Fees and Delivery

This information concerns all applicants.

Processing time

• For applicants who were trained in the EU/EEA area, legal maximum time is four months starting when all the required documents have arrived at Valvira. Note: If we need to ask for missing documents, the process may take longer.
• For applicants who were trainded outside the EU/EEA area, processing may take longer if, for example, the documents need to be sent to a Finnish institute of education for evalution of qualification.

Decision fees

• All decisions will be given in Finnish or Swedish
• Even rejected applications will be charged
• Below fees are valid until the end of December 2013

 

All applicants, including doctors

Decision fee	EUR 400
Decision fee (Nordic Agreement)	EUR 200
Conditional decision with specific compensation measures	EUR 400
Decision after completion of specific compensation measures	EUR 150
Evaluation of your education done by a Finnish institute of education max. Note: does not include doctors	EUR 400

 

Doctors only

Decision on licensing	EUR 400
First limited authorisation to practice	EUR 600
Continuation to the limited authorisation	EUR 300
Full licence after limited authorisation	EUR 300

 

Delivery

• If you are living in Finland, we will send you the decision using cash on delivery (COD) option (postiennakko in Finnish). That means you need to pay the decision fee in full to the mail carrier when you receive the decision. The Finland Postal Service will then forward the payment to Valvira.
• If you are living outside of Finland, we will mail or email you instructions on how to pay the fee.
• If you wish to pay for the decision in a currency other than the Euro, you will be responsible for all international transfer and currency exchange costs. Once you have made the payment in full, you need to send the receipt to Valvira and we will then post the licensing decision to you.