Recognition of professional experience

Issue of documents on professional experience and its length to  persons going to other Member States pursuit of the regulated professional activity.

Legal basis

According to Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 27 April 2016 on amendment of the Resolution No. 637 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 27 April 2016 on amendment of the Resolution No. ‘Enforcement of the law on recognition of regulated professional qualifications of the Republic of Lithuania’ with Paragraph 2.4, the Ministry of Economy and Innovation issues documents on professional experience and its length to their nationals leaving for work in Member States, when they pursuit of the regulated professional activity established in Paragraphs 3, 6 and 8 of Article 17 of the Law No. XII-2233 on amendment of the Law on recognition of regulated professional qualifications No. X-1478.

The above-mentioned legal acts transpose Articles 17, 18, 19 and Annex IV of the Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding recognition of professional qualifications into national law of the Republic of Lithuania. The purpose of these provisions is that person holding experience of appropriate activity (specified in Annex 2 of the Law and Directive 2005/36/EC IV) in a Member State, in which that activity is not regulated, can practice such activity regulated in the other Member State, if an person proves that he/she was practising the activity in question for the established period of time.

Application for a document on professional experience and its length:

in order to receive a document certifying your professional experience and its length, in accordance with Article 17 and Annex 2 of the Law No. X-2233 on amendment of the Law No. X-1478 on recognition of regulated professional qualifications of the Republic of Lithuania, which transposes Articles 17, 18, 19 and Annex IV of the Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, first of all, an application needs to be filled in for an issue of a document on professional experience and its length.

Required documents
The following documents must be enclosed to the application:
1. personal identity document;

2. document on state social insurance;

This document can be obtained from a territorial unit of Sodra – it will issue you a certificate on your requested period (in the last 10 years) or a certificate can be ordered online and it will be automatically generated. The latter certificate is called ‘Information about state social insurance’. Link: http://www.sodra.lt/lt/situacijos/informacija-gyventojams/noriu-gauti-pazyma-1
3. evidence of formal qualifications  (diploma, other certificate, if any);
4. employer’s issued certificate on the type of your professional activity and length or brief description of professional activity and length of a self-employed applicant;
5. business certificate (for self-employed persons);
6. certificate issued by the tax inspectorate on individual activity (if any);
7. document certifying change of the surname (name) (if changed);
8. power of attorney (if authorised person is filling in an application).

Submission of application

Application can be submitted:

• online: Birute.Kinduriene@eimin.lt
• by post or delivering it to the Ministry of Economy and Innovation: Ministry of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania, Gedimino pr. 38, LT-01103 Vilnius, Lithuania

Examination of applications

Matter regarding person’s application for a document on professional experience and its length is examined within 20 working days from the day of registration of the application in the Ministry of Economy and Innovation.

Applications are examined in accordance with the ‘Rules of examination of persons’ applications and their service in public administration institutions, enterprises and other public administration subjects’ approved by the Resolution No. 875 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 22 August 2007 ‘On approval of the rules of examination of persons’ applications and their service in public administration institutions, enterprises and other public administration subjects, approval of the form of an application, appeal or other document certifying the fact of acceptance of application’.

Contact for the issue of documents on professional experience and and its length
Contact persons:
Birutė Kindurienė, tel. 8 706 63 246; Birute.Kinduriene@eimin.lt