A public notice was issued by the National Medical Council on December 11th, 2023, for the purpose of clarifying and addressing several matters concerning Foreign Medical Graduates, with reference to the public notice dated December 7th, 2023.
The foremost concern of the Foreign Medical Graduates was whether the FMGs were allowed to take transfers to any other countries. NMC in its latest release, clarifies that students who were pursuing their medical education in Ukraine/Russia in offline mode and returned back to India owing to the COVID-19 pandemic or war outbreak are allowed to migrate to any other country except India. The migration permission is valid till 7th March 2024.
Another major concern of the Foreign Medical Graduates was the admissibility of the BS course at the time of publication of FMGL regulations. As per the latest guidelines, the old screening test regulation 2002 will apply to student who were pursuing BS courses at the time of publication of FMGL Regulation 2021. Moreover, they had to complete an internship in India as per the CRMI regulation 2021.
Another concern regarding Foreign Medical Graduates was the number of seats reserved for internships in India in various Indian Medical Institutes. According to the National Medical Council's latest release, 7.5% of seats in old colleges and 100% in new medical colleges are kept aside for the Foreign Medical Graduates in the Indian Medical Institutes.
FMGs must complete their internship in India within 10 years of joining their Foreign Medical Institutions.
FMgs are expected to submit the following documents before seeking registration to practice modern medicine in India.
For any details, students must go through the official NMC Notification.
