SMC Application Checklist

This checklist serves the purpose to ensure that all documents submitted are of SMC’s requirement. Please follow and ensure that you comply to the
requirements as shown below. Please ensure that:

1. All documents are submitted of good resolution and readable.

2. All documents are scanned correctly (eg. Logo cut off, notary public stamp not clear).
3. If the original documents are not in English, please get it translated and submit both original and translated copy.

S/N Documents Documents/ Remarks Reference (Please click Checklist by

into the icon for the Doctor
*Please double click on the icon to open the Sample Document) (Please tick)
documents**
1. Recent coloured, passport-sized Taken within the 3 months in colour and against
photo white background.

2. Certified true copy of passport CTC by Notary public, (not more than 6 months from
(coloured copy) certification date)

3. Certified true copy of certificates of For certificates or qualifications in a language other

undergraduate and/or than English, a certified true copy of the English
postgraduate medical translation must be provided
qualifications

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 4. Housemanship posting certificate Documentary evidence of housemanship / internship
and completion of residency training with details on the period spent in each
certificate discipline (DD/MM/YYYY to DD/MM/YYYY)

5. Medical Registration Certificate + Copy of certified true copy certificates of registration

Practicing Certs for last 3 years with other medical licensing authorities

Please visit BMDC website to download proof of

active practice

6. Results of the national licensing N.A for Bangladesh

examination
(if applicable)
7. Service testimonials for preceding Please have your employer(s) issue a service Suggested template:
3 years + Declaration on service testimonial.
gaps (if any)
*For the service testimonial of the current
employment, please ensure that it is valid for at least
6 months from date of issue at the point of
submission to SMC.

Each service testimonial must contain the following:

i. Doctor's name and employment grade /convers
ii. Period of employment (with start date and end ion/tmp/
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days and hours /sessions)
iv. Nature of work or description
v. Assessment of the doctor's performance
vi. Letter must bear organization’s endorsements or
company's stamps

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 vii. Letter should be signed by supervisor or
authorized person of the employing organization
viii. Date of issue of testimonial (not more than 6
months ago)
8. SMC Form A - Please sign on portions as marked “*” on sample
- Please fill in name as per passport

9. SMC Form B - Please fill in name as per passport

- Section B and Section C to be completed by the

applicant’s sponsorship institution in the home
country.
10. Letter of Sponsorship Please have your employer(s) issue a service Suggested template:
testimonial.

Letter should indicate sponsorship/support +

applicant will be returning to work at the institution
after the fellowship ends

* Applicant must be on current full-time employment

(40 hours or more per week) with the sponsoring
institution in order for the institution to be eligible as
your sponsor for this application

* Please ensure that letter is valid for at least 6

months from date of issue at the point of submission
to SMC.
11. Letter of Undertaking Please sign.
12. Medical Declaration Form Please refer to the guide for reference when
answering question 7(a).

13. Clinical Work History Please submit a list of clinical appointments/work

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14. Letter of Verification (LV) for Basic
Medical Degree and optional for
Postgraduate Medical
Qualifications
15. English Proficiency Test (IELTs,
TOFEL or OET) (if applicable)
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from the date you graduated to present, using the
template provided.
Please have your conferring institution draft an LV.
Suggested template:
The LV must be on the letterhead of conferring
institutions and contain the following information:
i. Name of graduate
ii. Date of entry into the programme
iii. Date of graduation / conferment (should match
print/issue date of certificate, if applicable)
iv. Title of qualification conferred (name & its
abbreviation)
v. Campus (if there is more than one campus by the
University)
vi. Medium of instruction (for basic medical
qualifications only)
*The LV must be sent from the conferring
institution's official email domain to SMC.
TO:
<smc_verifications@spb.gov.sg>,
<Rachel_HEE@spb.gov.sg>
CC:
Yourself, Si_Min_Tan@nuhs.edu.sg &
Siew_Yian_TAN@nuhs.edu.sg
Required only if medium of instruction for basic
medical qualification is not wholly in English.
SMC can consider test results obtained from IELTS /
 TOEFL / OET, subject to a 2-year validity period from
the test date.

Please refer to SMC’s website for acceptable test

results SMC | Documentation Requirements &
Processing Time (healthprofessionals.gov.sg)
16. Affidavit (if applicable) An affidavit would be required if your name stated in
passport differs from any documents submitted for
this application.

* Affidavit must be made in the presence of either a

lawyer or solicitor or Notary Public, to confirm the
name variations in the documents refer to the same
person

17. Letter of Undertaking (MOHH) Please sign at the bottom

18. Authorisation and Consent to

Release Information
19. NUHS Application Form
20. Addendum to Employment
Application Form (for Medical
Staff)
21. MOM TEP Application Please fill up Part 2 to 5A & 6

22. Medical Records  Blood tests with evidence of:

(to be submitted after successful Hep B (HBsAg + anti-HBs),
TEP outcome) Hep C (anti-HCV) &
HIV (HIV Ag-Ab)

 Varicella (either documented serological

evidence of immunity (VZV IgG or 2 documented
doses of vaccination)

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  Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) (either
documented serological evidence of immunity
(IgG or 2 documented doses of vaccinations)

 Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (tdap) (within the

past 10 years, otherwise boostrix required)

 Influenza

 Full COVID19 vaccination records

 Chest X-ray report (for TB indicator) result

Pre- SMC Application Stage

1. Please send the documents to your respective HR (Si_Min_Tan@nuhs.edu.sg or Siew_Yian_TAN@nuhs.edu.sg) via email when ALL documents are
ready. (Except Letter of Verification)
2. The documents should all be scanned into PDF and rename as per it’s S/N as shown above
(E.g: 1.Passport.jpg, 2.Form A.PDF, 3.Housemanship.PDF)
3. Do note that checking of the documents submitted will take 1-3 weeks.

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