Working Abroad
What each country requires from an Indian medical graduate — regulator, examinations, English, credential verification and documents.
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.
- United KingdomGMC registration with a licence to practise — the PLAB route, the postgraduate qualification route, and what the GMC asks for.Verified September 2026
- United StatesECFMG Certification — the gateway to US graduate medical education for an Indian medical graduate.Verified September 2026
- AustraliaThe four AMC assessment pathways, and which one an Indian medical graduate normally takes.Verified September 2026
- CanadaMCC examinations, source verification, and why the province you choose decides most of the rest.Verified September 2026
- New ZealandRegistration in a general scope — NZREX, PLAB, and the comparable health system route.Verified September 2026
- IrelandThe Pre-Registration Examination System and the divisions of the Irish register — route and exams read from the Council's pages; the rest not yet verified.not yet verified
- Saudi ArabiaSCFHS classification and registration through Mumaris+, and the licensing examination.not yet verified
- United Arab EmiratesFour regulators, one shared qualification standard — why a UAE licence is emirate-specific.not yet verified
- SingaporeConditional registration with the Singapore Medical Council — and why only two Indian MBBS degrees are on Singapore's list of registrable basic qualifications.Verified September 2026
- GermanyThe Approbation for a doctor trained outside the EU: a state-level equivalence check, the knowledge test if gaps remain, and German at B2 with medical German at C1.Verified September 2026
Compare all countries at a glance
Every country page in this section. "Not yet" means the links are recorded but the detail is unchecked.
| Country | Regulator | Main route | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | GMC | PLAB 1 and PLAB 2 — both parts passed within the past two years | September 2026 |
| United States | ECFMG | USMLE Step 1 | September 2026 |
| Australia | AMC / Medical Board | Standard pathway: AMC MCQ Examination, then the AMC Clinical Examination | September 2026 |
| Canada | MCC + province | MCCQE — readiness at the level of a Canadian medical graduate | September 2026 |
| New Zealand | MCNZ | NZREX Clinical, PLAB parts 1 and 2, or the AMC multiple-choice and clinical examinations — passed within the past five years | September 2026 |
| Ireland | Medical Council | PRES Level 2 — an assessment of clinical knowledge | not yet |
| Saudi Arabia | SCFHS | SCFHS classification and professional practice licensure examinations — see the Commission's examination pages for the current name and format | not yet |
| United Arab Emirates | MOHAP / DOH / DHA / SHA | Regulator-set professional assessment — the DHA publishes its own assessment guidelines and licensing manual | not yet |
| Singapore | SMC | No SMC examination is named for conditional registration. Where the country of the basic degree has a national licensing examination, it must have been passed. | September 2026 |
| Germany | State authority (Land) | Knowledge test (Kenntnisprüfung): an oral-practical examination based on the German final medical examination, taken where equivalence cannot be established | September 2026 |