How To set up Irish Medical Council Account?
Before setting IMC, account for making sure that EPIC has verified your Degree and Experience certificate, and both should be “Report Sent” to IMC. You must have above 410 Euros in your account, and the card is active for international transactions. I will share each step of the account setting in detail below.
- Visit the IMC website
- Click “Doctors Login”
- Click “Register Now”
- The “New User Account” page will open. Click the arrow for next.
- Enter your e-mail and desired username/password and click next. Use your e-mail which is always with you and is your e-mail account.
- Now fill in all your details carefully and click next. Select Dr in “Title”.
- A window will pop up mentioning your transaction reference ID and a message that an e-mail has been sent. It would be best to record your ID. Don’t wait for an e-mail as it will be sent in 1 or 2 days.
- Again, go to the “Doctors Login” tab and enter your username/password which you made in step 5. Your account will open.
- Now click “Complete Application”. Choose your desired options below. If you are a first-time applicant, then NO for both questions and click next. Click OK if the WARNING window pops up.
- Fill in your details and click next.
- Choose NO for Internship Registration. You are here for General Registration and not for Internship. Then choose from wherever you have graduated. If it’s not there, then select the last option, which says, “Do not meet criteria”.
- On the next tab click “Certificate of Experience route” if you are exempted from the PRES exam, and your house job meets General Registration’s criteria. Write your EPIC ID in the blank below and click next.
- Now Click to add a qualification. Enter your country/medical school/medical qualification (MBBS). Tick the box of Basic Qualification. Enter your start date which you can find on our College Transcript. Write the Conferral date which you will find on your MBBS degree. Click Save and Next.
- Click Yes for this option as you are registered with your home country council like PM&DC in Pakistan.
- Enter details of PMDC. Write Full General Registration in “Type of Registration” Click Next
- Click NO in all options. Give it a quick read just for your information.
- Now you will add all the details of what you have been doing since you left your college, starting from your House job/Internship. Add rotations 1 by 1. Every time you add detail—Click Add Experience. (See below for a sample)
- Now follow the instructions and click next. Click Proceed with Application
- In Professional Indemnity Requirements, tick option 1 and tick all boxes for Declaration. Option 1 is for those who would be applying mostly for public (HSE) hospitals.
- Now, skim all declarations on the next page tick all boxes and click next.
- The warning message will pop up. Click Proceed and pay for your Application/Account Fee.
Sample Experience Entry
Post Held: House Officer
Specialty held: Medicine/Surgery/Pead’s/Ortho
If you cannot find your minor speciality like Neurosurgery, you can choose Surgery and likewise in medicine subspecialties.
Employer Name: Name of Hospital.
Employer Address: Hospital address.
If you want to add your experience after the house job. Similarly, write Medical Officer in the post held and so on. Remember they can always email in between the registration process to explain any gap or jobs that they are not sure about.
If you want to add Maternity leaves/study leaves/marriage breaks, write the reason in the post held, select dates, and choose N/A (Not Applicable) for speciality held/employer name/address.
Documents needed to be sent by courier to IMC.
IMC will e-mail you, which I mentioned in step 7 above. This e-mail contains your “Cover Letter.”
You must attach a Color photocopy of your Passport and OET Result card with a Cover Letter and send it to IMC via email.
The passport must be notarized. Get a valid notary stamp from any solicitor. You can find them near the courts of your city.
Scan documents and send them via email.
IMC Address
Irish Medical Council, Upper Ground Floor and 5th Floor, Block 9 (Europa House), Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street,
Dublin 2, D02 WR20
Phone # +353 1 4983100
Serotonin surge
March 4, 2024Thanks a lot. That’s a very helpful post.
Kindly guide if we can add a job experience for which we do not have any experience certificate? The appointment letter and joining report ia there but the hospital did not issue any experience certificate despite requesting.
What kind of documents are acceptable as a proof of employment? At what stage do they ask for these documents?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024A combination of Joining letter and resignation letter will be fine. If you’re still doing the job, you can attach latest payslip as proof of job.
