My husband is medical doctor, is there any pathway for foreign doctor to practice in Canada
My husband is medical doctor, is there any pathway for foreign doctor to practice in Canada
I would recommend that you read through the information in the below link. There is also a video that takes you through the process to become licensed to work as a doctor in Canada.
https://www.mcc.ca/about/route-to-licensure/
I don't believe there are any specific immigration pathways for internationally trained doctors. Your husband would simply apply through one of the economic immigration streams.
He's under the age of 40, currently doing his residency program here in Nigeria O$GNot usually hard to qualify via EE as a foreign trained physician if under 40 but the bigger issue is how difficult will it be to get licensed in Canada and practice medicine in a Canada. There is a big difference depending on where you studied and did your residency/other training, what type of physician you are, whether you speak French, etc.
Nigeria, currently doing his residency program here in NigeriaWhere did your spouse do their medical training, how long have they been practicing medicine and where and what type of physician are they?
He's under the age of 40, currently doing his residency program here in Nigeria O$G
Thanks for this detailed informationWhat type of residency? If he wants to practice medicine in Canada he will need to redo his residency in Canada but the big issue is there are limited residencies available after Canadian medical graduates have matched with a residency. If he is fluent in French his chances of finding a residency increases and so does his chances of he is in certain fields like family doctor especially wanting to work in more rural locations, pathology, public health and psychiatry. There is another possible training program for mostly GPs in SK and BC that agree to work in an underserved population for I believe 5 years. There are only a limited amount of spots and many more applicants but instead of repeating your residency you are supervised by another practicing physician while seeing patients. A very high proportion of IMGs in Canada never get licensed to practice in Canada. In certain specialties it would be almost impossible to get licensed because there will never be a leftover residency spot after the Canadian medical graduates match to a residency. If your spouse can not see himself doing anything but medicine I would suggest looking at other countries like UK, Ireland and even the US.
Foreign doctors need to have their medical degree and qualifications evaluated by the Medical Council of Canada (MCC). The MCC will assess the equivalence of the foreign medical degree to Canadian standards.
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