Veterinary Surgeon
If you have a foreign education or professional qualification and wish to practice your profession in Norway, you generally need approval or authorisation. You will find information about documentation requirements, the application process and regulations here. The competent authority will assess whether you meet the requirements to practice the profession and use the professional title in Norway. If you intend to establish in Norway and work permanently in your chosen profession, the rules below apply to you. However, if you wish to work in Norway for shorter periods of time within your chosen profession, the rules for temporary provision of services apply.
About this form
Applications can only be submitted by the professional/individual. Please submit your application with attachments to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.
Establishment:
If you wish to establish or work for an extended period in Norway within your profession, you must apply for approval/authorization from the responsible competent authority before practicing this profession in Norway.
Temporary/occasional provision of service:
You can work temporarily in this profession if you are already legally established in an EEA country or Switzerland and are allowed to practice the same profession in that country. To work temporarily in this profession in Norway, you must submit a prior notification to the competent authority.
Establishment:
- Certificate/diploma of passed education and, if relevant, authorisation documentation.
- Documentation of date of birth and national ID number, and, if applicable, documentation of change of name and citizenship.
- Documents that are not in English or Norwegian must be translated into English or Norwegian. Translated documents must also be submitted in the original language.
If you took your education abroad more than one year ago, you must also submit:
- Certificate of Current Professional Status from a public competent authority in your home country/the country where you last worked. The certificate must not be older than three months.
Temporary provision of service:
- Proof of identity and nationality.
- Evidence of formal qualifications.
- Documentation that you have not been prohibited, either permanently or temporarily, to practice the profession, or prescribe medicines.
- Evidence of work experience, cf. Section 4-1 first paragraph second sentence in Regulations relating to the right to work as animal health personnel or inseminator under the EEA Agreement.
- Professional insurance.
Language requirements:
No.
Criteria/conditions for recognition:
National regulations related to the practice of the profession are stipulated in the Act relating to Veterinarians and Other Animal Health Personnel and Regulations No 77 of 19 January 2009 relating to the right to work as animal health personnel or inseminator under the EEA Agreement.
Case processing deadlines:
- Establishment:
The competent authority must acknowledge receipt of your application within one month of receiving it and inform you of any missing or incomplete documentation.
Following the submission of a complete application, the competent authority should complete processing your application within three months.
- Temporary/occasional provision of service:
You can practice your profession any time after you have notified the competent authority and provided the necessary documents.
Fees:
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority does not charge a fee for processing applications for recognition.
Right of appeal:
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the decision, you may appeal in writing, pursuant to Chapter VI of the Public Administration Act. (see Case processing deadlines above).
Competent authority
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority
Southern and Western Region,
National Assignments Department,
Felles postmottak, Postboks 383
NO-2381 Brumunddal
E-mail: postmottak@mattilsynet.no
Phone (+47) 22 40 00 00
