Your ECFMG Record
USMLE/ECFMG Identification Number
| Your Name |
Changing Your Name
|
Contact Information
Your Name
You must ensure that the name in your ECFMG record is your correct and current legal name. This name will appear
on your Standard ECFMG Certificate once you have met all requirements for certification. You must use this name
consistently in all communications you send to ECFMG, including applications and requests for other services. Failure
to use the name in your ECFMG record consistently in all communications with ECFMG may delay exam registration.
It may also prevent you from taking an exam for which you are registered and scheduled.
You can check the name in your ECFMG record on-line using
OASIS
. If you legally change your name, you must
submit acceptable documentation to ECFMG to change the name in your ECFMG record. See
Changing Your Name
in Your ECFMG Record.
The name you submit on your exam application will appear on your exam scheduling permit. Your name, as
it appears on your scheduling permit, must exactly match the name on the form(s) of identification you present
at the test center. Please review your scheduling permit for details and limited exceptions. See information on
required identification under
Taking the Examination
in The United States Medical Licensing Examination
(USMLE).
If the name on your scheduling permit has been misspelled,
contact ECFMG
immediately by e-mail,
telephone, or fax. Use the contact information for General Inquiries on the Contact ECFMG page of the ECFMG
website.
If you change the name in your ECFMG record while you are registered for an exam, a revised scheduling
permit reflecting this change will be issued. ECFMG will send you an e-mail notification when your revised
scheduling permit is available. You must present the revised scheduling permit at the test center on your exam
date. Name changes must be received and processed by ECFMG no later than seven business days before
your testing appointment, or you will not be able to test.
If you have a valid Certification of Identification Form (Form 186) on file with ECFMG, it will be invalidated when
the name in your ECFMG record is changed, and you will be required to complete a new Certification of
Identification Form (Form 186) the next time you apply for examination.
If the name on your medical diploma, transcript, or other credential does not match exactly the name in
your ECFMG record, you must submit documentation, as described in
Verifying Your Name
in Medical
Education Credentials that
verifies the name on your medical diploma, transcript, or other credential is (or was)
your name. See
Name on Medical Diploma and Transcript(s)
in Medical Education Credentials for examples of
common name discrepancies that require name verification.
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Your ECFMG Record
USMLE/ECFMG Identification Number
|
Your Name
| Changing Your Name |
Contact Information
Changing Your Name
If you have legally changed your name and want to request a change of name in your ECFMG record, send a
completed
Request to Change Applicant Biographic Information (Form 182)
to ECFMG. Form 182 is available in the
Resources section of the ECFMG website and from ECFMG, upon request. Form 182 requires you to provide a
reason for the name change and must be accompanied by a photocopy of the appropriate document(s), as defined on
Form 182. ECFMG must be able to determine from the document(s) you submit that your name has legally changed
from the name currently in your ECFMG record to the name you are requesting to appear in your record and that you
are using this new name consistently. This means that it may be necessary for you to submit more than one document
to support your name change request. For the purpose of changing your name, the document(s) you provide must be
unexpired (if applicable). These documents may include:
Passport (including the pages with your photograph and the expiration date)
Birth certificate
Marriage certificate
Official court order
U.S. Resident Alien Card
U.S. Naturalization Certificate
U.S. Passport Card (a one-page document that includes your photograph and the expiration date)
See additional information on documents in Important Notes below.
Important Notes: If you change the name in your ECFMG record while you are registered for an exam, a
revised scheduling permit reflecting this change will be issued. ECFMG will send you an e-mail notification
when your revised scheduling permit is available. You must present the revised scheduling permit at the
test center on your exam date. Name changes must be received and processed by ECFMG no later than
seven business days before your testing appointment, or you will not be able to test.
If you have a valid Certification of Identification Form (Form 186) on file with ECFMG, it will be invalidated
when the name in your ECFMG record is changed, and you will be required to complete a new Certification
of Identification Form (Form 186) the next time you apply for examination.
Last updated: September 7, 2017
Copyright © 2017 by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. All rights reserved.
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