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Name change requests

How to request your name be updated in your physiciansapply.ca account or on your LMCC documents.

Overview

You can submit name change requests with the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) to update your name and/or signature in the following places:

  • Your physiciansapply.ca account
  • Your Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC) documents

Changing your name in physiciansapply.ca

  1. Download and complete the Name change request form. If your signature has changed, you will be required to submit a sample of your new signature on the form.
  2. Follow the instructions on the form to collect and attach the required documentation.
  3. Send the Name change request form and documentation to the MCC by email.

Changing your name on your LMCC documents

  1. Download and complete the Name change request form. If your signature has changed, you will be required to submit a sample of your new signature on the form.
  2. Submit a request through your physiciansapply.ca account
  3. After we receive your request, the service fee for replacing the LMCC Testamur and Certificate of Registration will be applied to your physiciansapply.ca account. Once payment is received, we will begin to process your request.

The MCC reserves the right to request additional documentation if needed.

Please note that LMCC document replacements due to name changes are issued as “Duplicates of Original as Amended” whereas replacements for reasons other than name changes are issued as “Duplicates.”