Are you eligible for Australia's Expedited Specialist Pathway?
If you're an overseas-trained specialist, this newer pathway can grant Australian specialist registration without the full college comparability assessment. Pick your specialty and where you trained to see whether your qualification is on the Medical Board's approved list — and what it takes.
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Pick your specialty and country to check eligibility.
This tool covers the specialties currently on Ahpra's Expedited Specialist Pathway. It's a guide — Ahpra makes the final eligibility decision.
The Expedited Specialist Pathway lets overseas-trained specialists whose qualification is on the Medical Board's accepted list apply directly to Ahpra for specialist registration — skipping the college comparability assessment and the college exam. Being on the list is necessary but not sufficient: you must hold the exact listed qualification with a genuine CCT (UK) or CSCST (Ireland) — not a CESR/Portfolio Pathway certificate — have completed training, meet the English-language, recency-of-practice and criminal-history standards, and secure an approved Australian post with a Board-approved supervised-practice plan (usually around six months). It does NOT confer college Fellowship, and Ahpra makes the final decision.
Medical Board — Expedited Specialist Pathway ↗Eligible? Here's the cost — and what you'll earn.
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General information, not advice. This shows whether a specialty + qualification appears on the Medical Board's published accepted-qualification list — it is not migration, visa, legal or career advice, and Ahpra makes the final decision on your application. A match means your qualification looks eligible; it does not confirm eligibility. You must also hold a genuine CCT (UK) or CSCST (Ireland) — a CESR / Portfolio Pathway certificate doesn't count, even if you're on the specialist register — have completed training, meet the English, recency-of-practice and criminal-history standards, and secure an approved Australian post with a Board-approved supervised-practice plan (usually around six months; commonly 9–12 months end-to-end). It grants specialist registration, not Australian college Fellowship, and covers general specialties only — sub-specialists (e.g. cardiology, neonatology) use the standard route. The accepted list changes over time; always confirm against the live Medical Board list before relying on it or relocating. Registration is separate from a visa (Department of Home Affairs).