FMGE December 2025: Check out detailed eligibility criteria for the screening test

The FMGE serves as a mandatory screening test for Indian citizens and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) who have obtained their primary medical qualifications from foreign institutions and seek to practice medicine in India.

The exam will be conducted on January 17, 2026, on a computer-based platform across multiple centres in India.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The candidate must meet/fulfil the following criteria-

1 He / She is a citizen of India or Overseas Citizen of India.

2 The candidate should possess a primary medical qualification, which is confirmed by the Indian Embassy concerned, to be a recognised qualification for enrolment as a medical practitioner in the country in which the institution awarding the said qualification is situated.

3 The result of the final examination for the said primary medical qualification should have been declared on or before 31 October 2025.

4 Candidates must note that it is mandatory for them to submit proof / documentary evidence that clearly establishes that the result of the final examination for such a primary medical qualification was declared on or before the cut-off date, i.e. 31 October 2025. The document submitted must confirm that the candidate has successfully completed all required courses of the primary medical courses with eligible results as per the requirements of the institution concerned.

5 In the event that the proof / documentary evidence submitted by the candidate does not clearly establish that the result of the final examination of his primary medical qualification was declared on or before 31 October 2025 and/or does not clearly specify that the candidate has been declared pass/ qualified in the final examinations in all mandatory required courses, the candidature shall be cancelled and the candidate shall be declared as ineligible.

6 As per the Eligibility Requirement for Taking Admission in an Undergraduate Medical Course in a Foreign Medical Institution Regulation, 2002-

1) The candidate should have obtained an ‘Eligibility Certificate’ from the National Medical Commission (or the erstwhile Medical Council of India). This requirement shall not be necessary in respect of Indian citizens or Overseas Citizens of India who have acquired the medical qualifications from foreign medical institutions before 15.03.2002 or have obtained admission in a foreign medical institution either before 15.03.2002 or during 15.05.2013 to 03.01.2014 (both dates included).

2) The “Indian Citizens / Overseas Citizens of India intending to obtain primary medical qualification from any medical institution outside India, on or after May 2018, shall have to mandatorily qualify the ‘National-Eligibilitycum- Entrance Test for Admission to MBBS course’. The result of the ‘National- Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Admission to MBBS course’ shall be deemed to be treated as the Eligibility Certificate for such persons, provided that such persons fulfil the Eligibility Criteria for admission to the MBBS course prescribed in the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997.”

3) “The result of NEET shall be valid for a period of three (3) years from the date of declaration of result, entitling a candidate to pursue MBBS or equivalent medical course, including pre-medical/language course, if any, followed by MBBS or equivalent medical course.”

4) Applicants who are applying for FMGE producing their NEET-UG result in lieu of the Eligibility Certificate in terms of the aforesaid notifications are accordingly advised to ensure that they fulfil the Eligibility Criteria for admission to the MBBS course prescribed in the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997. In the event that an applicant qualifying for FMGE is later found, at the time of seeking registration with a medical council, not to be fulfilling the Eligibility Criteria for admission to the MBBS course as prescribed in the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997, his /her candidature and result for said FMGE shall be deemed to be cancelled.

7 It is the sole responsibility of the candidate that he/she has fulfilled the stipulations/criteria prescribed in Graduate Medical Education Regulations (GMER), 1997 and Eligibility Requirement before taking admission in the undergraduate medical course in Foreign Medical Institution Regulations, 2002, enumerated herein below, but not limited to the following-

1) He/she fulfilled the age criterion prescribed for admission to the MBBS course at the time of joining the Primary Medical Qualification.

2) He/she fulfilled the eligibility criteria for admission to the MBBS course in India as prescribed in the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 1997, i.e., minimum qualifying marks criteria in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English, including relaxed criteria in case the candidate belongs to a reserved category (SC/ST/OBC) or a PwD.

3) He/She is in possession of a relevant caste certificate (SC/ST/OBC) from a competent authority issued at the time of his/her admission to Primary Medical Qualification, in case he/she has claimed any relaxed criteria towards minimum qualifying marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English.

8 Candidate seeking provisional or permanent registration in India shall not have to qualify the Screening Test if he/she holds an Under Graduate medical qualification from Australia / Canada / New Zealand / United Kingdom / United States of America and the holder thereof has also been awarded a Post Graduate medical qualification in Australia / Canada / New Zealand / United Kingdom / United States of America and has been recognised for enrolment as medical practitioner in that country.

9 Eligibility of candidates who have obtained their primary medical qualification from Pakistan shall be subject to their security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Govt of India. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India has directed that-

1) In view of national security considerations, no Indian student should go to Pakistan for study in any field. Henceforth, no student should be eligible for appearing in FMGE on the basis of educational qualification (in any subject) acquired in Pakistan except those who had joined Pakistan degree colleges/institutions before November 2018 or later after obtaining security clearance from MHA till 13.04.2022.

2) Migrants and their children who have acquired a medical degree or higher education from Pakistan and have been granted Indian citizenship by India would not require additional security clearance from MHA for appearing in FMGE or seeking employment, including registration with NMC and admission in any educational institutions/colleges, including medical institutions/colleges in India. Such security vetting is carried out while granting citizenship.

10 Candidates may also refer to the Screening Test Regulations, 2002 & all its amendments, Regulations on Graduate Medical Education and Eligibility Certificate Regulations before applying for FMGE and confirm their eligibility for registration as medical practitioners in India.

11 Pursuant to the recommendations of the NMC and approval of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Govt of India, only eligible candidates will be allowed to appear in the FMGE who have both the Eligibility Certificate (if applicable) and the Provisional Pass Certificate/Degree Certificate of Primary Medical Qualification.

12 Candidates are therefore advised to apply for FMGE only if they possess with them all the documents required to apply for the examination, including the Eligibility Certificate (if applicable) and the Provisional Pass Certificate/ Degree Certificate of their Primary Medical Qualification, duly apostilled/ attested by the Indian Embassy concerned.

13 Candidates who fail to submit the documents as prescribed for FMGE will not be allowed to appear in the examination and will be declared ineligible to appear.

14 The role of NBEMS is limited to conducting the FMGE and to handing over the results to all State Medical Councils in India. The eligibility of a candidate to appear in FMGE shall be solely determined on the basis of information and documents furnished by the candidate in his/her application form, which shall be treated as correct & factual as per the declaration of the candidate. The eligibility for registration as a medical practitioner, however, shall be determined by SMCs at the time of provisional/permanent registration of a candidate

15 Any instances of furnishing incorrect information/documents detected during any stage of the examination process and/or subsequently while/after seeking registration with a medical council will automatically disqualify the candidate for the FMGE and for any consequential registration/employment/education. Further, if such instances go undetected during any verification process but are detected in subsequent years, such disqualification will take place with retrospective effect.

16 Eligibility of candidates who shall be issued admit cards for the examination shall be purely provisional and if ineligibility is detected at any stage of FMGE, the candidature shall be cancelled even if the result has been declared and/or the Pass Certificate has been issued.

Meanwhile, according to the schedule, the online application submission window opens on 14th November 2025. Following this, the edit window will open from 09 December 2025. However, the final selective Edit Window to rectify Deficient/Incorrect Images will start from 29 December 2025.

Below is the detailed schedule-

SCHEDULE

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