National Medical Commission announces big update for foreign graduates

The NMC in an official notification said that Foreign Medical Graduates are facing hardship in getting themselves registered in some of the State Medical Councils amid the ongoing evacuation of Indians from Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic. The NMC reiterated that the provisions contained in the FMGL Regulations, 2021 will not be applicable if the graduates have acquired a foreign medical degree or primary qualification, prior to November 18, 2021. Besides, candidates who have joined their undergraduate medical education in a foreign institution prior to November 18 will also be included in this category.

For securing registration to practice medicine in India, the students pursuing medicine in foreign countries are required to do double internships–one in the country where they got the MBBS and again in India as per the NMC (Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate) regulation, 2021.

“Considering the agony and stress faced by these foreign medical graduates, their application to complete the remaining part of an internship in India is considered eligible. Accordingly, the same may be processed by state medical councils provided that the candidates must have cleared FMGE before applying for completion of internship in India,” said deputy secretary Shambhu Sharan Kumar.