What the regulators changed, newest first: fees, English scores and the years they ask for, each read from the regulator's own document and dated. Dentists, pharmacists and paramedics too.
Follow by RSSFor NCLEX-RN registrations from 1 February 2027, the registration fee is US$350, up from US$200, for a US licence and CAD 570, up from CAD 360, for Canadian registration; a test centre outside the US, or outside Canada and the mainland US, still adds US$150 or CAD 150.
DHA's computer-based test guideline (September 2026) charges US$240 for the Registered Nurse, Assistant Nurse and Pharmacist exams and US$280 for General Practice, every listed Specialist and Consultant exam and General Dentist; Prometric runs them, and DHA posts a pass or a fail, not the score.
Under HRSA's list of 12 May 2026, a VisaScreen certificate for a registered nurse needs IELTS 6.5 overall with 7.0 in speaking, OET 320 in listening, 340 in reading, 350 in writing and 360 in speaking, or PTE 55 with 76 in speaking; tests taken at home are not accepted.
Oman's Drug Safety Center licenses a pharmacist after 3 years of experience with no break of more than a year, OMSB's pharmacist examination (US$200, pass mark 60%) and the directorate's viva (OMR 30 to request); the licence costs OMR 100 for a non-Omani.
A general dentist needs the internship and 2 years of clinical experience for the UAE's unified licence and 2 years for Qatar's, and 5 years after the internship in Bahrain if not Bahraini; a pharmacist needs a pharmacy degree and two years' experience in the UAE and Qatar, and a paramedic a two-year certificate and a year's experience in the UAE, or a BSc and two years' in Bahrain.
Under the contract that began in August 2026, the General Dental Council charges £485 for Part 1 of the Overseas Registration Examination, down from £584, and £6,967 for Part 2, up from £4,235, after a £115 application, with 4 attempts per part.
The NMC accepts supporting information from employers (SIFE) as English evidence from a nurse who has worked at least 12 months full time in a non-registered role in a UK health or care setting: with a nursing programme taught and examined in English in any country it replaces the test, and after two tests that missed one score by no more than 0.5 in IELTS or half a grade in OET it covers that score.
SCFHS's membership standards of August 2025 classify a doctor by the level of their qualification: a bachelor's is General Practitioner, a master's-level specialty qualification Registrar, and a doctorate or specialty certificate Senior Registrar or, with 3 years, Consultant; Registrars and above are classified by exam or evaluation, with no Saudi licensing exam (SMLE).
The UAE's unified PQR and Bahrain's NHRA place every specialty certificate in Tier 1, 2 or 3, which decides the years you need and whether you sit an exam: a UK CCT, a US board, a Canadian or Australasian fellowship is Tier 1; an Indian DM or MCh, the Arab Board (UAE) or a Pakistani FCPS (Bahrain) is Tier 2; an Indian MD, MS or DNB is Tier 3.
The UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman count a specialist's or consultant's experience from the specialty certificate: for Specialist the UAE's PQR asks 3 years after a Tier 3 certificate and NHRA 1 year after Tier 2 or 3 years after Tier 3; for Consultant the PQR asks 2 years after Tier 1 or 5 years after Tier 2, and NHRA 2 years or 4 years.
Ahpra accepts nursing and two years of secondary education taught and assessed in English in its recognised countries instead of a test, and the NMC a year of registered practice in the last two years in a majority-English-speaking country; Qatar's DHP lets an NCLEX-RN pass replace its exam only within five years, and Bahrain's NHRA exempts GCC nationals with a GCC licence from its exam.
From 1 October 2026, the NMC charges an overseas nurse £167 for the evaluation of their eligibility and qualification and £182 to join the register.
From 1 January 2026, Qatar's Department of Healthcare Professions charges US$244 for its Prometric qualifying exam; for a Registered General Nurse it is 150 multiple-choice questions, 3 hours, cut score 50%, at Prometric centres.
Ahpra's English standard from 23 April 2026 reads OET as the numeric score: at least 350 in listening and writing and 360 in reading and speaking; two sittings within 12 months combine only if no score falls below 320 in listening, 340 in reading or 350 in writing and speaking, and a result older than two years when you apply no longer counts.
Under its November 2025 procedure, Oman's Ministry of Health licenses a General Practitioner for a private health establishment with a degree, the internship, four years of work experience, a DataFlow report, the OMSB general practitioner examination (US$220) and the ministry's viva; a level 2 specialty certificate needs no further experience for Specialist and level 3 needs 3 years.
From 1 April 2026, the GMC charges £283 for PLAB 1, £1,036 for PLAB 2 and £481 for full registration with a licence to practise; in Ireland PRES Level 3 costs €1,500 an attempt in 2026, and in Australia the AMC's CAT MCQ costs AUD 2,920 and its clinical examination AUD 3,000.
A General Practitioner needs successful completion of the internship programme and two years of clinical experience after it for the UAE's unified licence and 5 years of experience before Qatar's Prometric exam, and sits the SMLE in Saudi Arabia; Bahrain licenses overseas doctors only as Specialists and Consultants, and New Zealand registers them through four routes.
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