Questions people ask
Questions
The things readers write in about most. If yours is not here, the answer may be on levels, your rights or the disclaimer.
Is this an official government website?
No. IVF Check is an independent public-interest project. It restates the National ART & Surrogacy Registry, which the Department of Health Research publishes, and explains the ART Rules in plain language. It is not affiliated with the Government of India, the National ART & Surrogacy Board, any State Appropriate Authority, or any clinic. Where this site and the official register differ, the register is right.
What is the difference between Level 1 and Level 2?
Level 1 means the clinic is registered to carry out intrauterine insemination only — placing prepared sperm in the uterus. Level 2 means it may retrieve eggs, fertilise them outside the body, transfer embryos and store gametes or embryos. IVF and ICSI require Level 2. That is Rule 3 of the ART Rules, 2022.
My clinic is Level 1 but is offering me IVF. What does that mean?
It means the procedure you are being quoted is not covered by the registration shown on the national register. It may be that the clinic is registered at Level 2 and the register is out of date, or that the register holds an old entry. Ask to see a current certificate of registration, which the law requires the clinic to display, and check the level printed on it against the registration number on this site.
Why does my clinic say "level not stated"?
Because the registration number published in the register does not carry a level, and we refuse to guess one from the word "IVF" in a clinic's name. This affects 1,461 clinics, mostly in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, whose state registration numbers use a format without a level field. The level is printed on the certificate itself, so ask to see it.
How do you know when a certificate expires?
The register publishes each clinic's certificate as a scanned image. We run text recognition over it and read the date the certificate runs to. Where the scan is too poor we fall back to the registration year and say the exact date is not published. A date we show can be wrong — check it against the certificate.
Is this a rating? Does being listed mean the clinic is good?
No, and no. A level is a licence category, not a score. There are no stars, no rankings and no "best clinics" list here, because the register contains nothing from which a quality judgement could honestly be made. A Level 2 clinic may be excellent or terrible.
Can a clinic pay to be removed, or to rank higher?
No. No clinic can pay to appear, to move up, or to be removed. There is no advertising, no listing fee and no enquiry form, because we do not sell your phone number. Removing entries on request would also make the site useless.
My clinic is not on the site at all. Why?
Either it is registered in a state that has not published clinics into the national register, or its entry is missing from the register. Nine states and union territories — including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar — currently publish nothing. A clinic not appearing here is not evidence that it is unregistered.
Why don't you show prices or success rates?
Because they are not in the register, and we do not invent numbers. No register in India holds comparable success rates, and price is not published anywhere as data. If a clinic quotes you a success rate, ask what the denominator is — per cycle started, per egg collection, or per transfer — because those give very different figures for the same clinic.
Why are there no patient reviews?
Two reasons. A review of a named clinic by an anonymous account is a libel risk, and a fertility patient's review necessarily reveals private medical information. Both are serious enough that we would rather not have the feature. Asking at the desk, and reading the clinic's record before you go, is what we are built for instead.
How old is the data?
The register was read on 10 November 2026 and the date is shown in the footer of every page. The government updates it by state, without a published schedule — roughly 100 to 170 new or changed certificates a month, with a surge each April to June.
I found an error. What should I do?
Write to corrections@ivfcheck.org with the clinic's registration number and what is wrong. If we have misread the register we will fix it. If the register itself is wrong, we will publish your correction beside the official figure rather than replace it, so a reader can see both.
Is my search private?
Yes. Search runs entirely in your browser against a static file. Your queries are never sent to us, never logged and never associated with you. The site has no cookies, no analytics and no accounts.
Does registration mean the clinic is safe?
It means the clinic met the minimum staffing, equipment and record-keeping requirements for its level at the time it was registered. It does not mean anyone checked whether it is good, and it is not a recommendation. A licence is a floor, not a guarantee.
Which clinics can do surrogacy?
None, on the strength of an ART registration. Surrogacy needs a separate registration under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, and the national register on this site lists ART clinics, not surrogacy boards. Donor eggs and sperm need a registered ART bank, which is also separately registered and not listed here.
Can I use this data in my own work?
You may quote and link to any page, including commercially. For the underlying facts, go to the national register itself — that is the primary source and we claim no ownership over it. Please do not present this site as an official publication or a mark of approval.