Your ECFMG Record
USMLE/ECFMG Identification Number
| Your Name |
Changing or Verifying 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 or
Verifying Your Name
in Your ECFMG Record.
The name you submit on your exam application will appear on your exam scheduling permit. The name
on your scheduling permit, including the spelling, must match
exactly the name on the form(s) of
identification you present at the test center. Refer to your scheduling permit for limited exceptions. See
Acceptable Identification
in Taking the Examination.
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; you can print the revised scheduling permit by accessing
IWA
.
You must bring the revised scheduling permit to 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
Changing or Verifying Your Name
in
Your ECFMG Record 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.
Last updated: September 15, 2011
Copyright © 2011 by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. All rights reserved.
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Your ECFMG Record
USMLE/ECFMG Identification Number
|
Your Name
| Changing or Verifying Your Name |
Contact Information
Changing or Verifying 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
an explanation of the 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. 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
Attestations and affidavits are not acceptable as documentation to change or verify your name.
Please do not submit an original document; a photocopy of the document is sufficient.
If the name in your ECFMG record is correct but this name does not match exactly your name as listed on your
medical diploma, transcript, or other credential, you must verify that the name on these documents is (or was)
your name. To verify your name, send to ECFMG a photocopy of one of the documents listed above that verifies
the name on your medical diploma, transcript, or other credential.
As an alternative to one of the documents listed above, ECFMG will accept for purposes of verifying your name a
letter from the Dean, Vice Dean, or Registrar of your medical school that verifies that the name on your medical
diploma, transcript, or other credential is (or was) your name. If you choose to submit a letter from your medical
school to verify the name on your medical diploma, transcript, or other credential, the letter must be signed by the
Dean, Vice Dean, or Registrar. The letter you submit must be written on your medical school’s letterhead. The
letter must include the following statement:
This certifies that the names [name on document] and [name in ECFMG record] belong to one
and the same person.
The document(s) you send must show your name exactly as it appears on your medical diploma/transcript.
All documents submitted to change or verify your name that are not in English must be accompanied by an official
English translation that meets ECFMG’s translation requirements. See
English Translations
in Medical Education
Credentials.
All documents submitted to change or verify your name, including translations, will become a part of your
permanent ECFMG record and will not be returned to you.
Important Note: 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.
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