International careers · Gulf
Your expertise can open a new professional chapter. Explore the requirements for selected Gulf destinations, prepare your file and discuss the healthcare opportunities that fit your specialty and plans.
Your qualifications · your destination
Start with your destination, intended healthcare facility and exact qualifications. The authority, professional title and licensing conditions depend on your individual project. There is no single licence covering the Gulf.
The UAE authorities share a qualification framework, the Unified PQR, while each retains its own licensing process and jurisdiction. Confirm the competent authority for the facility where you intend to work.
Official UAE qualification frameworkSelected Gulf markets
Identify the authority for your intended place of practice
Dubai
Check eligibility against the Unified PQR, complete the required verification and any applicable assessment, then obtain DHA registration. A DHA-licensed facility activates the professional licence before clinical practice begins.
Portal: Sheryan
DHA professional servicesAbu Dhabi
Use the DoH licensing services through TAMM for practice in Abu Dhabi. Your qualifications and experience are assessed against the applicable PQR requirements; follow the DoH process for your requested professional title.
Portal: TAMM
DoH professional licensing servicesFacilities under MOHAP jurisdiction
For the MOHAP route, professional evaluation assesses your credentials and any required examination. The evaluation certificate is a step towards the relevant licensing process; it is not itself a licence to practise.
Portal: MOHAP services
MOHAP professional evaluationProfessional classification and registration
Saudi Arabia
Professional classification establishes the appropriate professional category after review of your qualifications and experience. It comes before professional registration. Submit the corresponding applications through Mumaris Plus and meet the applicable requirements before starting work.
Portal: Mumaris Plus
SCFHS classification and registration guidanceEvaluation and licensing for the requested scope of practice
Ministry of Public Health · Qatar
Follow the physician evaluation and licensing process for your intended scope of practice. Requirements include qualification and experience documents, primary source verification and a qualifying examination where applicable. Evaluation and licensing are separate stages.
Portal: DHP registration and licensing system
DHP physician guidelinesPrepare with clarity
These preparation stages help you organise your project. The sequence and requirements remain specific to the authority and your profile.
Choose your destination and intended scope of practice. Review your exact medical and specialist qualifications, awarding bodies, experience and current professional registration.
Build the checklist for the relevant authority. Identify the credentials, good standing evidence, translations and primary source verification required for your individual application.
Submit through the appropriate official portal. Classification, evaluation, registration and licensing have different meanings and sequences across destinations.
Examinations, interviews or exemptions depend on the authority, title and qualification. An exemption must be confirmed against the applicable rules for your own profile.
The competent authority decides your application. Begin clinical practice only after the required authorisation and applicable employment conditions are fulfilled, including facility activation where the local process requires it.
Fees and processing times depend on the authority, the services required and your individual file. The applicable official information is checked for your project; no overall licence price or completion date is guaranteed.
MEDS LINK · Intelligent Medical Ecosystem
Identify the relevant authority, the professional title to examine and the official requirements that apply to your qualifications and plans.
Organise the checklist, review the completeness and consistency of documents, and identify verification or translation requirements before submission.
Where your profile and plans fit an opportunity, MEDS LINK makes the introduction. The healthcare facility hires you directly; your employment contract is with that facility.
The competent authority makes all regulatory decisions. MEDS LINK does not issue licences or guarantee eligibility, an assessment exemption or a recruitment outcome.
Your project in the Gulf
Tell us about your specialty, qualifications and the destination you have in mind.
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