It is also known as EPIC and it is one of the requirements for GMC registration. It verifies your Educational Credentials.

Steps and requirements for the EPIC are as follows:

First of all you need to make an account on https://www.ecfmgepic.org/. You have to pay 125 US $.

You need scanned copy of the first page of your Passport and a photo with white background.

You are asked to complete your personal details which includes your full name, date of birth, citizenship & current address.

You also need to provide your medical school start & end dates and the date of issue of your degree.

You will upload the scanned image of your passport & your photo.

You will then receive an email from EPIC that your account is created successfully and they will verify your ID documents.

After verification of your ID documents you will get an EPIC Identification form in PDF format.

Then you will be advised to notarize this EPIC identification form by an online notary service. You need to go on to this link and make an account again at. http://www.notarycam.com/ecfmg

Here you need to upload your EPIC Identification form and the image of the first page of your passport.

Once your documents are uploaded, you will receive an email from Notary services that they will verify your identity and then will send you link for online notary meeting.

Usually you receive email within hour.

You need to have your original passport with you.

It is usually a video call link and it is better to use laptop for this purpose.

On video call other person will introduce himself and then will ask you some details to verify. Usually they ask your full name, date of birth & current address.

Then they ask you to show your passport page of information via Web Cam.

At the end they will ask you to confirm your full name on EPIC Identification form and to choose style of your signature.

At last you will be asked to pay 50 US dollar for this service. (If your EPIC account is old and you paid initially 75 US dollar).

Finally you are asked to upload your final diploma (MBBS) degree in your EPIC account & you need to pay 90 US dollar.

Degree is verified usually within 1-2 months time and you are notified via registered email.