Kristina Žukauskaitė
Chief Specialist of the Specialist Activities Department
Juozapavičiaus str. 9, LT-09311, Vilnius, https://vaspvt.lrv.lt
Publication date 2026-05-11
For medical professionals
For those wishing to work abroad:
Persons travelling abroad and seeking to work in a regulated profession in the Member States of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation (hereinafter referred to as the Member State) must apply to the Accreditation Service for the issuance of a certificate attesting to the compliance of the professional qualification acquired in Lithuanian educational institutions and the documents confirming the evidence of this formal qualification with the requirements of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as a certificate of approval of good practice (hereinafter referred to as the certificate).
More information about the service and a list of submitted documents can be found here.
For those wishing to work in Lithuania:
For citizens of the European Union
Recognition of professional qualifications acquired in a Member State applies if:
- you are a citizen of the European Union, the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation (hereinafter referred to as a Member State), who has acquired your professional qualification in another Member State and wishes to work in the Republic of Lithuania in your profession, which is a regulated profession in the Republic of Lithuania;
- you are a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, who has acquired your professional qualification in another Member State and wishes to work in the Republic of Lithuania in your profession, which is a regulated profession in the Republic of Lithuania.
More information about the service and the list of submitted documents can be found here
For third-country nationals
- are a third-country national who has obtained your professional qualification in a third country and you wish to work in the Republic of Lithuania in your profession, which is a regulated profession in the Republic of Lithuania;
- you are a national of a Member State who has obtained your professional qualification in a third country and you wish to work in the Republic of Lithuania in your profession, which is a regulated profession in the Republic of Lithuania.
More information about the service and the list of submitted documents can be found here.
Services are provided free of charge.
Director of the State Accreditation Service for Healthcare Activities under the Ministry of Health, 28 October 2019 Order No. T1-1683-(1.1.) “On the recognition of professional qualifications of regulated professions under the supervision of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, except for the professions of pharmacist and pharmacist assistant (pharmacotechnician)”