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NBE extends FMGE October 2026 document correction deadline
The Story in Brief
The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has extended the deadline for candidates of the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) October 2026 session to rectify deficient documents and correct uploaded images. The revised deadline is Friday, 23 October 2026, at 2:00 PM.
Applicants must submit corrections through the Document Scrutiny Portal for documents and the Image Scrutiny Portal for images, both accessible via the NBEMS website. The Board has warned that those who fail to complete corrections by the new deadline will be declared ineligible and will not receive admit cards. The original deadline was 21 October at 11:55 PM.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The extension comes as a late lifeline for FMGE applicants whose submissions had errors or missing documents. The original deadline passed on 21 October, and a full day’s extra window until 23 October afternoon is short. Candidates who miss the 2 PM cutoff on Friday will be barred from the exam entirely and will not receive admit cards. The Board has kept separate portals for documents and images, adding a layer of complexity. With the examination date itself unstated in the notice, the NBEMS leaves applicants with no fallback beyond the revised deadline.
Source: medicaldialogues.in
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