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As it stands, in order to sit for the FPGEE you must be licensed to practice pharmacy in the country you earned your degree. If there is any concern, you must reach out to NABP regarding your specific situation.

That I can’t help you with unfortunately, i have no personal experience with visas.

To be eligible for the FPGEE you need to have completed a 5 year course, which is pretty much the 4 year BS and the 1 year clinical course. The only other option is to re-enroll in a pharmacy program in the US for the 2-3 year course for foreign graduates. There is no extra 1 year course to take in the US to make make the missing clinical year.

Jasmin posted a thread about a very similar situation she is involved in. Check it out here: http://www.www.urch.com/forums/fpgee/157935-licensure-requirment-us-citizens.html

I'm sorry for your predicament, Jasmin. You are not the only one in this situation, I assure you. There is a path to take, it will just take a very large amount of diligence and effort. I wish you the best of luck. Let me know if you have anymore questions.

Hi Jasmin. Here is what happened to me: I am a US born citizen and decided to go to the Philippines for pharmacy school. This was in 2006. Fast forward to 2010, I graduated with a BS in Pharmacy. I took up a 5th year for Clinical Pharmacy and finished 2011 in May. I did not take the board exam because I believed I did not need a license, just a degree. So I flew back to California and applied for the FPGEE exam. I was denied because I needed a "license to practice pharmacy in the country where I earned my degree". This was in the beginning of November 2011. In my case, I am a Philippine citizen as well. I flew back to the Philippines December 2011 and took the Philippine Pharmacy Licensure Exam in January 2012. I flew back to California, reapplied, and got the ok from the governing bodies to take the FPGEE on November 2012. That is my story. In regards to not being able to take the exam because you are not a citizen of the country where you got your degree seems to be a "Catch 22" situation. I had a classmate who was not a Philippine citizen and finished the same time I did. I lost contact with her and I am not sure what she has done about it. Last I heard she wanted some sort of affidavit from the government/board of pharmacy saying she should be exempt... but only the FPGEC can deem you exempt or not. The best recourse is to petition to be able to take the board exam in the country you got your degree even if you aren't a citizen. My information, however, is dated by about 5 years or so. It's best to call the FPGEC for a solid answer.

I'm not too sure about that, sorry.

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That's correct.

I'm not too familiar with visas unfortunately, so I can't comment there. Regarding the exams and process: FPGEE is given every April and November. To be eligible you have to pass the requirements of the ECE and NABP. ECE evaluates your transcripts and related documents. Once ECE oks you, they will inform NABP that you are eligible and NABP will give you a date to take the exam. Upon passing the FPGEE, you will have to intern/volunteer as an intern at a pharmacy for 1500 documented hours. After which you will take the national and, depending on which state, the state law exam. I graduated from USC May 2011, passed the Philippine board January 2012, passed the TOEFL June 2012, passed the FPGEE November 2012, interned, passed National and State exams August 2014. A 3 year process for me.

Congrats to everyone who passed. What is the next step now? The waiting game for the certificate? Do we have anything else to submit to the FPGEC?

Thank you for your replies Shaila and (again) jojo! Was there a reason you only obtained only the management and calculation by mannon shroff? What about his other reviewers? There seems to be a lot by him and the amount of material seems quite drastic.

You're welcome!

Please let me know exactly what you have for sale. I am interested in the apha, cpr, and mannon shroff books in particular.

The program is actually 1.5 years; it is 2 full semesters and a summer internship at PGH in Malate. The tuition for the whole program is around 60k pesos, give or take a few thousand. However, this depends on the amount of students enrolled. The more students enrolled, the less the tuition, and vice versa. This does not include the expenses for the internship in Malate, as well as in Chong Hua Hospital in Cebu during the 2nd semester. During my time, there were about 25+ who enrolled.