What requirements must I meet to be able to apply for General AHPRA Registration?

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Date Updated: 2024-06-12

The requirements will depend on your pathway. You can apply to General AHPRA Registration if you’re an IMG with an AMC certificate, an IMG in the Competent Authority Pathway, an Australian or NZ medical graduate, or a medical practitioner who held a General Registration before.

International Medical Graduates

As an IMG, if you’re in the:

  • Standard Pathway – make sure you have an AMC certificate and completed 12 months supervised practice in Australia.
  • Competent Authority Pathway – ensure you have finished 12 months supervised practice in Australia with Provisional AHPRA Registration.

Your practice can also help with your application documents like WRIG-30 Workplace Performance Report and Letter of recommendation.

Australian and New Zealand Medical Graduates

If you are an Australian and New Zealand medical graduate who has completed:

  • An accredited internship in Australia or New Zealand – you need to include a certificate of completion of an accredited internship in your application documents.
  • A medical internship in another country – you need to include a WRIG-30 Workplace Performance Report and Letter of recommendation in your application documents.

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We provide Document Assistance for those requiring support for their PESCI with IME, ACRRM or RACGP, registration and all other mandatory AHPRA requirements, fellowship program related forms and letters, application for Medicare provider and prescriber numbers, application for 19AB or 19AA exemptions and preparation of employment documents.

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