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What a dentist trained abroad needs to register in Kuwait

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Ministry of Health licence, General Dentist (private sector)

Ministry of Health, Kuwait · ~6 months · ~KWD 50 · 8 steps

A dental degree with its equivalence, a home licence, the internship and the years of experience the ministry asks (six as recruiters report it), a DataFlow report, the Kuwait Dental Licensure Examination at a Prometric centre and the ministry's interview. The institution submits the request, so a job offer comes first. Read from the ministry's pages through archived copies, so shown as official but indirect.

  1. 1
    Valid dental licence from your country
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  2. 2
    Dental degree (BDS or equivalent), authenticated, with its equivalence from Kuwait's Ministry of Higher Education
    unconfirmed · Source ↗
  3. 3
    Completed one-year internship
    unconfirmed · Source ↗
  4. 4
    Six years of clinical experience after the internship (as recruiters report it; the ministry's figure is not readable)
    unconfirmed · Source ↗
  5. 5
    Job offer from a Kuwait clinic, dental centre or hospital (the institution submits the licence request)
    ~KWD 50 · who pays varies · Source ↗
  6. 6
    Primary source verification of your qualification, home registration and experience (DataFlow)
    ~5 weeks · who pays varies · unconfirmed · Source ↗
  7. 7
    Pass the Kuwait Dental Licensure Examination at a Prometric centre (150 questions, 3 hours, 60%) and the ministry's interview
    who pays varies · unconfirmed · Source ↗
  8. 8
    Overseas Employment Certificate from the Department of Migrant Workers, through a DMW-licensed recruitment agency or an employer the DMW allows to hire directly (Filipino workers)
    who pays varies · Source ↗

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