Your registration meeting
All international medical graduates coming to New Zealand to practise medicine for the first time must attend a registration meeting and be able to produce the information we've asked for.
Purpose of the registration meeting
This meeting is to confirm your identity, discuss your practice intentions and to ensure that you understand your supervision or recertification requirements.
About the registration meeting
The registration meeting will be completed via Zoom videoconference within two weeks of your employment start date in New Zealand. To schedule the meeting, you must ensure that:
- you are in New Zealand; and
- all required documents have been primary source verified through the Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials (EPIC) service; and
- you have arranged for all Certificates of Professional Status (COPS) or licensure verifications, from each of the registration or licensing authorities you have been registered or licensed with for the previous 5 years to be sent to Council. Further information on COPS can be found here.
The Council will not register you until all required documentation has been received.
Fee for your practising certificate
After the registration meeting, you will receive a payment link to pay for your practising certificate. Your letter of eligibility includes the fee you need to pay.
Confirming your registration
Once payment for your practising certificate has been received, it can take up to three working days to grant registration and issue a practising certificate.
You cannot practise in New Zealand until your registration has been confirmed and you have a practising certificate. You can only work within the endorsement and any conditions specific to you, noted on your practising certificate.