AUSTRALIA REGISTRATION GUIDE

• Action: Open an EPIC account to begin the registration process.
• Documents Required: None specified.
• Website: EPIC Registration and https://www.ecfmgepic.org/instructions-amc.html
• Cost: $130 USD.

• Action: Verify identity via online web verification with Notarycam.
• Documents Required: Photograph, Passport copies, and a completed Electronic Identification Form (EIF).
• Website: Notarycam for EPIC
• Cost: $130 USD

• Action: Create an AMC portfolio to obtain an AMC number.
• Documents Required: None specified.
• Website: AMC Sign Up
• Cost: $500 AUD.

• Action: Register for an RACGP ID and upload qualifications to EPIC.
• Documents Required: You will need to get yourself an RACGP ID number which you can do for free. This will take 5 minutes.
• Website: RACGP Sign Up
• Cost: Free.

Once you have your AMC and RACGP numbers, you can upload all your qualifications to EPIC and nominate the AMC and RACGP as a recipient of said documents.

• Action: Upload medical qualifications to EPIC without needing notarisation.
• Documents Required: The required documents include an MBBS, MBChB, MD, or equivalent degree, an MRCGP Certificate or its equivalent, and a CCT Certificate listed under Postgraduate qualifications.
• Website: None specified.
• Cost: $300 USD (Total for all documents).

Documents Needed:

Name change documentation (if applicable)

Scanned copy of passport photo page AMC number

Primary Medical Degree & Specialist Medical Qualification (MBBS/MBChB, MRCGP & CCT)

Letter from the body which issued your specialist qualification (this should state the pathway followed and summative assessments undertaken)

Medical Registration

(GMC Certificate of Full Registration)

Certificates of Good Standing

(Must be from the last 3 months)

Statutory declaration

Actions: 

The comparability assessment is all done online so it will require you to upload the aforementioned documents and input the required information as you go through it.

Cost: $575 AUD

• Action: Apply for the PEP Specialist Program.
• Documents Required: Job offer details (contract), ALS course completion (Completed within the last 4 years), and supervisor’s letter.
• Website: None specified.
• Cost: $2615 AUD (Total fees including membership)

Fees are subject to change without notice. Individual circumstances may affect applicable membership fees.

WBA: workplace-based assessment. Additional charges may apply if further assessment is required

Please ask for AHPRA Guidance Document if you do not already have a copy.

You need to complete the AHPRA registration form (AGSP-30) and send it to AHPRA. This can be downloaded from the AHPRA website.

Please be aware that an English Language Test may need to be completed if English isn’t your first language. Please ask me for more details, as whether or not you need to do a new one will be very specific to each person.

You will need to complete criminal history checks in order to complete the AHPRA application. Follow the below links:

https://www.fit2work.com.au/PreEmployment.aspx?id=q8Uuw

+uklTU=&type=o

https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Registration/Registration- Process/Criminal-history-checks/International-Criminal- History.aspx

Cost:

$1,622 AUD

$160 AUD

Your VISA application will be both applied for by yourself and your employer. This can be done once you have received in-principal approval from AHPRA.

You will also need to have a medical for your VISA application. The cost of this would depend on where you have your medical but it is normally around £300 – £400.

Cost: 

$2645 +

Additional Costs (*)

£350 (est.)

Notarised copies of passport and driving license

You must apply for your Tax File Number before you can apply for your Medicare number. Please ask us for the application form for your TFN if you can’t find it online (TFN must be completed before you can apply for an Australian Business Number).

No Cost Involved

Documents needed: 

Copy of visa

Evidence of offer – Contract or offer letter

Passport

International Police clearance to have been processed

AHPRA require you to attend an online meeting to confirm your registration once in-principal approval has been granted.

This can be done after you have applied for your VISA.

No Cost Involved

Documents Needed: 

According to Medicare, the following documents are required for them to process a provider number application:

• Tax File Number
• Provider Number Application with all boxes ticked and the application manually signed.

FRACGP Fellowship Status:

You should submit your latest document from RACGP to show your status at the time of application. This will be different for each applicant:

1.) Some doctors will already have full RACGP recognition, meaning they have been sent from the RACGP a Certificate and a Medicare application titled:

Application for recognition as a General Practitioner (Fellows of the RACGP)

No Costs Involved