Umair
March 4, 2024I want to know how to fill genform.please guide .
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Please see under section of Tips and tricks regarding Irish registration process!
Thankyou
irza shamraiz
March 4, 2024hey hope you are doing great!
i want to know.i completed my 5 year of MBBS from china and due to covid i have to came back my country pakistan for internship,im on internship,but for PMC(pakistan medical council) internship is replaced with house job,i cant do house job coz my university asked me to do internship,during apply for IMC what if pmc dont want to verify my internship certificate,do i need to write my PMC exam and get experienced as a HOUSE OFFICER? or any way to help me,because im in pakistan offically ,i have offical stamp on my passport as well and im doing internship in pakistan..please help me.
regards
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Dear Irza!
Unfortunately! You have to do housejob and do all exams to get your experience verified from PMC.
Mohammad Bilal
March 4, 2024Hey
My ielts will expire in Novmeber 2022. Do i have enough time to start epic and get IMC registration?
I have also heard that i need a valid ielts when applying for a job after IMC registration. I am worried about the timings. Please let me know. Thanks
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2021You’ll have time. This process will take 2-3 months. Also, depending upon how much time your college and PMC takes, it may vary a little.
Waldorf
March 4, 2024I am making the payment but it’s not accepting what’s wrong do they Email right at that time once payment has been done or does it takes a day . Sometimes they say transaction has already been in process and sometimes they say payment failed. Now i am confused whether it’s already done or not
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Please refresh and try again. Otherwise contact IMC for this issue.
Thank you !
Waldorf
March 4, 2024Cover letter and oet card should be notarised or not or just the passport because in the email they have mentioned all the documents must be atttested
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Just passport needs to be attested
Thanks!
F.N
March 4, 2024what about personal indemnity form… during application form filling there was a section to upload indemnity form . but i dont have any , should i proceed to payment
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Just select the indemnity option as advised and proceed to payment!
Thanks
M Arsalan
March 4, 2024Hey
thank you so much. i just submitted my application after following above steps.. i want to ask about cover letter. i have received email from Irish medical council stating that application submitted and kindly send the documents in link below. but i haven’t received any cover letter.Is this checklist mentioned in COE route my cover letter??
https://www.medicalcouncil.ie/registration-applications/checklists/
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Yes checklist is the cover letter!
Send this checklist with required documents!
Khalid
March 4, 2024Hello, I have a question that right now I’m in Pakistan and I have started the process of IMC registration by making an EPIC account but I’ll move to the UK by 2-3 months, can I complete the rest of IMC registration process from the UK and move to Ireland from the UK?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Dear Dr
Yes you can complete the process and move to ireland.
Thanks
Kamran
March 4, 2024Do we have to send the original passport or just the photocopy of passport along with photocopy of OET result to IMC by post?
Secondly how would they give visa on our passport via Irish embassy or online?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Dear kamran
1: just notarised photocopy
2: you will apply online and submit documents
Thanks
BroCode
March 4, 2024Hey! Thank you for a wonderful blog. I hope you are well.
I wanted to ask you about adding experience. I have a
year and half experience of general surgery before starting my residency. However, there’s a gap of few days between the dates of relieving from last job and joining my residency. So the site prompts for missing dates and does not accept because of date gaps. Is it possible to skip this experience for now and attach the experience certificate while applying for job?
Also, there’s total of 3 years gap between ending of my house job and apply for imc registration.
I was studying for steps and etc so couldn’t really work at that time. How do you suggest i should handle this while applying for registration?
Thanks again for your massive help!
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Thanks for your message!
You can fill your gaps by putting following
1: carrier breaks
2: any community work
3: study breaks
Etc
Thanks
TALAL
March 4, 2024Thank you for all this information. I just applied for registration but did not get any cover sheet after submitting my application. I heard from someone (unofficial source) that cover sheet is no longer required by IMC as you just have to provide them with downlodable checklist (appears just before the payment page in online portal). Please please tell me which document to send them the checklist or official cover sheet (which i didn’t receive). Thank you
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024You can send with official cover sheet as well no issues!
