Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Applying for registration with a licence to practise – UK medical graduates who have not completed Foundation Programme year 1

This guidance provides application information for UK medical school graduates who have not completed Foundation Programme year 1.

You have three months to submit your application from when you start it online. If you have not submitted your application after three months you will have to start a new one. Instructions on setting up your online account are given at the end of this guidance.

Your application for provisional registration with a licence to practise will be an online application. At the end of this guidance you will be given a link to enter our secure web portal which is called GMC Online.

Your next steps

  • Read this guidance (10 pages)
  • Attend your identity check event (your medical school will tell you when this is)
  • Obtain a PIN and password (we will send you these)
  • Log in, complete your application and pay your fee

There is more information about these steps on the following pages of this guidance.

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