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To or from abroad with your diploma?

Are you planning to work in Belgium with a foreign diploma, or are you going to work abroad with a Belgian diploma?

Source: https://zorg-en-gezondheid.be/vragen-erkenning-van-een-buitenlands-diploma-voor-een-zorgberoep

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A healthcare profession with a foreign diploma

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If you want to reside permanently in Belgium and practice a healthcare profession, you must first apply for recognition or have your diploma equated. Please note: if you want to practice a healthcare profession in Belgium temporarily or occasionally, you must first apply for permission. You must submit an application using a form from the Federal Public Service of Health (link) .

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What you need to do depends on whether your diploma comes from inside or outside the European Economic Area.

* Your nationality is EEA in the following cases:

  • Anyone who has the nationality of one of the 28 member states of the European Union, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.

  • Anyone who has refugee status.

  • You are also considered a national with a long-term resident residence permit of one of these countries or with a residence permit as a family member of a European nationality.

 

** The European Economic Area consists of the 28 member states of the European Union and Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

 

Practicing a healthcare profession abroad with a Belgian diploma

 

Do you want to practice as a nurse or medical imaging expert abroad? And do you have a Belgian diploma for that healthcare profession?

  • Then request a declaration of conformity/equivalence certificate from the Department of Healthcare (link) .

  • Do you need a declaration of good professional conduct (link) ?

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