Auto-recognition route (Test of Competence not required)
If you have met our requirements for automatic recognition, you will not be required to sit the OSCE, but you will still be required to attend an in-person ID check at one of our test centres.
- Ensure that you have submitted your NMC application and paid the registration fee for your ID check to be conducted (application guides for Nursing/Midwifery and Nursing Associate)
- You will need to provide all required documents as original (see below) for your ID check to be conducted
We are unable to conduct your ID check if any of your documents are not original/missing or your application remains unsubmitted on the day, and a further in-person appointment will be required at your own expense.
Please contact ID.checks@nmc-uk.org to arrange your in-person appointment at the test centre of your choice.
Appointments for an ID check are available Monday-Friday at any of the test centres listed below, please visit the links below for the full addresses.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Oxford Brookes University (Oxford and Swindon)
Northumbria University
University of Northampton
Ulster University
Please note:
- We do not have a test centre located outside the UK
- The ID check cannot be conducted at our London or Edinburgh offices as the ID team do not work from our main offices
Documents required for the ID check
All required documents below must be provided in their original format.
- Certified English translations (from a certified translator) of any documentation not originally produced in English.
- Valid Passport
- Diploma/Qualification certificate
- Registration certificate/card (If you have previously been registered as a Nurse/Midwife in another country)
- Name change evidence (if your name differs throughout any of your documentation)
- Police checks for any country in which you have lived for a combined period of 12 months or longer in the 10 years before submitting your application (or from over the age of 18).
- The Police check for the country you are living in when you submit your application must be dated within 12 months at the point you submit.
- Police checks for any other country you have lived must be issued close to or after you left each country.
- UK DBS (If you have resided in the UK for 3 months or longer at the point you submit your NMC application)
Guidance on Original Documentation
We must be able to verify the original source of all above required documentation you have provided as part of your application.
- If your documentation was originally issued as a physical document, we must see the original physical document
- For documentation originally issued electronically, please print a copy of the documentation and we will advise you if we require anything further to verify your documentation
