Working Abroad
What each country requires from an Indian medical graduate — regulator, examinations, English, credential verification and documents, each traced to the regulator's own pages.
Every country here is recorded against the regulator’s own published pages, with the date it was read. Where a page is marked unverified, the links are recorded but the detail has not been checked yet — and the page says so rather than guessing.
Two things are worth knowing before you compare them. Primary source verification of your degree is a separate process from registration and is handled by a different body in most countries — New Zealand routes it through EPIC via MyIntealth, Canada through physiciansapply.ca, the United States through ECFMG itself. And PLAB is accepted by both the United Kingdom and New Zealand, which makes that route worth costing as two destinations rather than one.
| Country | Regulator | Main examination route | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | AMC / Medical Board | Standard pathway: AMC MCQ Examination, then the AMC Clinical Examination; Competent Authority pathway: no AMC examination — eligibility confirmed by the Medical Board of Australia | Sep 2026 |
| Canada | MCC + province | MCCQE — readiness at the level of a Canadian medical graduate; NAC Examination — readiness to enter supervised Canadian training | Sep 2026 |
| Ireland | Medical Council | no | |
| New Zealand | MCNZ | NZREX Clinical, or PLAB parts 1 and 2 — passed within the past five years; Comparable health system pathway: open to applicants with recent experience in a comparable health system | Sep 2026 |
| Saudi Arabia | SCFHS | SCFHS classification and professional practice licensure examinations — see the Commission's examination pages for the current name and format | no |
| United Arab Emirates | MOHAP / DOH / DHA / SHA | Regulator-set professional assessment — the DHA publishes its own assessment guidelines and licensing manual | no |
| United Kingdom | GMC | PLAB 1 and PLAB 2 — both parts passed within the past two years; Or an acceptable postgraduate qualification, in place of PLAB | Sep 2026 |
| United States | ECFMG | USMLE Step 1; USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) | Sep 2026 |
- United Kingdom GMC registration with a licence to practise — the PLAB route, the postgraduate qualification route, and what the GMC asks for.
- United States ECFMG Certification — the gateway to US graduate medical education for an Indian medical graduate.
- Australia The four AMC assessment pathways, and which one an Indian medical graduate normally takes.
- Canada MCC examinations, source verification, and why the province you choose decides most of the rest.
- New Zealand Registration in a general scope — NZREX, PLAB, and the comparable health system route.
- Ireland The Pre-Registration Examination System and the divisions of the Irish register — links recorded, detail not yet verified. unverified
- Saudi Arabia SCFHS classification and registration through Mumaris+, and the licensing examination. unverified
- United Arab Emirates Four regulators, one shared qualification standard — why a UAE licence is emirate-specific. unverified