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Work as a doctor in Belgium with a foreign diploma
Doctor with a foreign diploma: Belgian registration route, C1 language evidence with B2 writing, good standing and application translations.
Understand the processSeparate recognition, visa and intended practice
Link to this sectionState the diploma country and whether you seek permanent practice, temporary practice or limited clinical training. The FPS describes different routes. For limited clinical training with a non-European diploma, first contact the host hospital’s university. That training authorisation should not be confused with general access to the profession.
The C1 requirement has a writing distinction
Link to this sectionIf using a language certificate for master-level practice, the Act provides for C1 with B2 for writing. It also provides for education diplomas as another evidence route. Our guide helps check the category, certificate date and assessed skills before adding translations to the file.
Gather current professional records
Link to this sectionOrganise the diploma, required postgraduate training, practice evidence and good-standing certificates by issuer. Check accepted dates and language instructions. If instead requesting a Belgian CCPS for practice abroad, the FPS directs doctors to the Order of Physicians. Our CCPS guide distinguishes these two procedures.
Documents to prepare
- Complete medical diploma and useful transcripts or academic annexes
- Records on placements, practice, specialisation or professional activity if requested
- Coherent identities and, where useful, professional-standing certificates
- Sworn translation of the records read for the healthcare visa and access to the title
Steps to follow
Identify the medical title you are targeting
Start by clarifying whether your goal is access to the title and which exact function it matches.
Open the FPS Public Health route
Check the visa/portal route before stacking secondary records.
Assemble training and practice evidence
Gather the diploma, transcripts, placements, activity records and coherent identities.
Translate the core that will actually be read
Translate what will be re-read for the healthcare visa and access to the title, not everything that happens to exist.
Good to know
Guides
On the same topic
Other steps to prepare. Diplomas and equivalence.
Belgian healthcare visa: which B2 or C1 language proof?
Identify the language level and accepted evidence for a healthcare visa.
Healthcare good standing and CCPS certificates in Belgium
Identify the CCPS issuer and the certificate date needed for your application.
Foreign diploma for a healthcare profession in Belgium
Prepare diploma, language evidence and good standing for practice in Belgium.
For your application
Related documents
Common translations
Budget
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Frequently asked questions
+−Is a translated medical diploma enough to work?
+−Is the nursing guide enough for a doctor?
+−Do internships and experience records need translation too?
+−Can professional-standing certificates matter?
+−Does this guide also cover dentists and pharmacists?
Official source
Official sources used
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