Psychologists

First option – FREEDOM TO PROVIDE CROSS-BORDER SERVICES

If you already have a registered establishment in another EU/EEA country, you are free to provide services on an occasional and temporary basis, without the obligation to register your establishment in Croatia with the Croatian Psychological Chamber and to wait for prior verification.

In such a case, you shall send every year an e-statement directly to hpk@psiholoska-komora.hr and send the following photographed or scanned documentation:

• proof of citizenship
• proof of establishment in an EU/EEA country for the purpose of exercising a psychological profession and it is necessary that at the moment of the issuing of the certificate, a person does not have a temporary or permanent prohibition to perform such profession
• proof that an applicant has performed a psychological profession for at least a year during the last ten years, in case that psychological profession has not been regulated in the country of the registered establishment
• proof of qualification (diploma)

Second option – FREEDOM TO ESTABLISH

If you are established in EU/EEA country, you are free, as a natural or legal person, to provide services on a permanent basis, upon registration of the establishment in Croatia and delivery of the following documents:

• proof of citizenship
• proof of completion of the formal education
• an additional certificate about the study and the curriculum
• proof of professional qualification and certificate of competence
• certificate from the origin country that confirms that it has not been forbidden for an applicant to perform a profession or activities at the time of issuance of the certificate
• proof of professional experience
• proof of the necessary knowledge of the Croatian language for performing the profession (C1)
• recognition of the qualification (EUR 92.91)
• passed psychological professional exam (EUR 39.82)
• membership in the professional chamber (registration fee: EUR 26.54 and EUR 96.00 annual membership fee)

 

Recognition of qualification

You shall file the request for the recognition of qualification and send it to hpk@psiholoska-komora.hr

• proof of citizenship
• proof of qualification (diploma)
• additional certificates (diploma appendix, educational plan, and curriculum)
• proof of completion of an internship, if it has been performed
• proof of passed professional exam, in case such an exam has been passed
• proof of professional experience
• proof of competencies
• for the candidates who have already acquired the qualification in a third country, a certificate for at least 3 years of professional experience in the member state that has acknowledged professional qualification acquired in the third country (for the candidates who have professional experience and have acquired a qualification in the member state)
• proof of membership in the foreign psychological chamber if an applicant has such membership and such a chamber exists
• other documents (marriage certificate or decision of the competent body for persons who changed their name and/or surname, etc.)

Fees

EUR 92.91 for the procedure of recognition

EUR 39.82 for the psychological professional exam

EUR 26.54 for the chamber registration fee

EUR 96.00 for the annual chamber membership fee

Payment via online banking transfer

User: Croatian Psychological Chamber

IBAN: HR1123600001101712980

Reference number: HR67 Personal Identification Number

Purpose: procedure of the recognition of the foreign professional qualification

hpk@psiholoska-komora.hr (for sending photographed or scanned document, with signature and without seal but not for Recognition of qualification)

Competent authority and regulations

Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy

Vukovarska 78, 10 000 Zagreb

+385 1 555 7039

info@mrosp.hr

Croatian Psychological Chamber

Selska cesta 90A, 10 000 Zagreb

+385 1 3014 001

hpk@psiholoska-komora.hr

Psychological Activity Act (Official Gazette 98/19, 18/22)

Law on Regulated Professions and Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications (Official Gazette 82/15, 70/19, 47/20, 123/23)

Regulation on the conditions for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications for practicing regulated profession – psychologist for the purpose of the establishment in the Republic of Croatia (Official Gazette 84/20)

Chamber’s Regulation on the procedure for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications (Chamber)

 

Authorization

Decision on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications for practicing the regulated profession of psychologist

Deadline: 90 days

 

Legal remedies

You can file an appeal against the Chamber’s decision to Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy

within 15 days of receiving the decision, photographed or scanned to the email address: hpk@psiholoska-komora.hr or info@mrosp.hr

Last updated on 9 June 2025