Verify your credentials first
Gather documents from your Ministry of Health licence and the university that issued your degree and residency certificate. 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: Russian, Kazakh 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.
- Germany — 4 official-source programme records
- Türkiye — 2 official-source programme records
- United States — 775 official-source programme records
- Sweden — 1 official-source programme record
- Norway — 1 official-source programme record
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