my misses has met a few Filipino docs who are working as nurses or working in labs for the NHS, and they don't tell their employer or anyone else they are registered doc in the phils.
most have given up being a doc in the UK, because of the cost of the exams, the difficulty in passing them and the time it takes..
it took my misses nearly 5yrs and £1,000s by the time she had finished to register with the GMC here. like you said she spent nearly 10yrs at uni in the phils studying to be a doc.
its a long and difficult road, even when your registered, you still have the problems of finding a job (my misses drives 100 miles a day!) and still your not in the 'system' because you really need to have done UK's foundation FY1 and FY2 year, so my misses is lucky shes got a FY1 job (equivalent to doing INTERNSHIP in the phils) without that and FY2 its near impossible to get training...
its an uphill struggle, but you'll get there in the end![]()