You have to send notarised passport and English test result copy by post!
Thanks
Kamran
March 4, 2024I graduated in January 2020 from China but due to covid lockdown I came back to Pakista in May 2020 from China and couldn’t start me Housejob untill January 2021 due to PMDC and PMC legal battles/issues , How should I cover this time period of 1 year while applying for IMC.
Hassan
March 4, 2024Hello guys
I need some help
Do you have any valid email account for the irish medical council?
Besides, They ask to send a certificate for a good standing to them directly by my local medical council
Where to send it? To which email account??
I am very lost
Please help!
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024If you read good standing part of this post you will understand all how to apply for good standing.
Thanks
Dr Seher
March 4, 2024Hello
I want to ask one thing.
Due to poor knowledge about IMC registration process, i had started the steps haphazardly.
I started making epic id and filled IMC regustration form at the same time. Now i have made epic id but i have to get my credential verified through epic. Meanwhile i got acknowledgement email for my IMC application form
Now it will take me around 2-3 months to get my OET done and get my documents verified and send to imc. I want to ask if IMC will close the application during that delay time??
How much time does IMC wait to receive documents before closing the application. Because they had mebtioned in that acknowledgement email that if we wont get the required documents, we will close your application.
Plz anyone give info regarding that.
Regards
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Dear Dr! I am so sorry to hear what you are going from but please get guidance from IMC directly that until when they want documents. You can do OET in 1 and half month meanwhile getting all other documents ready. It will take you not more then 2 months. Give IMC reason that i was not aware of application pathway and now you need time. Hope they will consider.
Now take guidance from this platform and post your questions here if you need help! Thanks
Good luck
Saban
March 4, 2024Hi. I have applied for IMC registration and have paid the fee. I recieved an email from IMC about application acknowledgement but it does not include cover letter nor the list of documents to be send by post. Can we send these documents by our own without cover letter or should I wait for next email.
And one thing more. Can we get our passport notarized by bank manager? Or any BS 17 grade officer?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Yea acceptable! Get it done from people outside courts in every city!
Thanks
Abdullah akram
March 4, 2024I know its insane but what if we add fake experience of 2,3 months as medical officer after house job to fill the job gap and for proof we make a fake letter pad for joining and resignation letter.Will it work?
Faizan
March 4, 2024Is Registration with the Irish med council requires accreditation with WFME?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024There is no direct relation! But you would need to get your degree verified from EPIC anyhow. And that comes under ECFMG. If they verify your degree then you are ok to go ahead!
Dr Seher
March 4, 2024Hello.. i have a question plz.
Do we need to get our degree and PMC practical experience certificate verified by HEC/ Ministry of Foreign affairs before uploading these documents for EPIC verification??
Or is there any need for their verification from these places in any step of IMC registration.
Plz guide regarding this.
Regards
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Not needed! Only EPIC verification! Upload directly! EPIC will itself verify it through institutions!
Thanks
Dr Salman Khan
March 4, 2024Are you sure that Irish Medical Council also accept these documents by email ?Is there any email or notice that justify this?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Dear Dr Salman it is observed that many doctors sent it via email and they accepted! To confirm it please call Irish Medical Council directly.
Thanks
Sinha
March 4, 2024AOA,
I applied for online IMC account and also sent the documents to IMC .I used to login to the IMC account on daily basis.Now ,i m unable to login from yesterday .I think account has been blocked. What to do next?
How much time it will to unblock my account.
Thanks.
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Every one is having same issue! Possibility is due to site maintenance!
Muneeza
March 4, 2024Hello,
1.I want to ask about the testimonials(letters of recommendation), signed by the head of the department.Do we have to upload them on IMC account ,or we have to mention them in CV .Where can we use them!
