ECFMG Certification:

• When you have completed USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK & Step 2 CS, you will be eligible for ECFMG certification.
• Click here for other requirements for ECFMG Certification.
• You will initially be given a “standard ECFMG certificate” with an expiry date.
• If you don’t join a medical residency or fellowship program before the date printed, your ECFMG certificate will expire.
• Once you join an internship or residency program, complete and mail the required Form 246, for permanent validation of ECFMG certificate. 
• Do this ASAP after starting your residency. You will require your residency program director’s signature on the form.
• ECFMG will now send you validation stickers by mail. Once these stickers are placed on your ECFMG certificate, the expiration date is cancelled and the certificate becomes “valid indefinitely”.