Gulf fees from the regulators' own pages: Bahrain's NHRA, Oman's viva, Dubai's registration for doctors
Bahrain's nurse and doctor plans now show NHRA's own fees, DataFlow's NHRA price and the licensure exam fee, with the licence application as a step before the exam. Oman's ministry viva and DHA registration for doctors now carry their fees. Saudi Arabia's exam fees are still not published.
Checked 2 Nov 2026 · NHRA ↗
- Who it affects
- Doctors in the UAE, Bahrain and Oman; nurses in Bahrain and Oman; paramedics in Bahrain
What it means for you
Bahrain (NHRA)
NHRA's own fee schedule and its cost sheet for a new licence now price the Bahrain plans. You apply to NHRA online first: BHD 20 with the application, and the licence costs BHD 50 for a nurse, BHD 80 for a specialist and BHD 100 for a consultant when it is issued. The approved application gives you the eligibility code for the licensure exam, so it is now a step before the exam. NHRA's sheet prices the Prometric exam at USD 184.50 and DataFlow's regular package at BHD 120 for nurses and allied health professions and BHD 165 for specialists and consultants. Those two figures are NHRA quoting the providers in August 2022, so check them when you pay. The sheet has no dentist section, so the dentist plan still shows no DataFlow fee.
Oman (Ministry of Health)
The ministry's booking service for interviews and exams charges 100 for doctors and 50 for nurses, in rials. Your establishment books the viva through the ministry's portal, and the ministry's procedures say the establishment or the applicant pays.
United Arab Emirates (DHA)
DHA's Get Registered page charges physicians and dentists the same AED 200 credentialing fee as nurses, so the doctor plans now show it on the registration step. Knowledge and Innovation fees are added at checkout.
Saudi Arabia (SCFHS)
Neither SCFHS's SMLE guides nor Prometric print the exam fee. Prometric says the cost varies with the country you test in, so the SMLE and the other SCFHS exams still show no confirmed fee.
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Sources
- NHRA: Health professions fees (2021) ↗
- NHRA: Approximate cost for a new licence (August 2022) ↗
- Oman Ministry of Health, DGPHE: interviews and exam online booking service (service page) ↗
- DHA Sheryan: Get Registered, service description (credentialing fee, processing time, prerequisites) ↗
- Prometric: Frequently asked questions about the SCFHS test (PDF linked from prometric.com/exams/schs) ↗
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