SCFHS (Mumaris Plus) registration for Nigerian nurses, step by step

SCFHS licenses health workers in Saudi Arabia, and Mumaris Plus is the portal you apply through. This guide sets out the route for a Nigerian nurse as SCFHS publishes it on scfhs.org.sa, marks the places where its own pages disagree, and says what ELAB does and what only you can do.

What SCFHS and Mumaris Plus are

The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) is the regulator. Mumaris Plus is its online portal, and SCFHS lists Mumaris+ as the channel for its registration service. You don't register with two organisations.

Two services get mixed up. Professional Classification comes first. SCFHS studies your qualifications and experience and sets your professional degree, and you can apply for it from outside Saudi Arabia, without a Saudi work permit at that stage. Professional Registration comes after classification. It needs lawful residence in the Kingdom, it is what lets you practise there, and it lasts two years.

Where Mumaris Plus sits: after DataFlow, before the Prometric exam

SCFHS puts Classification before Registration but doesn't publish one sequence that includes DataFlow verification and exam booking. This is the order ELAB works in for a nurse applying from Nigeria:

1. DataFlow verification. SCFHS requires foreign qualifications to carry a verification result from the company it approves. Asked about a delayed DataFlow report, its FAQ only says to refer to DataFlow, where the final report is needed for authentication. It doesn't say whether you can apply first and attach the report later, so ELAB plans for verification to come first.
2. Professional Classification on Mumaris Plus. SCFHS studies your qualifications and experience and sets your rank. Its FAQ says classification includes a professional evaluation, so the assessment in the next step is part of getting classified.
3. Assessment. SCFHS's FAQ lists three routes: a direct decision, a practical evaluation, or an electronic written exam at Prometric or Pearson VUE. Its Professional Registration service guide adds a fourth, a National Electronic Licensing Examination. Which route applies to your file is set by SCFHS, and its pages don't say how. A written exam is booked with Prometric or Pearson VUE. SCFHS's pages don't say which applies to your file, or whether the fourth route is booked the same way.
4. Scheduling permit and booking, if your file goes to an exam. SCFHS's applicant guide for the Saudi Nursing Licensure Examination (SNLE) says that when you apply for the exam through the e-application and it is processed, a scheduling permit with an eligibility period is issued, with an email on how to access it. In that guide you then schedule at any SCFHS-approved Prometric centre, in Saudi Arabia or abroad. SCFHS hasn't published how this applies to a foreign nurse's classification, so ELAB confirms it for your file. SCFHS calls it a scheduling permit; elsewhere you will see it called the eligibility number.
5. Professional Registration. SCFHS requires lawful residence in the Kingdom and, for applicants who are working, an employment letter issued within the last three months. Its pages don't explain how a nurse obtains residence, which is a separate question of visas and employers. This step issues the registration card.

Documents for classification

SCFHS's classification requirements list the following. Foreign qualifications and licences go through the approved verification company, which is why DataFlow comes first:

• Your nursing qualification, and every qualification before it, showing issue date, graduation date, title and specialisation.
• The internship certificate and the academic record. Classification can't be done on the academic record alone (SCFHS says some countries can use a temporary certificate).
• A clinical training completion certificate, if your programme included clinical training.
• Your professional licence or registration certificate from the official authority in your own country, with its verification letter. For a Nigerian nurse this is normally your NMCN licence.
• Experience letters. SCFHS requires at least one year of experience for non-Saudi applicants, apart from graduates of Saudi universities.
• An employment letter issued within three months before applying. SCFHS's classification page lists it without saying it is optional; for registration it applies to applicants who are working.
• Your passport.
• A medical report from an entity other than your employer, if you are over 65.

One rule affects what you verify. If the application rests on a bachelor's degree only, that degree must be verified. If it rests on a postgraduate degree, SCFHS requires the postgraduate degree to be verified without needing the bachelor's.

SCFHS's FAQ also lists Ministry of Education equivalence for certificates issued outside the Kingdom, while its requirements page applies that to Saudis with foreign qualifications. The two pages differ, so we confirm whether it applies to you.

For registration SCFHS asks for your residence permit and, if you are employed, the job letter described above: issued within the last three months, confirming clinical practice, your professional category and your start date.

