Time and costs

Total duration of the recognition

In total, the entire process takes an average of one year from the moment you have submitted your application. The exact time it takes for you to receive your certificate of professional competence depends on various factors:

The preparations

For the application, each applicant must provide various mandatory and desired documents (evidence). On this website you will find an overview (with additional explanation) of the documents to be provided. Make sure you have everything complete before submitting your application. Please note that requesting documents from abroad can sometimes take a lot of time.

The application

When your application has been fully and correctly completed, and when you have submitted all documents (in the correct manner), you will receive a message from us about the next step within 3 weeks. If information is missing or additional information is required, you will receive a request to provide this information. In the meantime, the processing of your application is temporarily suspended. The total processing of the application may therefore take longer. The decision period for the application is twenty weeks.

Deadlines for the assessment of applications by the committee

The committee's assessment of your application and receipt of your decision takes approximately 20 weeks. These 20 weeks begin when your application is fully completed.

Costs

The application for registration in the Veterinary Medicine Register is free, apart from the shipping costs for sending the application form and the necessary documents.

Please note: There are fees associated with any recommended knowledge and skills tests or additional training courses. This is separate from the application and is handled by the relevant educational institution.