International Graduates

This section applies to you if you completed an educational program in a specialty of medical radiation technology outside Canada.

In order to work as a medical radiation technologist in Ontario, you must be registered with the CMRTO. Detailed information regarding the registration requirements for the College may be found in the Regulations section.

If you have completed a program in medical radiation technology outside Canada and wish to apply to the CMRTO so that you can work as a medical radiation technologist in Ontario, you will need to complete the application form provided below.

All applicants must provide detailed information or evidence of the program credentials achieved, theoretical and clinical training completed and the depth and breadth of the theoretical and clinical training. Further information on the requirements can be found attached to the application form or applicants may contact the College.

If you are unable to provide the original or notarized copy of your credential(s), or your academic transcript(s) of marks, or an official curriculum of your program(s), the Registration Committee of the CMRTO may accept other evidence, such as an original letter from your educational program, depending on the circumstances. Please contact the CMRTO if you are unable to provide the original or notarized copies of your documents. You may print off the application form and submit it to the College, along with the necessary documents and the appropriate fees, after you have completed the form.

You may review the Registration Process Map (PDF : 26kb) for further information on the registration process.

Further information on access to the medical radiation technology profession in Ontario can be found in Career Map for Internationally Trained Medical Radiation Technologists (PDF : 157kb).

It will take at least four months from the time that your application for registration is accepted as complete to the time that you receive the final decision of the Registration Committee.

If the Registration Committee approves your application, you can expect to have five years from the last date of your employment as a medical radiation technologist to complete all the requirements to become registered.

The CMRTO application fee is $113.00 ($100.00 fee plus $13.00 HST). In addition to the application fee, all internationally-educated applicants are required to pay an evaluation fee of $282.50 ($250 fee plus $32.50 HST). Therefore, the total amount for the application and evaluation fee is $395.50 Canadian.

Please attach a completed credit card payment form (PDF : 99kb), cheque or international money order or money order for the application fee and evaluation fee of $395.50 in Canadian funds, made payable to the College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario (CMRTO). If your application does not include the application and evaluation fee, the application for registration will not be accepted and will be returned to you. The application and evaluation fees are non-refundable.

For further information on language tests that can be used to meet the language fluency requirements, visit these websites: www.themela.com; www.ielts.org; www.ets.org/toefl

For further information about the Michener Institute's Access & Options for International Health Professions, visit this website: www.michener.ca

For further information about the Office of the Fairness Commissioner, visit this website: www.fairnesscommissioner.ca

For further information about immigrating to Ontario, employment opportunities and other professions, visit this website: www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/working/

For further information regarding services available for internationally educated individuals, visit this website: www.ontarioimmigration.ca/en/geo/index.htm

Further information about the practice of medical radiation technology is provided by the national and provincial associations for medical radiation technologists and can be found at www.camrt.ca and www.oamrt.on.ca