Accreditation process for International Medical Graduates Accreditation process for International Medical Graduates An international medical graduate is a physician who leaves the country where he or she completed the undergraduate and sometimes postgraduate studies in medicine and moves to another country either for higher postgraduate studies or for employment purposes. Some countries like USA, UK and Canada have entry exams like USMLE or Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board test (PLAB) which allows the overseas graduates to gain local registration in order to practice medicine in these respective countries. Subsequently once they obtain the local registration most of these doctors are allowed to continue their employment and
Ship registration Ship registration Ship registration is the process by which a ship is documented and given the nationality of the country to which the ship has been documented. The nationality allows a ship to travel internationally as it is proof of ownership of the vessel. International law requires that every merchant ship be registered in a country, called its flag state. A ship is subject to the law of its flag state. It is usual to say that the ship sails under the flag of the country of registration. A ship's flag state exercises regulatory control over the vessel and is