Register extract and Certificate of current professional status

Register extract and Certificate of current professional status

You may need a certificate of your current professional status if you plan to work abroad or apply for professional practice rights abroad. 

You can order two kinds of certificates from Valvira:

Register extract

Certificate of Current Professional Status (CCPS, a certificate of the right to practice your profession that includes the Directive certificate, EU-certificate)

We recommend that you order the register extract or a Certificate of current professional status via electronic services. If you are unable to use electronic services, you can place an order by terhikki@valvira.fi or by telephone on Mon-Tue and Thu-Fri from 10 am to 11 am on 0295 209 550.

If you are going to work outside of EU/EEA region and you need an officially certified copy of the certificate remember to mention it when ordering. This may lengthen the processing time of your order.

Register extract:

-    state the current professional practice rights information in the register. If the professional practice right has been restricted, this will be mentioned can be ordered in Finnish, Swedish or English 
-    can also be ordered regarding another person’s information.
-    is signed electronically

Certificate of Current Professional Status (CCPS):

-    state the current professional practice rights information in the register. If the professional practice right has been restricted, this will be mentioned
-     Includes a certificate of the Directive which confirms that the training complies with the Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications.
-    in English
-    can only be ordered regarding your own registration information
-    valid for three months from the date of issue
-    is signed electronically

The register extract or a Certificate of current professional status can only be ordered from a person that has been registered in the Terhikki or Suosikki register. You can check the information of health and social care professionals from the public/open information services JulkiTerhikki / JulkiSuosikki.

The average processing time for Certificate of current professional status and register extract orders is two weeks. If you have ordered the register extract or Certificate of current professional status via electronic services, the certificate will be sent to your own electronic service account if you have given your consent for that. Otherwise, the certificate will be sent to you by post. The invoice is always sent by post in a separate postal delivery.

In connection with electronic services, a electronic service account will be created for you. The account will be automatically deleted after two (2) years of inactivity. Deleting a transaction account does not affect information in the registers, such as professional rights register information.

For example, if you have decisions or registration certificates in your current account, you may want to retrieve them before deleting the account. The documents are preserved and available at Valvira. If necessary, the electronic service account can be re-created later.

The register extract and the Certificate of current professional status are subject to a fee. Fees are determined by the current payment decree. Fees (valvira.fi).