License Transfers
HOW TO TRANSFER YOUR LICENSE
If you would like to transfer a license from another state or country, take the following steps.
Please Note: Hair technician license transfer requires a unique transfer process. To learn more, click here.
FOR DOMESTIC TRANSFERS
STEP 1:
Complete the Domestic License Transfer Application
STEP 2:
Contact each state in which you have been licensed and request to have Certification(s) of Licensure sent directly to the Board office
STEP 3:
Include original passing results from required exams
FOR FOREIGN LICENSE TRANSFERS
STEP 1:
Obtain a foreign credentials evaluation report.
All foreign documents from another country, including records in English, must be evaluated by a board-approved credentialing agency at the applicant's expense.
Choose one of the following agencies to begin the evaluation of your foreign training documentation:
- SpanTran: The Evaluation Company
- Josef Silny & Associates: International Education Consultants
- AEQUO International: Professional Credentials Evaluation
STEP 2:
Go to a Minnesota cosmetology school.
With your foreign credentials evaluation report, contact a Minnesota cosmetology school. The school will evaluate your report to determine if it meets or exceeds what is required in Minnesota curriculum, or if additional training is necessary. The Practical Skills Test must be scheduled and taken with the same school. The school will provide a Foreign Transfer Course Completion Certificate.
STEP 3:
Take and pass all required tests.
Take and pass all three written tests with PSI. See our testing page for more guidance.
STEP 4:
Complete the Foreign License Transfer Application.
See forms below for translated versions. Submit your completed application along with your Foreign Transfer Course Completion Certificate and all three written test results.