Who can apply for provisional registration?

If you are eligible for full registration, you can't apply for provisional registration.

We can consider provisional registration applications from: 

• UK medical graduates who have completed their medical degree at a UK university

• Doctors who graduated outside the UK who have an acceptable primary medical qualification and who have passed the PLAB test but who have not completed an internship
• Doctors who qualified in the following European countries but do not hold the accompanying certificate required to complete their recognised European qualification:
  • Denmark
  • France (only if relying on a Diplôme de formation approfondie en sciences médicales for registration)
  • Ireland
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Slovenia
  • Sweden

Check if you're eligible for provisional registration