Short answer
Identify the profession’s authority and the route for the intended activity.
Sources: Service Public Entreprendre / DILA
Who decides
The competent professional authority; requirements can depend on the profession and type of practice.
Sources: Service Public Entreprendre / DILA
Check this before paying
Start with official regulated-profession guidance and the exact activity.
Open the primary source ↗Sources: Service Public / DILA · Service Public Entreprendre / DILA
When this applies
A profession may distinguish permanent establishment, temporary services and different qualification routes.
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Which document
The authority’s requested qualification and professional-status evidence.
Sources: Service Public Entreprendre / DILA
Avoid the wrong purchase
Academic comparability advice does not itself authorise regulated practice.
Sources: French Ministry of Higher Education and Research · Service Public Entreprendre / DILA
What this does not do
The architecture example is not a route for every profession or applicant.
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Your next official step
Read the official profession-specific conditions; architecture below illustrates why the route matters.
Continue to the official guidance ↗Sources: Service Public Entreprendre / DILA
Identify the activity and receiving body
Use the profession’s own recognition and authorisation instructions. ENIC-NARIC academic information and the permission to perform a regulated activity answer different questions.
Architecture: permanent practice and temporary services differ
Service Public’s architecture guidance separates nationality and qualification categories and distinguishes permanent establishment from temporary services. For the described EU/EEA permanent-practice routes, automatic recognition of certain titles and an application for professional recognition are different possibilities. Registration with the relevant regional Order remains part of the practice framework.
Temporary services use a separate declaration or authorisation process. Do not reuse the permanent-registration checklist for that purpose, or generalise these EU/EEA examples to every foreign graduate. This parent guide does not choose an architecture route or decide whether a particular diploma qualifies.
Sources: Architecture practice and recognition categories in France
DiploWay professional authority questions
Name the activity, title, intended place and whether the practice is permanent or temporary. Ask who receives the award and professional-status documents, which decision comes next, and whether any academic comparison is actually requested. Keep each authority’s answer separate.
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Sources and scope
- Architecture practice and recognition categories in France
Service Public Entreprendre / DILA · checked 2026-10-15 (UTC date)
- France: receiving institution and employer recognition
Service Public / DILA · checked 2026-10-15 (UTC date)
- Comparability advice and recipient decisions
French Ministry of Higher Education and Research · checked 2026-10-15 (UTC date)