Check if your profession is regulated
Some jobs need formal permission to practise. Others may only need your employer to understand your qualification.
START WITH THE REGULATORCAREER MOBILITY, MADE CLEARER
Your experience can travel.
Your next step should be clear.
Explore the official starting points for taking your profession abroad. See what to check, which authority to ask, and what people commonly need to prepare.
✓Official sources first. No promise of automatic recognition.
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YOUR ROUTE, NOT A GUESS↗
QUALIFICATIONRegistered nurse
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DESTINATIONUnited Kingdom
Official starting points03 checks to begin
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✓ Keep your own checklist
A route is a starting point. The regulator makes the decision.
START WITH YOUR ROUTE
A clearer first move.
Pick a destination to see official starting points and a practical first checklist. We are expanding routes based on what people need most.
YOUR ROUTE PREVIEW
Your next step starts with one question.
Choose your destination. We’ll show the official place to begin and what to prepare before you apply.
YOUR PROFESSION─────────→OFFICIAL ROUTE
Is your route missing? Tell us where to build next.Request a route ↗
BUILT FOR REAL-WORLD DECISIONS
Know what to check
before you spend.
Recognition routes can depend on profession, qualification, destination, and sometimes the region within a country. The right first step is to find the competent authority and verify its current instructions.
Prepare evidence once, carefully
Qualifications, transcripts, registration, work history, language proof, translations and fees may all matter.
FOLLOW OFFICIAL CHECKLISTSKeep licensing and immigration separate
Permission to practise a profession and permission to live or work in a country are different decisions.
VERIFY BOTH PATHSTHE OPPORTUNITY
Talent crosses borders.
Information rarely does.
Official rules are spread across regulators, ministries and country-specific portals. We bring the first steps together, cite where each point comes from, and add practical experiences only when they can be clearly labelled as personal reports.
Read the research notes ↗THE ROUTE PRINCIPLE◎
One clear next step can save someone weeks of searching — and a costly mistake.
Source before certainty✳
HELP BUILD THE ROUTES PEOPLE NEED
Which country and profession should we map next?
Tell us the route you need. We’ll use requests to decide which official pathways to research and publish next.
✓ Start free✓ No passport or diploma uploads✓ One launch email at most
✳An early-access request is not an account and does not guarantee a route or launch date.
OUR STARTING SOURCES
Start with the people who decide.
Rules change and each route is different. Always confirm current requirements with the official authority before paying for a service, translation, or course.
WHOWorld Health OrganizationState of the World’s Nursing 2025↗EUEuropean Parliament Research ServiceSkills portability initiative — key findings↗EUEuropean CommissionCross-border skills portability package↗NLBusiness.gov.nlRegulated professions and foreign qualifications↗NLBusiness.gov.nlHealthcare professional recognition and BIG registration↗UKGOV.UKRegulated professions and their regulators↗DEMake it in GermanyRecognition of foreign qualifications↗EUEuropean CommissionRegulated professions database↗
Research notes last reviewed 26 October 2026. Source links are provided for convenience; this project is independent and not affiliated with regulators.