Licensure requirements for foreign volunteers

Health professionals’ Competency Assessment and Licensure Directorate-Health professional licensure issues


I. The New professional License Requirement for Ethiopians studied abroad and coming to serve Requirements for new license:-

  1. All professional documents:-
    1. Authenticated academic documents (certificate , diploma, Transcript, for both undergraduate and post graduate certificate)
  2. Equivalent letter higher education relevance and quality agency (HERQA)
  3. Health examination certificate (not lasting three months)
  4. Provide a support letter from sponsored institution here in Ethiopia or provide evidence he/she get educated in self-sponsored
  5. One passport size photograph (not lasting six months)
  6. Fill the application form which is found in health professional registration and licensing office
  7. Passport copy or residence ID (Proof of Ethiopian descent )
  8. 100 birr service fee
  9. Current work experience and/ or letter of good standing ( if he/she was working abroad)
  10.  Authenticate professional license from country of origin (if he /she was working abroad)

II. Requirements for foreigners :-

  1. All professional documents
    1. Authenticated Academic documents (certificate, Diploma, Transcript, for both undergraduate and post graduate certificates)
    2. Authenticate professional license from country of origin
    3. Current work experience and/or letter of good standing (more than two years)
    4. Equivalence letter from higher education relevance and quality agency (HERQA)
  2. Health examination certificate
  3. English language proficiency certificate (for applicants from non-English speaking countries )
  4. One passport size photograph
  5. Fill the application form which is found in health professional registration and licensing office
  6. Request letter from the requesting facility found in Ethiopia
  7. The organization found in Ethiopia shall attach the legal renewed license of the organization and mentioning scope of professional practice together with the request letter
  8. 100 dollar service fee