Licensing and registration services

Eligibility checks, registration support, verification, exam preparation, job and relocation help for health professionals moving to the UK, Europe and the USA.

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What we offer

Everything you need to register and start work

From the first eligibility check to your first weeks in the job, each stage is planned, checked and tracked with you.

Eligibility Assessment
Find out where you can register, which route fits you, and what it will take in time and cost.
- Review of your qualifications, transcripts, experience and current registration
- Check against the published requirements of the regulators you choose
- Check of how recent your practice is and whether any gap in practice affects your route
- English or other language requirement for each route, with any exemption you may qualify for
- Comparison of routes and countries, with the trade-offs explained
- List of the exams, aptitude tests or adaptation periods each route is likely to involve
- Written roadmap: exams, English test, documents, fees and timeline
- Budget built from the official regulator, exam and verification fees, kept separate from our own fee
- Flags for slow steps to start first, such as primary source verification and language learning
- A call to walk you through the plan and answer your questions
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Registration and Licensing Support
End-to-end help with your application to the GMC, NMC, HCPC, NMBI, CORU, the BIG register or a US board.
- Application plan with every step, fee and deadline
- Document checklist tailored to you, and a review of each document before upload
- Timeline built around the regulator's closure windows and document validity periods
- Help completing the application forms accurately and consistently
- Support with profession-specific evidence, such as the HCPC standards of proficiency mapping
- Guidance on certificates of good standing, references and certified translations
- Preparation for identity checks and declarations on health and character
- Tracking your application and help responding to regulator requests
- Next steps after the decision: exams, adaptation, PIN or licence and your first job
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Credentials and Documents
Primary source verification, good standing, translations and the document sets each regulator expects.
- A document map showing which document each regulator needs and in what form
- Consistency check of names, dates and course details across all documents
- Help choosing the right verification service: EPIC, TruMerit CES or VisaScreen, or the regulator's own checks
- Guidance on certified copies, apostilles and certified translations
- Help requesting certificates of good standing from current and past regulators
- Templates and checklists for the requests you send to universities and regulators
- Timing plan so certificates with short validity are still in date when they are read
- Support with verification requests and with chasing institutions that are slow to reply
- A clear record of what was sent, to whom and when
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Exam Preparation
Structured preparation for PLAB, the NMC CBT and OSCE, NCLEX, USMLE, ORE, the German knowledge test and English tests.
- Study plan mapped to the official exam blueprint and your exam date
- Diagnostic review of your starting point, including feedback from any previous attempt
- Original practice questions and mock exams, never recalled or leaked exam content
- Timed mock exams in the official format, with a review of every answer
- Practice for OSCE, PLAB 2 and oral exams, with feedback against the marking criteria
- Communication and consultation practice for practical and oral stations
- Booking guidance: dates, test centres, identification and rules on the day
- IELTS or OET strategy for the scores your regulator requires
- Plan for timing your licensing and language exams so results stay valid
- Resit planning after a result you did not want, within the exam's attempt and time limits
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Career and Job Guidance
CVs in the local format, applications to the NHS and private employers, interviews and offer reviews.
- CV and supporting statement rewritten in the local format
- Mapping your experience to the role's person specification or job description
- Guidance on finding employers that sponsor international staff
- Advice on job boards and application systems: NHS Jobs, Trac, HSE jobs and US hospital career sites
- A shortlist strategy that matches roles to your registration status and timing
- Interview preparation: competency, values-based and clinical questions
- Mock interviews with feedback, including video interviews
- Offer review: pay band, role, support, relocation package and repayment clauses
- Checks against England's code of practice for international recruitment
- Plan for your first year: preceptorship, induction and next career steps
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Relocation Guidance
Plan the move: timeline, costs, housing, banking, schools and your first months, with visa questions referred to regulated advisers.
- Move timeline aligned with registration, job start and travel
- Budget for the move and the first three months
- Checklist of documents to bring, including originals your employer and regulator will want to see
- Guidance on temporary and longer-term housing, and what landlords usually ask for
- Guidance on housing, banking, phone, schools and registering with healthcare
- Steps for local registrations: National Insurance, PPS number, address registration or Social Security number
- Planning for family members: schools, childcare and their own permissions
- Exit planning from your current country, including notice periods and end-of-service steps
- First-weeks checklist for your new job and area
- Referral to regulated immigration advisers or attorneys for visa advice
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Where are you now?

