FMGE October 2026 Admit Card on October 27: Your 300-Question Exam Is 4 Days Later

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) will release the FMGE October 2026 admit card on October 27, just four days before the exam. Candidates who registered for the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination can download their hall ticket from the official NBEMS website once the link goes live. The exam itself is on Saturday, October 31, 2026, and the result is expected by November 30.

FMGE is the screening test that Indian citizens and overseas citizens of India with a foreign medical degree must pass before they can register with the National Medical Commission or a State Medical Council to practise medicine in India. With the admit card coming out on Tuesday, the last few days before the exam are about logistics: checking your centre, sorting your documents, and reaching on time.

Download your admit card on October 27 and check every detail

Once NBEMS activates the link, log in to the official portal with your registered user ID and password and open the FMGE October 2026 admit card. Download it and take a clear printout to carry on exam day. Read every line on it: your name, roll number, exam centre address, and the reporting time for each part.

If any detail looks wrong, contact NBEMS through the official helpdesk right away. Do not wait till October 30. A small spelling mismatch between your admit card and your photo ID can cause trouble at the gate, and the last day before the exam is the worst time to fix it.

Your exam city intimation slip, which came out on October 20, told you only the city. It is not an entry pass. The admit card is the document that carries your exact centre address, and only the admit card gets you inside the hall.

October 31 exam day: two parts, 300 questions, no negative marking

The FMGE October 2026 exam runs in two parts on the same day. Part I is from 9 am to 11:30 am, and Part II runs from 2 pm to 4:30 pm. Each part has 150 multiple-choice questions, making 300 questions in total. The paper covers subjects from the MBBS course.

There is no negative marking, so an attempted question can only add to your score. You need at least 150 marks out of 300 to qualify, which works out to 50 percent. Plan your time across both parts instead of spending too long on any single question, and use the break between the two sessions to rest rather than cramming new topics.

“The city slip tells you where to go. The admit card tells you exactly where to stand. Candidates who mix up the two reach the wrong building on exam morning.”

What to carry, and what the gate rules mean for you

Reach your centre well before the reporting time printed on your admit card. Entry gates close 30 minutes before each part begins, which means 8:30 am for Part I and 1:30 pm for Part II. A candidate who arrives after the gate closes will not be allowed in, even with a valid admit card.

Carry these items:

• A printed copy of your FMGE October 2026 admit card
• One original, valid government photo ID, such as PAN card, driving licence, voter ID, or passport
• Your Aadhaar card if you gave consent for Aadhaar authentication during registration

Photocopies of ID and phone displays of documents are not accepted at the gate. Keep your phone and other barred items out of the exam hall as per the instructions on the admit card.

Students tracking other medical counselling news this week can also check the NEET PG Round 1 final allotment result, where reporting to allotted colleges runs from October 26 to November 2. For the full list of declared scores and hall tickets, visit the results section.

After the exam: result by November 30

NBEMS has said the FMGE October 2026 result will be declared by November 30, 2026. Candidates who qualify can then start the registration process with the National Medical Commission or their State Medical Council. Keep your admit card and application details safe till the result is out, since you will need them for the next steps.

The correction windows are now closed. NBEMS had extended the last date to fix rejected photos, signatures, and deficient documents to October 23, and that window has ended. Nothing can be changed in the application now, so the only task left is to download the admit card on October 27 and turn up prepared on October 31.

Apply and download only through the official NBEMS website. Third-party sites may carry old dates or wrong links, and the official portal is the only place where the admit card link will appear.