TO: All Foreign Medical School Graduates
RE: Revalidation of ECFMG Certificates
Welcome to the University of Illinois Residency/Fellowship Program.  As a Foreign Medical Graduate, you have a Standard ECFMG Certificate with examination dates subject to expiration, the English exam date & the Clinical Skills Assessment exam date.  Since you are entering one of our Residency/Fellowship Programs, you will be eligible to apply for a Permanent Revalidation of your ECFMG Certificate.
For your convenience, a copy of the “Request For Permanent Validation Of Standard ECFMG Certificate” form was sent to you in the GME Orientation packet.  Please follow all instructions on the reverse side of the form and return it to GME when it is completed.  The form cannot be sent to ECFMG until after you have actually started  your Residency/ Fellowship at UIC. The processing time is 8-10 weeks. Once we receive the ‘valid indefinite’ sticker, you will be asked to bring your original ECFMG Certificate to the GME office.
For any residents who have already received a permanent revalidation of their ECFMG Certificate, please submit a copy to the GME Office at your earliest convenience.
If there are any questions, please call your GME Program Contact.
NOTE:    Section I of the form has to be completed & signed by the applicant.  However, GME has inserted the GME office address in place of your mailing address.  This has been done to guarantee delivery of the sticker.   In the past, due to residents changing their addresses, stickers have been lost.  We hope that this will lessen the occurrence of lost stickers.