toolHSE take-home pay
What will I take home on an HSE pay scale?Your HSE grade and point on the scale after Single Scheme pension, income tax, USC and PRSI, on the 1 June 2026 pay scales and 2026 Irish tax rates.Best for: comparing irish offersOpen the toolEnglish score checker
Do my English test scores meet my regulator's rules?Enter your IELTS, OET or other English test scores and see, skill by skill, whether they meet the NMC, GMC, HCPC, NMBI and other regulators' published rules, including combined sittings and expiry dates.Best for: checking test scoresOpen the toolTimeline calculator
How long will registration take me?See how long registration takes with the NMC, HCPC, NMBI, Medical Council, CORU or BIG register, stage by stage, from each regulator's published service standards.Best for: planning your start dateOpen the tool
Example
Official fees for nurses, by country
FAQ
Questions about our free tools
Yes. Every tool is free to use, with no sign-up and no email address needed. They run in your browser and do not store your answers.
From our published guides, which take every fee, step and pay point from the regulator, exam body, NHS Employers or government page they cite. Each tool lists its sources and the date the figures were checked.
The cost estimator says the fee is not published and leaves it out of the total, rather than filling the gap with an estimate.
The United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States. The NHS pay band explorer covers NHS Agenda for Change pay in England.
No. Only the regulator decides eligibility. The tools show the published route, fees and pay so you can plan; our free eligibility check looks at your own documents and experience.
Whenever the guides they read are updated. Each guide is checked against its official sources and shows the date it was last reviewed.