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The Saudi Council mandates all foreign nurses to take the exam before working in saudi arabia. All foreign nurses who seek employment in Saudi Arabia will take and should pass Prometric Examination.

What is the purpose of this exam?

By taking this exam, the Saudi Commission is able to assess your ability in your chosen medical
specialty. If you reach the required standard, this could facilitate your visa application to work within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The exam format is purely multiple choice and nothing else. It is done not by paper and pen but by a computer. Whatever you have learned while you were in college are the type of questions they typically ask. 70 questions examination is to be finished within 2 hours. Passing mark is 40%.

The testing fee of $90, is to be shouldered by the examinee. A payment of $90.00 USD collected at time of scheduling. Acceptable payment methods include American Express, MasterCard and Visa credit cards.

The quickest and easiest way to make your registration is on-line as this will give you up to the minute details of seat availability. You can also schedule by telephone by calling the Prometric Regional Contact Center. When registering for a test, you must enter the number and issuing country of either your current Passport or Government Issued ID Card. SCFHS will not accept candidates who have not completed this information and failure do so may result in your result being withheld. This ID must also be taken to testing centre for verification at Check-in.

If testing within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, your eligibility to take the exam lasts for three months and during this time you are entitled to take the exam twice. If your three-month period has expired, you must contact SCFHS at http://www.scfhs.org or http://english.scfhs.org.sa to have your eligibility period extended. If testing outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, you may take the same exam three times in one calendar year.
 
Here in the Philippines, the accredited testing center is THOMSON PROMETRIC, Ateneo Professional Schools, 130 H. Dela Costa St., Salcedo Village, Makati City. Telephone No.: (632) 892-0383, Website: http://www.prometric.com