General care nurses

The general care nurses, who are in high demand now, mostly come from the European countries. The majority of applications processed was submitted by those trained in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Albania. Among the non-European countries, the most applications were filed by applicants from the Philippines.

A significant share of applicants wishing to work as general care nurses receive only partial equivalence and, thus, need to complete an adjustment qualification program in order to obtain full equivalence. While the success rate of applications filed from the European Union stands at over 70 %, the applications from candidate countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Albania are granted full equivalence in less than 50% of the cases.

General care nurses: applications processed and applications granted full equivalence by country, 2018

Doctors (license to practice medicine)

The second largest number of applications for recognition are filed by foreign doctors wishing to have their license recognised to practise medicine. The range of countries of origin is enormous. Syria, a non-European country, ranked first with 1.200 applications processed. Egypt ranked second, followed by Romania. More than 250 applications processed in 2018 were filed by those trained each in Ukraine, Austria, Hungary and Serbia.

The recognition rate of those trained in Europe equals 100 %. In case of the non-European countries of training, the success rate is a bit lower. For example, ca. 60 % of the applicants from Tunisia, Albania and Azerbaijan are not granted full equivalence. Nearly the same amount of applicants form Egypt and India are granted partial equivalence.

Doctors: applications processed and applications granted full equivalence by country, 2018

Electronics technicians

Among the crafts, the profession of electronics technician is the most frequent profession for recognition. The applications are mostly submitted by applicants trained in the EU candidate countries Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Among the EU countries the majority of applications are filed from Poland and Croatia.

Among the most important countries of training, only Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina have a success rate of over 75%. The success rate of applications from Croatia and Poland stand accordingly at 68 % and 50 %. The succes rate of electronics technicians who were trained in Syria is low.

Electronics technicians: applications processed and applications granted full equivalence by country, 2018

Office Clerks

Among the non-regulated professions, the profession of office clerks is the most frequent profession for recognition. The applications are mostly submitted by applicants trained in Syria, followed by Poland, Italy, Romania and Croatia.

Among the most important countries of training, Poland has the highest success rate of over 71%. The succes rate of applications from the Italy, Syrian and Croatia stands below 60%. The lowest success rate in 2018 had the applicants who were trained in Romania.

Office Clerks: applications processed and applications granted full equivalence by country, 2018

Motor vehicle mechatronics technician

The majority of applications for recognition as a motor vehicle mechatronics technician are filed from applicants who were trained in Syria, followed by Poland. 

Motor vehicle mechatronics technician receive rarely full equivalence. The highest success rate have the applicants trained in Poland and it stands at 42%. Additionally, 35 percent of applicants from Syria gets full equivalence.

Motor vehicle mechatronics technicians: applications processed and applications granted full equivalence by country, 2018