Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

CVHP Fees and Payment

Fees
Fees for MRAs and Other Organizations
Payment

Credential Verification for Health Professionals (CVHP) is for individuals in certain health professions who have been required by the organizations to which they are applying to have professional qualification(s)/credential(s) primary-source verified by ECFMG.

CVHP is not for use by physicians. If you are a physician who needs to have credentials verified, please visit the ECFMG website for information.

Fees

Health professionals pay for CVHP services as they request them. All fees are in U.S. dollars and are subject to change without notice.

Establish a CVHP Profile and Confirm Your Identity

US$130

What's Included

Establishment of your CVHP Profile
Notarization of your Health Professionals Identification Form

Verification of Credential

US$100 per credential

What's Included

Primary-source verification of credential by ECFMG with the issuing institution (up to four verification requests)
Updates on the status of your verification request through the CVHP Portal
Electronic storage of your verified credential (and translation, if applicable)

Important Note on Verification Fees Charged by Institutions

Some institutions charge a fee to verify credentials, and you are, in most cases, responsible for paying these fees directly to the institution. If we are aware that an institution charges such a fee, a case manager will indicate this to you; however, we may not be aware of all fees charged by institutions. Therefore, it is recommended that you check with the institution in advance regarding fees for verifying your credentials.

Optional Courier Fee

US$15 to institutions in the United States
US$30 to institutions outside the United States

What's Included

Courier delivery of verification request to the issuing institution
Tracking information on shipment, available through the CVHP Portal

Important Notes

You are not required to have your credential sent for verification using a courier service. If your credential cannot be sent for verification electronically, and you choose not to have your request sent via courier, it will be sent via regular mail.
ECFMG’s courier service is available only to send the request for verification to the issuing institution; it is not available to have the verification returned by the issuing institution to ECFMG. If you would like your verification returned to ECFMG via courier, you will need to make arrangements directly with the issuing institution. Please note, however, that the verification must be returned to ECFMG directly by the issuing institution.

Verification Status Report

First report for each credential: Free
Subsequent reports for each credential: US$50

What's Included

Electronic transmission of CVHP Verification Status Report on your credential, sent directly to the recipient.

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Fees for MRAs and Other Organizations

CVHP Verification Status Reports are provided to approved organizations. Organizations access reports sent to them at no cost. When a health care professional requests a CVHP Report for your organization, it will include:

ECFMG CVHP Verification Status Report
copy of the credential
English translation of credential provided by health professional (if credential is not in English)
verification form from issuing institution

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Payment

Full payment is due at the time you submit your request for service. You can pay on-line through CVHP by credit card; ECFMG accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express.

Once you have requested and paid for a service through CVHP, you cannot cancel that service and obtain a refund. If we determine that your request for service cannot be processed, you will be notified that your request cannot be processed, and any payment received with that request will be returned to your original method of payment. You can monitor the status of your account, including dates on which payments were made to your account, using CVHP.

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[Last update: May 2, 2025]