[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":86},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pages/point-of-single-contact/requirements-and-regulations/i-am-a-national-of-a-third-country-who-acquired-professional-qualification-in-a-eu-member-state//en":3},{"status":4,"data":5},true,{"image":6,"id":7,"template":8,"seo":9,"title":51,"date":79,"show_title":4,"rodyti_kelia":4,"rodyti_publikavimo_data":4,"url":72,"blocks":80},false,15441,"Default",{"title":10,"robots":11,"og_locale":17,"og_type":18,"og_title":10,"og_url":19,"og_site_name":20,"article_publisher":21,"article_modified_time":22,"twitter_card":23,"twitter_misc":24,"schema":26,"breadcrumbs":67,"description":54,"language":73},"I am a national of a third country who acquired professional qualification in a EU Member State - Inovacijų agentūra",{"index":12,"follow":13,"max-snippet":14,"max-image-preview":15,"max-video-preview":16},"index","follow","max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview:-1","en_US","article","https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/point-of-single-contact/requirements-and-regulations/i-am-a-national-of-a-third-country-who-acquired-professional-qualification-in-a-eu-member-state/","Inovacijų agentūra","https://www.facebook.com/inovacijuagentura","2026-06-16T07:30:50+00:00","summary_large_image",{"Written by":25},"Gražina Lukošienė",{"@context":27,"@graph":28},"https://schema.org",[29,41,52,57],{"@type":30,"@id":19,"url":19,"name":10,"isPartOf":31,"datePublished":33,"dateModified":22,"breadcrumb":34,"inLanguage":36,"potentialAction":37},"WebPage",{"@id":32},"https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/#website","2026-06-16T07:21:26+00:00",{"@id":35},"https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/point-of-single-contact/requirements-and-regulations/i-am-a-national-of-a-third-country-who-acquired-professional-qualification-in-a-eu-member-state/#breadcrumb","en-US",[38],{"@type":39,"target":40},"ReadAction",[19],{"@type":42,"@id":35,"itemListElement":43},"BreadcrumbList",[44,49],{"@type":45,"position":46,"name":47,"item":48},"ListItem","1","Home","https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/",{"@type":45,"position":50,"name":51},"2","I am a national of a third country who acquired professional qualification in a EU Member State",{"@type":53,"@id":32,"url":48,"name":20,"description":54,"publisher":55,"inLanguage":36},"WebSite","",{"@id":56},"https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/#organization",{"@type":58,"@id":56,"name":20,"url":48,"logo":59,"image":65,"sameAs":66},"Organization",{"@type":60,"inLanguage":36,"@id":61,"url":62,"contentUrl":62,"width":63,"height":64,"caption":20},"ImageObject","https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/#/schema/logo/image/","https://web-prod.inovacijuagentura.lt/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ia-logo-main.svg","1886","786",{"@id":61},[21],[68,71],{"url":69,"text":47,"id":70},"/en/",7576,{"url":72,"text":51,"id":7},"/en/point-of-single-contact/requirements-and-regulations/i-am-a-national-of-a-third-country-who-acquired-professional-qualification-in-a-eu-member-state/",[74,77],{"url":75,"code":76,"locale":76,"default":4},"https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/informacija-verslui/reikalavimai-ir-reguliavimas/treciosios-salies-pilietis-profesine-kvalifikacija-igijes-es-salyje/","lt",{"url":19,"code":78,"locale":78,"default":6},"en","2026-06-16",[81,84],{"acf_fc_layout":82,"text":83},"AcfText","\u003Csection class=\"section section--content section--wide\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"clearfix\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"break-long-words collapsible-table ng-star-inserted\">\n\u003Cp>If your profession is a regulated profession in a EU Member State, in which you want to incorporate/work, You have to launch your professional qualification recognition procedure. An individual who acquired professional qualification in one state and wants to work in this profession in the other state, must have \u003Ca href=\"http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/regprof/index.cfm?action=homepage\"> professional qualification recognition\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Recognition of professional qualifications of persons who acquired their professional qualifications in other member states and pursuing incorporation/employment in Lithuania is carried out by competent authorities of the Republic of Lithuania. Competent authorities and specific contact details by respective regulated professions can be found \u003Ca href=\"https://old.inovacijuagentura.lt/kcis/kontaktinis-centras/regulated-professions/list-of-regulated-professions?lang=en\">here\u003C/a>..\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/regprof/index.cfm?action=homepage\">In the database of regulated professions,\u003C/a> you will find out which professions are regulated in various \u003Ca href=\"http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/professional-qualifications/recognition-of-professional-qualifications/index_lt.htm#abbr-ID0E1\">EU Member States\u003C/a> and which authorities are responsible for that.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Recognition of professional qualification does not apply to persons pursuing studies in the other Member State, or starting studies in one Member State and willing to continue them in the other Member State. Information about academic recognition of diplomas is provided by \u003Ca href=\"https://www.enic-naric.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENIC – NARIC centres\u003C/a>. In Lithuania, such information is provided by the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Your professional qualification can be recognized by several systems:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://old.inovacijuagentura.lt/kcis/kontaktinis-centras/regulated-professions/regulated-professions/principle-of-automatic-recognition-of-professional-qualification.html?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Principle of automatic recognition of professional qualification\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://old.inovacijuagentura.lt/kcis/kontaktinis-centras/regulated-professions/regulated-professions/general-system-of-recognition-of-professional-qualification.html?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General system of recognition of professional qualification\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>The main legal acts of the European Union and Republic of Lithuania regulating this field:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32005L0036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament of the Council of 7 September 2005 regarding recognition of professional qualifications.\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalActPrint/lt?jfwid=i3h7wncu3&documentId=TAIS.342511&category=TAD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law on Recognition of Regulated Professional Qualifications of the Republic of Lithuania.\u003C/a>\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/section>\n\u003Cdiv class=\"page-response\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\n",{"acf_fc_layout":85},"AcfIvertinimas",1781617006688]