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Your ECFMG Record
USMLE/ECFMG Identification Number
|
Your Name
|
Changing or Verifying Your Name
| Contact Information
Contact Information
The contact information in your ECFMG record consists of your e-mail and mailing addresses, 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 also include a complete
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
. You can also update your contact information by submitting 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. 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 Form 182 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, 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.
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Your ECFMG Financial Account
Schedule of Fees |
Payment
|
Methods of Payment
|
Refunds
|
Forfeiture
of Funds
Schedule of Fees
For a schedule 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
Schedule of Fees
| Payment |
Methods of Payment
|
Refunds
|
Forfeiture of Funds
Payment
Full payment for all services is due at the time of application/request for service. If your application/service request
is rejected, any payment received with that application/service request will be credited to your ECFMG financial
account.
Effective July 1, 2010, funds in an applicant’s ECFMG financial account will be available for a period of two years
to pay for exams/requested services. 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 exam application/service request is processed, ECFMG will
apply the payment included with your application/service request to the amount that you owe. Any money that is
left after this will be used to pay for the exam(s)/service that you request. If there is not enough money remaining
to pay for the exam(s)/service you request, your application/service request will be rejected.
If you submit a paper request for service 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 service. If the
money in your account is not sufficient to cover all fees, your request for service will be rejected.
You can check the status of your ECFMG financial account and make on-line payments using
OASIS
. ECFMG’s
on-line payment is secured using industry-standard encryption technology.
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