How SCFHS classifies nurses

SCFHS's own scope-of-practice document defines two registered nursing categories and says nurses are classified by the level of the qualification awarded:

• Nurse Technician: a nursing diploma programme of at least three years.
• Nurse Specialist: a bachelor's degree in nursing or its equivalent.

SCFHS's fee schedule also lists senior nurse specialist, consultant nurse, nurse trainee and health assistant. We couldn't verify from SCFHS's published text which postgraduate degree or how much experience leads to a senior or consultant rank, so this guide doesn't state it.

SCFHS's classification department sets the rank for your file, and the rank decides which fees apply and the scope you practise in. We can't tell you your rank in advance.

What it costs

SCFHS publishes its fees as a schedule of riyal amounts with three parts: an administrative fee, a classification fee and a registration fee, shown with a total for each rank and route. The amounts depend on your rank, so we don't print one figure here. DataFlow verification, the exam booking and ELAB's own service fee are separate charges on top. We confirm all of them at your consultation, and you can check SCFHS's current schedule through the sources below.

How long SCFHS takes

SCFHS's FAQ gives 7, 35 and 30 working days for classification by direct decision, practical evaluation and electronic written exam, and 5 working days for registration. The Professional Registration service page gives its own durations by route: 7, 45 and 30 business days, plus 60 for a National Electronic Licensing Examination. The two pages don't match. SCFHS doesn't say what they include. They are not ELAB timelines, and ELAB doesn't promise a total.

What ELAB does

If you use ELAB's Mumaris service, we handle the application for you:

• Check your documents against SCFHS's list and arrange your DataFlow verification.
• Create your Mumaris Plus account, complete and submit the classification application, and pay SCFHS's fees on your behalf.
• Track the application, and raise it with SCFHS support if it stalls.
• Book your exam slot once the permit arrives, as a separately priced service.

The account is in your name and you remain the applicant. The SCFHS pages we reviewed say nothing about agents filing for you, so we can't point you to a rule that allows it or forbids it.

What only you can do

Some steps are tied to you personally:

• Send us clear copies of your documents, including your experience letters, and your NMCN licence details.
• Complete the email verification and the login codes that go to your own inbox and phone.
• Confirm in writing the declarations the application asks you to make.
• If your file goes to a written exam, sit it in person at the test centre.
• At registration, provide your residence documents and, if you are working, your employment letter.

We can't promise a classification, a rank, an exam result or a job. SCFHS decides your classification and rank, the exam decides your result, and an employer decides on a job.

Common questions

Is Mumaris Plus different from SCFHS?

No. SCFHS is the regulator and Mumaris Plus is its portal, so you make one account and apply to one body.

What is the difference between classification and registration?

Classification sets your professional degree and comes first. Registration comes after it, needs lawful residence in the Kingdom and lasts two years.

Do I need a Saudi job offer before I apply?

Not for classification. SCFHS says you can apply from outside the Kingdom without a valid Saudi work permit at that first stage. For Professional Registration it requires a valid residence permit and, for applicants who are currently employed, a job letter issued within the last three months. Its pages don't explain how a nurse obtains residence.

Do I need DataFlow before applying on Mumaris Plus?

SCFHS requires foreign qualifications to be verified by the company it approves, and DataFlow is the one its FAQ points to. SCFHS doesn't say you can file first and verify later, so ELAB treats verification as the first step.

Will I have to sit an exam?

Possibly. SCFHS lists a direct decision, a practical evaluation and an electronic written exam at Prometric or Pearson VUE, and its pages don't say how it picks the route for each file. Nobody can promise you an exemption from the exam.

Which SCFHS rank will a Nigerian nurse get?

SCFHS decides, file by file, so nobody can tell you in advance. Its scope-of-practice document points to Nurse Technician for a diploma programme of at least three years and Nurse Specialist for a bachelor's degree in nursing or equivalent.

How much does SCFHS registration cost?

SCFHS charges an administrative fee, a classification fee and a registration fee, and the amounts change with your rank. We confirm them at consultation, together with the DataFlow, exam-booking and ELAB service charges.

Sources

Read on 11 November 2026.

• SCFHS: Mumaris FAQ
• SCFHS: Professional classification requirements
• SCFHS: Professional Registration service guide
• SCFHS: Professional Registration requirements
• SCFHS: Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice in Saudi Arabia (PDF)
• SCFHS: Saudi Nursing Licensure Examination applicant guide (PDF)
• SCFHS: fee schedule (PDF, in Arabic)

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