This policy describes how OverseasNursing researches, writes, verifies, and maintains all content published on this platform. It applies to every guide, exam article, country page, pricing breakdown, scam report, and review published under the OverseasNursing brand. Questions about this policy can be directed to our contact page.
1. Content Sourcing Policy
All editorial content on OverseasNursing is researched from primary, authoritative sources. We do not publish content based solely on agency claims, social media posts, or unverified secondary reporting.
Our primary sources include:
- Official nursing regulatory body publications — NMC (UK), AHPRA (Australia), NCSBN (USA/Canada), DHA/MOH/HAAD (UAE)
- Government immigration and visa authority websites — UK Home Office, IRCC Canada, Germany BAMF, Australian Department of Home Affairs
- Nursing council exam handbooks, official syllabus documents, and fee schedules
- Embassy and consulate official guidance for Indian nationals
- Published salary data from national health services and hospital groups
Where primary data is unavailable, we disclose the basis for our information and the date it was last verified. We do not publish salary ranges, visa timelines, or exam fees without citing a source or providing a verification date.
2. Review Verification Process
Reviews submitted to OverseasNursing are not automatically published. Every review undergoes the following process before appearing on the platform:
- Sign-in is optional, not required. Reviews can be submitted with or without a registered account — we deliberately keep this low-friction so nurses without time or ability to create an account can still warn others. Every review, signed-in or not, goes through the same manual moderation below.
- Mandatory disclosures. Reviewers must state the agency used, destination country, approximate migration timeline, and whether they received their visa or employment offer.
- Manual moderation. Every review is read by a member of the OverseasNursing moderation team. Automated approval is not used for any review.
- Consistency checks. We check for: implausible timelines relative to stated destinations, costs that fall far outside observed ranges for stated services, duplicate submissions, and writing patterns inconsistent with genuine first-person accounts.
- Conflict of interest check. Reviews that appear to originate from agency staff, competitors, or parties with a financial interest in the outcome are removed.
Agencies may publicly respond to reviews on their profile. They may not request removal of reviews unless a review contains demonstrably false factual claims, which must be submitted via our corrections process (see Section 5).
3. Expert Review Process
Content that covers clinical nursing competency, licensing exam requirements, visa and immigration processes, or regulatory body procedures is subject to expert review before publication.
Expert reviewers are practising nurses, registered migration agents, or professionals with direct, verifiable experience in the subject matter they review. The criteria for becoming an expert reviewer are set out in Section 9.
Content types that require expert review before publication:
- Exam guides (OET, NCLEX-RN, DHA, AHPRA, CBSE/OSCE, MOH, HAAD)
- Country migration guides covering visa processes and regulatory requirements
- Scam report articles making specific factual claims about named agencies
- Salary guides where tax, deduction, or take-home calculations are involved
Where a piece of content has been reviewed by a named expert, this will be indicated on the page with a reviewer credit and the date of review. Expert reviewer profiles are published at /reviewers.
4. Update Frequency Policy
Overseas nursing migration involves regulatory requirements that change. We maintain the following minimum update schedules:
- Exam guides — reviewed every 6 months, or immediately when an official change to exam format, fees, or eligibility is announced
- Country migration guides — reviewed every 6 months, or when visa rules change
- Salary guides — updated annually at minimum, flagged as estimates between updates
- Pricing data — agency fee data is sourced from reviews and agency disclosures; pages show the date the data was last verified
- Scam reports — reviewed when new information is submitted or when the subject agency provides evidence of resolution
Every content page displays a “last updated” date. Pages older than 12 months that cover time-sensitive regulatory topics are flagged with a freshness warning until they are reviewed.
5. Correction Policy
OverseasNursing is committed to factual accuracy. When we make an error, we correct it promptly and transparently.
Our corrections process:
- Factual errors can be reported via our contact page. Please include the specific claim, the correct information, and your source.
- All correction requests are acknowledged within 48 hours.
- Substantiated errors are corrected within 5 business days. Critical errors (incorrect exam fees, wrong visa requirements) are corrected within 24 hours.
- Corrected content is updated with a revised “last updated” date. We do not delete inaccurate content; we correct and date it.