2. Same question about the research published and BLS .
3. BLS done from american heart association is accepted in ireland or not as in UK they accept their own BLS programme!
Thanks.
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 20241: No use of letter of recommendation until they ask you to do so. And they rarely ask for that
2: you can mention research bls in cv
3: yes acceptable
Muneeza
March 4, 20244. How much teaching experience is acceptable. For example ,if we have taught some students for 2, 3 days in a private hospital of city( not tertiary care), will it be acceptable or not and what proof will be needed .Certificate issued by the hospital would be enogh or not!!
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 20244: teaching would not count towards experience but it will have impact on cv. Dont write on cv for 2 3 days. Just mention teaching experience. Certificate would be fine!
Munaza (from pmc)
March 4, 2024Hello,
1.Is it possible and good idea to apply for observership after IMC registration while hunting for a job!!
2.Is it possible to get attachment(observership) without IMC registration and if so can we get ireland visa on that base!
3. Last thing, what is the procedure to apply for a clinical attachment in ireland!!
Thanks.
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 20241: observer ship/ clinical attachments in Ireland is hard to find. Reason is that they very rarely offer clinical attachment to IMGs instead they give SHO posts. So better to apply for your imc registration . Work on your CV and come as SHO. Thanks
Qabsha Saleem
March 4, 2024Thank you for the detailed guide.
I want to ask a few things,
1.After establishing account and following all the mentioned steps and paying fee, shall we wait for their email to send the documents or send them directly via email?
2.Their list of documents which needs to be sent to IMC contains EPIC reports for verification of house job and degree, these verified reports are sent directly to IMC by EPIC, what should we send them?
3. The documents which they don’t have at this moment are language certificate, statement and notarized passport ( correct me if I’m wrong) so can I email them these documents instead of sending by post?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 20241: The list of document they ask you to send you is the email they sent. What other email you are talking about? If you receive that then thats fine. If not then also no problem.
2: epic will send those. You only need to provide epic number while filling imc application
3: yes send these documents via email
Maria
March 4, 2024Hi , thanx for ur helpful website , i have few questins as today i filled my imc application
1. In add experience section
I forgot to mentione type of break in title , instead i wrote eg student ( as i was bussy with a research ) or doctor’s assistant ( or observor ) as i nver had a reg number of my country at that time ( to work as a medical officer ) , what do u suggest should i re type all experinces i added or this is alright ?
2. When to apply for good standing ? Waiting for them to ask by a separate email or should i apply once i get mt cover letter
3.on epic , payment page for send request , last line asking for a refrence number ( if applicabl ) , is it our imc account number ?? And how long does epic take to send docs to imc ?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 20241: thats alright
2: At least 4 wk after you applied for imc reg
3: tes write imc number. As soon as they verify your document! They send report to imc
Fatima
March 4, 2024Hi!
Thanks for the detail guidelines. I am applying for IMC registration but i have not done any job after my housejob, that was completed in 2020. How should i explain my gap years? Are gap years acceptable?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024You can explain with study leaves, maternity leaves or marriage leaves etc.
Thanks
Muhammad Shafiq
March 4, 2024Salam
Please confirm, is there no need for EPIC Verification of experience other than House Job
Regards
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Just housejob and your degree!
Ahad
March 4, 20241:Are they accepting notorized passport and oet result via email nowadays?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024By post
Hasan Shafique
March 4, 2024Hi there
I wanted to apply for imc registration through
“Certificate of Experience route” but during filling of the online application form, i cannot find the category of NEPHROLOGY in interface of the website while uploading my professional experience.
I have experience of 3 months in Surgery, 3months in general medicine, 3 months in ophthalmology and 3.months in NEPHROLOGY.
Kindly guide me about the category or under which tab I upload my NEPHROLOGY experience in online application form.
