Principle of automatic recognition of professional qualification

Minimum training requirements are set for the following 7 professions in the EU Member States: doctors, general practice nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists, architects, veterinary surgeons. Annex V of the Directive 2005/36/EC has only evidence of formal qualification that meets the minimum training requirements recoded.

If your diploma does not meet the minimum training requirements, a certificate of acquired rights certifying 3 years of employment in that profession during 5 years before the issue date of the certificate is required. Certificate of acquired rights is issued by a competent authority of a Member State, in which the diploma was issued to you and acquired your experience.

To have recognition of your professional qualification you are requested to apply to an appropriate competent authority, which will provide you with a form of an application for recognition of your professional qualification and a comprehensive list of documents required to be submitted.

Application and required documents can be submitted directly to a competent authority or through the Contact Centre of Services and Products. The application must be supported with Lithuanian translations of the documents. Translations must be certified by a translator’s signature and/or seal of a translation agency affixed.

Decision on recognition of your professional qualification is adopted within 3 months from the day of submission of all documents.