- Significant corrections are noted in-line on the page with a brief explanation of what changed.
We do not correct content in response to complaints from agencies about negative — but accurate — reviews or reports. Corrections apply to factual errors only.
6. Editorial Independence Policy
OverseasNursing operates with full editorial independence from the agencies, exam providers, and service companies it covers. Our editorial decisions are made without commercial influence.
Specifically:
- No agency has paid for their listing, their profile position, or their rating
- No agency can pay to have negative reviews suppressed or removed
- No agency can pay to have positive content written about them
- Agency rankings on listing pages are calculated algorithmically from user ratings, review volume, and transparency score — not from commercial agreements
- The editorial team operates independently of the business development team; no editorial decision requires commercial approval
Agency profiles may display a trust status — Verified, Trusted, Unverified, or Scam Reported. This status is assigned by the editorial team at no cost to the agency; it cannot currently be purchased, and has no effect on review scores or search ranking.
If our commercial model changes — for example, if we introduce a paid tier on top of the existing free trust status — this will be disclosed prominently in this policy and on the relevant listing pages. Any such commercial relationship will have no effect on review scores or content coverage.
7. Affiliate and Commercial Disclosure Policy
As of the date of this policy, OverseasNursing has no affiliate relationships with any agency, exam provider, visa service, language school, or accommodation provider.
We do not earn commission from:
- Agency referrals or nurse placements
- Exam registration links (OET, NCLEX-RN, DHA, AHPRA)
- Visa application services
- Language training providers
If affiliate or sponsored relationships are introduced in future, this policy will be updated and all such content will be clearly labelled with a disclosure at the top of the relevant page. Sponsored content will never be embedded within agency review profiles or ratings.
8. Author Selection Criteria
Content authors on OverseasNursing are selected based on their relevant knowledge and writing quality. Authors are not required to have a nursing background, but are required to demonstrate research competency and the ability to write accurately for a nurse audience.
Author requirements:
- Ability to locate, read, and accurately summarise official regulatory and government source material
- Willingness to submit content for expert review and act on reviewer feedback
- Disclosure of any professional or personal connection to agencies, exam providers, or migration service companies
- Commitment to the corrections process — authors are expected to update their content when errors are identified
- Agree to have their name and professional background published on their author profile
Authors with a direct commercial or personal connection to agencies they cover are recused from writing that content. This is a non-negotiable condition of authorship. Author profiles — including credentials and content portfolios — are published at /authors.
9. Expert Reviewer Criteria
Expert reviewers are professionals who validate the factual accuracy of content before publication. They are distinct from authors — reviewers do not write content, they assess it.
Reviewer requirements:
- Active or recent professional registration in a field relevant to the content they review (e.g. active NMC registration for UK nursing content; AHPRA registration for Australia content; registered migration agent licence for visa content)
- Verifiable professional identity — reviewers must provide their registration number, which is displayed on their reviewer profile
- No commercial conflict of interest — reviewers may not review content covering agencies they have worked for, referred to, or have a financial relationship with
- Commitment to review timelines — review turnaround must be within 14 days of content submission
- Agreement to public disclosure — reviewer profiles are published with their name, credentials, registration details, and content reviewed
Reviewer profiles are published at /reviewers.
10. Conflict of Interest Policy
Conflicts of interest — real or perceived — undermine editorial credibility. OverseasNursing requires all contributors, reviewers, and editorial staff to disclose any potential conflict before beginning work on content.
A conflict of interest exists when an author or reviewer has:
- A current or recent employment or contractor relationship with an agency they are covering
- A financial stake (equity, commission, or referral arrangement) in an agency, exam provider, or migration service
- A close personal relationship (family member, business partner) with an agency owner or senior staff member
- Received gifts, travel, or hospitality from any entity they are covering, within the past 12 months
When a conflict is disclosed:
- The contributor is recused from that specific piece of content
- If a conflict is discovered after publication, the content is reassigned and reviewed by an independent contributor before any further updates
- Undisclosed conflicts that are later discovered result in permanent removal from the contributor programme
Conflicts of interest discovered in published content can be reported to our editorial team via the contact page.