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.
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