Which service do you need?

Find the stage you are at. Each row links the service and the free pages that explain that stage.

Not sure which country or regulator you can register with
Eligibility AssessmentRoute finder EU recognition rules Approbation
Gathering certificates, good standing and verifications
Credentials and DocumentsEPIC verification Good standing Apostille
Preparing for a licensing or language exam
Exam PreparationPLAB NMC CBT NCLEX
Applying to the GMC, NMC, HCPC, NMBI, BIG or a US board
Registration and Licensing SupportGMC NMC BIG register
Looking for a job, a sponsor or an employment permit
Career and Job GuidanceHospitals hiring Certificate of Sponsorship NHS pay bands
Planning the move, the visa and your first months
Relocation GuidanceHealth and Care Worker visa Stamp 4 EU Blue Card

Who we help

Regulators and professions we work with

We prepare applications to these bodies for every regulated health profession. Each links to its full guide.

Every health profession we cover·Fixed-fee packages

Why work with us

Why work with MedicSail

33 countries, 110 regulators and credentialing bodies
The UK, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA, from the GMC and NMC to NMBI, the BIG register and the US boards.
Fixed fees, agreed in writing
Every package has a fixed fee agreed before any work starts. Regulator, exam and translation fees are listed separately.
Official sources only
Every fact on our pages comes from the regulator, exam body or government that sets it, with its sources and review date.
Independent of every regulator
We are not affiliated with any regulator, exam body or employer. You apply in your own name and the regulator decides.

FAQ

Questions about our services

Short answers to what people ask us most. See all questions or contact us.

We are a healthcare licensing consultancy. We help internationally trained nurses, doctors, dentists, pharmacists and allied health professionals register and work in the UK, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA: checking eligibility, preparing documents and applications, preparing for licensing exams, and planning the move.

No. We are independent of every regulator, exam body and government. Regulators make all registration decisions, and you always apply in your own name.

No. No honest consultant can. Registration decisions belong to the regulator and exam results to you. What we do is make sure your application is complete and your preparation matches the exam, which removes the most common reasons people are delayed or fail.

Each package has a fixed fee, agreed before we start. Regulator, exam, verification and translation fees are separate and paid by you directly to those bodies; we list each one in your plan.

No. In the UK, immigration advice can only be given by advisers regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority or by solicitors, and in the USA by licensed attorneys. We help you plan the practical move and refer visa questions to qualified advisers.

Yes. We work with professionals licensed by DHA, DOH, MOHAP, SCFHS, QCHP and the other Gulf regulators. We know which documents and experience from the Gulf each regulator accepts, and how to time the move around your contract.

It depends on the country, the regulator and how quickly your documents and verifications come through. Your eligibility assessment gives you a realistic timeline for your route.

Online, by video call, email and WhatsApp, wherever you are. You get a written plan and a clear list of what we need from you at each stage.

Licensing and registration services

Everything you need to register and start work

Eligibility Assessment

Registration and Licensing Support

Credentials and Documents

Exam Preparation

Career and Job Guidance

Relocation Guidance

Which service do you need?

Regulators and professions we work with

Why work with MedicSail

33 countries, 110 regulators and credentialing bodies

Fixed fees, agreed in writing

Official sources only

Independent of every regulator

Questions about our services

What does MedicSail do?

Are you connected to the GMC, NMC, HCPC or any other regulator?

Do you guarantee registration or a pass?

How much does it cost?

Do you give visa or immigration advice?

I am working in the Gulf. Can you help?

How long does registration take?

How do we work together?