Regulated professions

Regulated professions

Recognition of regulated professional qualifications is a procedure, upon completion of which a state entitles to engage in a regulated profession or professional activity in its territory, considering holding of specific professional qualifications acquired in the other state.

A regulated profession is a type of professional activity or a group of types of professional activity, access to which, the pursuit of which or one of the modes of the pursuit of which is subject, directly or indirectly requires certain professional qualification by legal acts. The use of a professional title limited by legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions to holders of a given professional qualification shall constitute a mode of pursuit, as well as being a member of associations and organizations listed in Annex 1 to the Law on Recognition of Regulated Professional Qualifications of the Republic of Lithuania.

Professional qualification is a qualification approved by evidence of formal qualification (diploma, certificate, an attestation of competence) and/or professional experience.

Professional experience is the actual and lawful full-time or equivalent part-time pursuit of the profession or professional activity concerned in a Member State. Professional experience is approved by a certain document issued by a competent authority.

Choose the option that suits you best:

I am an EU national who acquired professional qualification in the EU.

I am an EU national who acquired professional qualification in a third country.

I am a national of a third country who acquired professional qualification in an EU Member State.

I am a national of a third country who acquired professional qualification in a third country.

Important information:

Check if your profession is regulated in Lithuania

Check if your profession is regulated in the EU Member States, EEA and Swiss Confederation

European professional card

Recognition of professional experience

List of regulated professions, qualifications of which can be verified in advance by providing services

Addresses of institutions of EU/EEA and Swiss Confederation providing information 

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