It was 2013, and non-EU nurses were restricted because of overall limited immigration caps. However, the most significant barrier for non-EU foreign nurses was the IELTS, the stringent U.K. nursing English language proficiency test. A pass required a seven out of nine score in a single attempt.
In 2014, while working full time, Cyriac launched his recruitment consultancy Envertiz to help fellow professionals enjoy a better career in the U.K., funding the startup from his savings. The same year he started a petition and lobbied the NMC to allow a more realistic score for English proficiency, which was eventually reduced to 6.5.
Don't It Make You Wonder why? Nobody can find nurses in their own country. Nobody can find nurses in their own towns.. yet traveling nurses make double salary and it's happening everywhere at the same time. Seem very convenient?