Verify your credentials first
Gather documents from the Iraqi Ministry of Health or Iraqi Medical Association registration, and the Iraqi board that certified your specialist training. Ask each destination regulator whether it requires primary-source verification, which exams apply, and how long registration takes.
Plan for language evidence
Working language for your documents: Arabic and English. Many programmes and regulators ask for official translations and an approved language test. Check which tests and scores each destination accepts.
Where to look first
Country directories on SurgFellow list only official-source programme records. Counts below come from the current directory.
- Saudi Arabia — 1 official-source programme record
- Türkiye — 2 official-source programme records
- United Kingdom — 67 official-source programme records
- Germany — 4 official-source programme records
- United States — 775 official-source programme records
A listing does not mean every nationality is eligible. Confirm eligibility with the programme.
Settle these before you apply
- Whether the role is clinical, research or observership, and what you may do with patients
- Which regulator registration applies, and who sponsors the visa
- Total budget: fees, exams, visa, travel, housing, insurance and income foregone
- Salary or fee, supervision and start date in writing