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Your ECFMG Record

USMLE/ECFMG Identification Number

 | 

Your Name

 | 

Changing Your Name

 | Contact Information

Contact Information

The contact information in your ECFMG record consists of your e-mail address, your address of residence, your

telephone number, and your fax number (if applicable). ECFMG will send information on the status of your applications

by e-mail. You will also need an e-mail address to use ECFMG’s 

on-line services

. Be sure to include a full and

complete address for your residence. ECFMG will use your address of residence as your mailing address. Certain

ECFMG correspondence, including your Standard ECFMG Certificate, requires a full mailing address.

You should ensure that the contact information in your ECFMG record is current. You can check and update your

contact information on-line using 

OASIS

 or the 

MyECFMG mobile app

. You cannot submit changes to your contact

information to ECFMG by e-mail. ECFMG will not process changes to contact information received from any person

other than the applicant.

Changing your e-mail address using OASIS or MyECFMG does not update your e-mail address in your e-newsletter

subscription(s). If you are subscribed to one or more of ECFMG’s 

e-mail newsletters

, such as The ECFMG

®

 Reporter

or ECHO News, and your e-mail address changes, you must update your e-mail address for each e-newsletter. To

update your e-mail address in your e-newsletter subscription(s), visit the E-Newsletters page in the Resources section

of the ECFMG website, click on the newsletter(s) you receive, unsubscribe your old e-mail address, and subscribe

your new e-mail address.

To protect the privacy of applicants, ECFMG will e-mail applicant-specific information only to the e-mail address in the

applicant’s ECFMG record. If your e-mail inquiry requires a specific response, you must send your inquiry from the

e-mail address in your ECFMG record.

All correspondence with ECFMG, including e-mails, will become a part of your permanent ECFMG record.

For further information regarding ECFMG’s data collection and privacy practices, please refer to our 

Privacy Policy

.

Last updated: September 7, 2017

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Your ECFMG Financial Account

Fees | 

Payment

 | 

Methods of Payment

 | 

Refunds

 | 

Forfeiture of Funds

Fees

For a list of fees for ECFMG services that applicants encounter most frequently while pursuing ECFMG Certification

and entry into U.S. programs of graduate medical education, see the 

Fees

 page on the ECFMG website. Other fees

may apply. All fees are in U.S. dollars and are subject to change without notice.

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Your ECFMG Financial Account

Fees

 | Payment | 

Methods of Payment

 | 

Refunds

 | 

Forfeiture of Funds

Payment

Full payment is due at the time you submit an application or request a service. If your application/request is rejected,

any payment received with that application/request will be credited to your ECFMG financial account.

Funds in an applicant’s ECFMG financial account will be available for a period of two years to pay for

applications/requests. Any funds not used during a two-year period will be forfeited to ECFMG; this means that the

applicant will lose those funds. See 

Forfeiture of Funds

 in Your ECFMG Financial Account.

If you owe money to ECFMG at the time that your application/request is processed, ECFMG will apply the payment

included with your application/request to the amount that you owe. Any money that is left after this will be used to pay

for the application/request. If there is not enough money remaining to pay for the application/request, your

application/request will be rejected.

If you submit a paper request and do not include payment, or if the payment you include is not sufficient to cover all

fees, we will use the money in your ECFMG financial account to pay for the request. If the money in your account is

not sufficient to cover all fees, your request will be rejected.

You can check the status of your ECFMG financial account and make on-line payments using 

OASIS

 or the

MyECFMG mobile app

. ECFMG’s on-line payment is secured using industry-standard encryption technology.

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Your ECFMG Financial Account

Fees

 | 

Payment

 | Methods of Payment | 

Refunds

 | 

Forfeiture of Funds

Methods of Payment

If you submit an application or request a service on-line, you can pay on-line at the time of application/request by:

Credit card – To use this option, you must have a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express card with a

security code.

Electronic check – To use this option, you must have a checking account at a U.S. bank and either a U.S.

Social Security Number or U.S. driver’s license.

You can also pay in advance using one of the payment methods described above by accessing 

OASIS

 on the ECFMG

website or using the MyECFMG mobile app.

You can also send payment in advance to ECFMG using 

Payment for Service(s) Requested (Form 900)

, available in

the Resources section of the ECFMG website. If you submit payment using Form 900, you can pay by:

Credit card – Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express.

Check, bank draft, or money order made payable to the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical

Graduates (or ECFMG). All payments must be made in U.S. funds through a U.S. bank. You must write your

full name and USMLE/ECFMG Identification Number, if one has been assigned to you, on your payment.

If you pay in advance, you should verify that the payment has been received and credited to your ECFMG financial

account before you begin the application or request process. You can verify the status of your ECFMG financial

account on-line using 

OASIS

 or the MyECFMG mobile app.

Important Note: If you need to make multiple credit card transactions to pay for an application/request,

you must make these payments to your ECFMG financial account in advance using OASIS, the MyECFMG

mobile app, or by submitting multiple copies of 

Form 900

.

Do not send payments in cash.

Last updated: September 7, 2017

Copyright © 2017 by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. All rights reserved.

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