Decision Fees & 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 evaluation of qualification.
Decision fees
- All decisions will be given in Finnish or Swedish
- Even rejected applications will be charged in some cases
- Half of the application processing fee will be charged for the cancelled application
All applicants
| Fees | EUR |
|---|---|
|
Decision fee on licensing (qualification in an EU/EEA country) |
600 |
|
Conditional decision with specific compensation measures |
600 |
|
Decision after completion of specific compensation measures |
150 |
|
Evaluation of your education done by a Finnish institute of education in Finland (qualification in an EU/EEA country) |
100-400 |
|
Recognition of professional qualification (prior to language proficiency test) |
400 |
|
Licensing and right to use protected occupational title following language proficiency test, following recognition of professional qualification |
200 |
|
Fixed-term licensing for medical doctors |
115 |
Licensing for medical doctor following placement in Finland |
600 |
| European Professional Card (EPC) preparation and/or issuing | 300 |
| Decision fee on licensing (qualification outside the EU/EEA area) excluding medical doctors and dentists | 800 |
| Licensing for medical doctor or dentist (qualification outside the EU/EEA area) | 1200 |
| Evaluation of your education done by an educational institution or a higher educational institution in Finland (qualification outside the EU/EEA area) | 200-600 |
| First limited authorisation to practice | 500 |
| Continuation to the limited authorisation | 250 |
| Full license after limited authorisation | 250 |
| Requirement for further training as a condition to professional licensing | 300 |
| Licensing and right to use a protected occupational title following further training | 500 |
| Registration of training |
200 |
| Approval of a medical degree/degree in dentistry completed in a non-EU/EEA country | 250 |
| Registration of a foreign student | 165 |
| Register extract | 90 |
| Certificate of Current Professional Status | 120 |
Professional practice rights decisions are subject to a fee, and the fee will be charged also from the rejected decisions. Half of the application processing fee will be charged for the cancelled application.
For further information about the decision fees, please e-mail us at terhikki@valvira.fi
Delivery and invoice
- Domestic and international: We will send the decision mainly by post.
- You will be invoiced afterwards and the invoice will be send to your home address.
- If you have any questions about payments or invoice, please contact us by e-mail at taha(at)valvira.fi
Please contact us if you have any questions about professional practice rights:
Primarily by email: terhikki(at)valvira.fi
Or you can call us on mon-tue and thu-fri 10-11 a.m. Tel. : +358 295 209 550