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Bisbankz:
Hi all, I got this from a site and it's really helping....


I just got my ECA done for my Medical Degree.. Initially it looked like a herculean task as I had no idea how it was to be done. So I went through many forums and from bits and pieces of the information I carried on with the process and fortunately got successful. So I decided to make a thread for those aspirants who are still searching for the procedures or for those who will need it in future.

1. Photocopy your medical degree (medical degree is the one in which it is stated that you have completed your medical degree including your internship, which is usually given to you on your day of graduation by your college or later by your university)

2. Check if your medical degree mentions the name of your college and its address anywhere in it. If not get another document, may be your official internship completion record or any such document which has the address and get its photocopy also.

DO NOT GET THE ABOVE TWO ATTESTED

3. Now create an account in physicians.apply. There will be a registration fee which has to be made with a . credit card only and in CAD.Your account will be created once payment is confirmed.

4. Once account is created, check the side panels where you can see an option called source verification request. Click!!

5. Fill up the required infos and submit the request, again there's a fee.

6. Print out the pages they ask you to do so ( 2 cover sheets one for passport and other one for degree, an identity confirmation document, a release form)

7. Next step is to find a public notary(or any other person as they have mentioned) and get attestation done for your Passport copy and identity confirmation document only. While getting the attestation please read through the instructions carefully.

8. Now send all the 6 documents(copy of medical degree and its cover, passport copy and its cover, identity confirmation, release form ; note: if you have another record to provide the address of your institution then that as well) to MCC via courier.

9. Once they receive documents they will update that in your physicians.apply account and then they will verify your document and send it to ECMG for source verification. Once ECFMG receive it they will then send it to your institution for Source verification. It will all take about 2-3 weeks time.

10. If your institution is registered with ECFMG for electronic source verification then it will take only a day's time for the SVR to be completed and send back to ECFMG by your institution. You just have to remain in touch with your college authority and see to it that they does it without any delay.

11. Once SVR is send back from your college in 1-2 days, your status will get updated as source verification passed.

12. Then you can apply for ECA assessment via other services request in physicians.apply,
additional 104CAD for that.

13. Once you submit the request, in 3-4 days time you will get an e-copy of your ECA report in your account. The physical copy may take 1-2 weeks time.

Thats it
Thank you all

PS: Thanks to all those who helped me with my earlier queries

I just got my ECA report, and my MBBS was classified as Doctor of Medicine, is that the masters equivalent please?

TEMIT0PE:
Hello,

You are welcome.

Yes, it means your school has confirmed issuing the certificate.

Next step: request for ECA report on the portal. Make payment and It will be shared with you once it is ready.

Hi again,

My ECA report came back today thankfully.

My only concern is that the Canadian Equivalence says Doctor of Medicine*. I’m a bit confused, because I was expecting to see a Masters equivalency.

Could you please help with any clarification.

Many thanks for your assistance thus far.

TEMIT0PE:
Ideally, you shouldn’t have to contact your school. MCC will reach out to them directly. If MCC is having issues getting a response from the school, they will let you know through the physicians apply portal. Only then would you need to reach out to the school.

Hi again!

Thank you so much for your support.

My SVR has returned PASSED, does it mean that my school has confirmed the certificate? Also, what do I need to do next? Request for the ECA report?

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for your response.

Once payment has been made, do I contact my school for transcript or they are contacted directly by MCC for my transcript?

TEMIT0PE:
There is no need to source verify number 2 and 3. No need to source verify what you cannot get an ECA report for or what will not add point to your CRS score. You will have wasted money for the SVR.
Source verify your MBBS degree alone and then request for ECA report. Your MBBS degree will be evaluated as a Master's degree equivalent and that already gives you more points that any other two degrees you might want to combine.

Passport: Yes, you need to have it notarized by a Lawyer. Take the coloured scanned bio data page to a Lawyer and tell them you want to "notorize a document"

Good afternoon house,

I have the following certificate that I want to source verify on physicians apply (MCC)

1. Medical degree - Bachelor’s in Medicine & Surgery
2. MDCN full registration as a medical practitioner
3. Post graduate diploma in anaesthesia

Is it advisable to source verify all three certificates, and what would they be classified as after evaluation.

My second question is regarding the uploading of International Passport, Photograph & Signature on the portal.

It came back rejected on the portal that my passport is not certified per their requirements, and on my further review, I read that it needs to be certified by the notary public, a lawyer or first class magistrate.

Who has done this process before and how do I go about it.

Thank you very much.