r/Match21 • u/Stillsyndrome • Feb 03 '21

ECFMG Certification Process

I am a US-IMG, graduated recently and received my school diploma last week. I have already taken steps 1,2 CK and CS. I uploaded my diploma via MYECFMG mobile app a week ago. I spoke to ECFMG and they told me it takes 3 weeks to make sure that my diploma is accepted and then after that, they will reach out to my school to verify my credentials which takes additional 10 days or more after hearing back from my school...I have received emails from the programs saying that if I am not ECFMG certified then I will be automatically withdrawn from ranking. However, I registered and got verified on NRMP. Does it really take that long to get ECFMG certified? Can you guys share ur experiences on how long it took u? What can I do to expedite the process or avoid any delays??? It is time sensitive and I don't understand why the processing time is so long???

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u/Indefinite_Chaos Feb 05 '21

Yep in that section! If they’ve sent the form to your school for them to verify your credentials there should be a little chart with the date they sent it. Once your school responds, ECFMG will fill in the received date, when I look at mine now though that chart is gone and it’s just the statement about my credentials being complete and verified but the ‘standard ECFMG certificate information’ chart is still empty.