ALSO during the professional experience uploading, there is no category of study breaks or anything.. how to add them in the application?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Select medicine please if no option for nephrology. I hope you can add manually in application regarding your gaps and all. Thanks
Muhammad Shafiq
March 4, 2024Salam
I have received this email after online submission of application and application fee , plus I have sent notarized passport and OET Result on email provided by this website.
Does this email means, I need to send passport and OET Result by postal address as well.
Please help
JazakAllah
Dear 4 Shafiq,
Your application for registration has been submitted. Please ensure that you submit all the required documents on your checklist
Yours Sincerely,
Registration Team
Registration Section
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024To be on safe side! Send via post as well. Thanks
Muhammad Shafiq
March 4, 2024Salam
Bro I am much obliged to you for your quick response always.
Please tell what is normal waiting time after submission of application for General Registration and after TCS post of Notarized passport and OET Result letter.
Again thanks
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024After application its 4-5 months wait time.
Thanks
Muhammad Shafiq
March 4, 2024And ur website always confuses on comments being 2 years old😂😂😂
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Yea will work on it. Thanks fir identifying.
Fatima
March 4, 2024Aoa.
I received an email feomIMC executive registration in which they mentioned to send documents (notorized passport , epic report , ielts result ) they mentioned to contact ielts to have access to IMC online . But aeo office denies such thing. Aeo office is saying that they can only DHL the result n cannot make it online … what should I do ..
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Get guidance from IMC directly please. Ask AEO to send result to IMC on thr behalf as well. Thanks
Fatima
March 4, 2024As I have not received any cover letter . But they mentioned In email to send documents by post . Should i attach email with my documents ?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024List of documents they mentioned is a cover letter.
Shafaa
March 4, 2024Hi i am in trouble. PMC mentioned wrong year in my practical experience in my second rotation and i noticed it while doing IMC registration. i have already done its verification process as well. what should i do now please suggest ;(
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Sorry for late reply! I hope you are sorted now!
Ihsan
March 4, 2024Aoa seniors,
I want to konw that the Cover Letter will be the same for every one who is applying on COE route from Pakistan? If yes, then can we copy and print any cover letter of COE route and send it to the IMC by post alongwith our passport and OET result? (If we forgot to print our own cover letter during online application submission!)
Thank you in advance
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024List of documents required to submit when you got your email! That is actually cover letter! You can print and send that with your documents!
Thanks
Dr Saad
March 4, 2024hello, i wanted to ask whether we only send photocopies of the required documents ( notarised passport, oet result and cover letter checklist) or do we also include our cv aswell?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024No CV. Thanks
Johar Raza
March 4, 2024Hello,
I just completed my application and submitted it. I am also ECFMG certified. So basically I have two queries:
1- I forgot to enter my PMC registration details and only put my ECFMG details
2- It is written on site that authority which has given you a registration must send the good standing directly to IMC. however, there is no option on ECFMG site to send the good standing certificate to IMC.
please let me know what should I do.
Thanks
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Good standing is sent by PMC to IMC. Apply in PMC online. Guidelines in this website. Thanks
Dr.Ariba
March 4, 2024Hello!
I have completed my FCPS training of 4 years in Medicine and Allied from Karachi based teaching hospital. Currently I’m doing SMO job in a tertiary care hospital for last 2 years. I would like to know regarding the job position for myself in Ireland since I’m in the process of applying to IMC. Where would I fit in?
Looking forward to your response.
Thanks.
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024Keep your CV updated ! Do some courses and apply on right time at right place. All explained on website. Thanks
Aisha
March 4, 2024Hi, I wanted to know can i apply only on my housejob experience?
Is it important to mention the career gap? or post-hj experience?
IMGs in Ireland
March 4, 2024You can apply on your housejob experience! You can always add career gaps study maternity gaps etc. thanks
K call
March 4, 2024Is this portal still active for questions regarding IMC registration
Dr Syed Muzammil
March 4, 2024Hi there, thanks for all this beautiful work and platform, can just tell me how much money is required (fees) for making IMC account and getting license, apart from expenditures of PMC certificates and EPIC verification?