General & Specialist Doctors

• Ministerio de Educación y Cultura
  Subdirección General de Títulos, Convalidaciones y Homologaciones.
  Paseo del Prado nº 28, 4ª planta
  E-28014 Madrid.
  Tel: +34-91- 506 56 00 - Tel: +34.91.701.85.00 - Fax: +34-91-420 33 25.
  E-mail: información@educ.mec.es

Automatic recognition of qualifications in general and specialised medicine not common to both Member States (Article 8 of Directive 93/16/EEC):

• Ministerio de Educación y Cultura
  Subdirección General de Especialidades en Ciencias de la Salud.
  C/Serrano nº 150
  E-28071 Madrid.
  Tel: +34-91-550 54 00 - Fax: +34-91-564 09 40

Information and/or documents to be submitted to the competent authorities

Certified copies of:

• Certificate(s) or diploma(s) qualifying you fully to practise as a doctor in your country of origin or last country of residence.
  Document providing proof that you hold the nationality of a Member State of the European Union.
  A sworn translation of these documents into Spanish must be provided.

The documents must be certified by one of the following authorities:

• Office (Registro) of the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (Madrid) or offices of the government subdelegations (Subdelegaciones del Gobierno) in the rest of Spain; Spanish diplomatic and consular missions (embassies or consulates); notary.

Fees

The processing of applications for recognition of qualifications is totally free of charge. Applicants are, however, responsible for their own document translation and attestation fees.

Reference documents 

• Royal Decree 1691/1989, as amended by Royal Decree 2072/1995

Last updated 08/08

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