The Board consider applications once a month. There is a cut-off date for submitting applications (see list of dates below). On payment of an additional fast-track processing fee, you can ask for your application to be fast-tracked if you miss a cut-off date or want to be registered earlier than a monthly registration date.

Application cut-off dates for the next months are:

• 6 February 2024 for registration on 20 February 2024
• 27 February 2024 for registration on 12 March 2024
• 26 March 2024 for registration on 9 April 2024
• 30 April 2024 for registration on 14 May 2024
• 28 May 2024 for registration on 11 June 2024
• If transferring interstate registration which expires 30 June, 14 June 2024 for registration on 1 July 2024
  EXCEPTION: Vets registered in the SA or the ACT must register immediately on relocating to Victoria
• 25 June 2024 for registration on 9 July 2024
• 30 July 2024 for registration on 13 August 2024
• 27 August 2024 for registration on 10 September 2024
• 24 September 2024 for registration on 8 October 2024
• 29 October 2024 for registration on 12 November 2024
• 26 November 2024 for registration on 10 December 2024
• If transferring interstate registration which expires 31 December, 6 December 2024 for registration on 1 January 2025

NOTE: vets  from South Australia or the ACT must register here immediately, because the veterinary Boards in those States can direct a person to be removed from the Register (providing 28 days notice to the person) if they are of the opinion the person's principal place of residence is in another State.

You do not have to pay your fees now. After you submit your application and we have checked it, we will send you an email containing a link to pay your fees.

Fees include an application processing fee and registration fees (either for a full or half year's registration depending on the time of year you will start practising in Victoria). Registration fees cover the period to 30 June, the end of the practising year. You can see fees for the current practising year at Registration fee schedule

1. Arrange for the registration or licensing authority where you are currently registered (or were last registered, unless it was Victoria) to email a letter of professional standing or license verification directly to the Board. You cannot send the letter to the Board yourself. The authority where you are registered must send the letter directly to us.
   • If you have active registration with more than one registration or licensing authority, you must arrange for all of those authorities to send the Board a letter of professional standing or license verification.
   • If you are not currently registered with any authority, you must arrange for the authority where you were last registered to send the letter or license verification (unless it was Victoria).
     
     
2. Prepare high-quality colour PDF copies of the following documents to attach to the application form:
   

   NOTE: some of the documents listed below must be witnessed or certified by authorised statutory declaration witnesses/certifiers of documents following the instructions on the Department of Justice website: statutory declarations AND certified copies of original documents. Certified documents must be certified on the front page of the copy (not a blank back page) and each page must be certified if there is more than one page. Please also note that the Board does not accept documents that have been witnessed or certified by a relative, housemate, or someone with whom you are in a relationship.

1. Download VPRBV statutory declaration form complete the declaration, then sign it in front of an authorised statutory declaration witness who must also sign the form and add their details. 
• VPRBV Statutory Declaration - WORD
• VPRBV Statutory Declaration - PDF
2. Personal resume (CV) listing all your education, work and veterinary activities up to now. If there are any gaps in your veterinary work or activities, please explain why. 
3. Certified high-quality colour scan of current photographic identification such as a passport page (all international applicants MUST supply their passport page) or the front and back of a driver's licence (Australian applicants only and both pages must be certified).
4. If you have not practised as a veterinary practitioner for 3 years or more, information to help the Board assess your current competencies and understand how you have been preparing to return to veterinary practice, e.g. any arrangements made with your proposed employer to strengthen your competencies and relevant study undertaken while you have not been practising.

NOTE we do not require the following document now but we may ask you to email it to us later if it is not filed on your previous Board record: Certified high-quality colour scan of your degree testamur (graduation certificate) or a copy of an academic transcript which specifies the date your degree was awarded.

Privacy of your information: The Board will only use and disclose personal information collected in the registration form for the purposes of registration, unless the Board has obtained your consent to use the information for additional purposes. More information: Privacy and data protection policy

If you have not practised as a veterinary practitioner for 3 or more years, there is a section in the form below where you can advise your reasons for re-registering and provide information to help the Board assess your current competencies and understand how you have been preparing to return to veterinary practice, e.g. any special arrangements you have made with your proposed employer to strengthen your competencies and any relevant study undertaken while you have not been practising.

The Board's registration decision will be based on your circumstances and the information you provide with your application. Options available to the Board in cases where a veterinary practitioner has not practised for 3 or more years are to:

1. grant general registration, in the expectation that you will follow Board Guideline 9 – Practising within areas of technical competence OR
2. grant general registration and impose conditions on your registration under section 6(3) of the Veterinary Practice Act 1997 (VPA) with a view to strengthening your general competencies in veterinary medicine. Conditions may include you being required to be supervised by another practitioner for a period of time or undertake further training. The Board may also impose a condition restricting practice to a specific field of veterinary medicine. OR
3. refuse grant of registration until you undertake further training (per Section 5(2) of the VPA which states, ‘if the Board is satisfied that an applicant would not be able to provide the standard of veterinary services ordinarily required in Victoria because the applicant has not practised as a veterinary practitioner within the 3 years preceding the application it may refuse to grant general registration unless the applicant undertakes further training approved by the Board’). An example of the training you may be required to undertake is the AVA’s Return to Work program.