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 in the last two years 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 relevant European qualification:
    • Denmark
    • France (only if relying on a Diplôme de formation approfondie en sciences médicales for registration)
    • Ireland
    • Iceland
    • Italy
    • Liechtenstein
    • Luxembourg
    • Malta
    • Norway
    • Poland
    • Portugal
    • Slovenia
    • Sweden

Check if you're eligible for provisional registration