Psychology License from Georgia to Illinois: Does It Transfer? (2026)

Last verified: 2026-08-07 · source: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation — Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board ↗

A psychology license transfers from Georgia to Illinois by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation — Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board, verify your Georgia license, and meet Illinois's endorsement requirements. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — an ENDORSEMENT applicant must have ASPPB send an official original EPPP score report directly to the Department. Illinois has no separate state jurisprudence examination for clinical psychologists..

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Verdict

Licensure by endorsement

Both Georgia and Illinois are PSYPACT participants, which helps you right up until you actually relocate. As long as Georgia remains your licensed home state, the compact lets you treat Illinois clients by telehealth (APIT) and work in Illinois in person for up to 30 days per calendar year (TAP). None of that makes you licensed in Illinois. A permanent move puts you in front of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation — Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board for endorsement — your EPPP score carries over rather than being retaken, but the degree, supervised experience, jurisprudence exam, and background check are all reviewed on Illinois's terms.

What changes, Georgia → Illinois

Side-by-side: Georgia vs Illinois (Psychology (licensed psychologist)), verified 2026-08-07
	Georgia (current)	Illinois (destination)
PSYPACT status	PSYPACT member — multistate license honored	PSYPACT member — multistate license honored
Application fee	$110 ($110 Application Initiation/Registration form fee payable to the Board, which includes a $10 mail-in application processing fee. Separate and additional: the ASPPB PLUS application fee payable to ASPPB, all exam fees payable to the exam vendors, the Fieldprint/GAPS fingerprint fee, and an optional temporary license (available only to endorsement and CPQ applicants) at $100)	$100 (ENDORSEMENT licensure-method application fee for profession code 071, per the IDFPR Licensed Clinical Psychologist application packet; the SENIOR PSYCHOLOGIST method is also $100, while EXAMINATION and ACCEPTANCE OF EXAMINATION are $50. Application fees are nonrefundable.)
Processing time	~4 weeks (Board states applications are generally processed within 20 business days of receipt; a deficiency letter restarts the 20-day count, and an application may also have to wait for a Board meeting (it must be complete at least 15 days before the meeting))	~6 weeks (The IDFPR application packet instructs applicants to 'allow 6 weeks from mailing your application before making an inquiry concerning its status.' That is the Department's stated floor for a status inquiry, not a promised decision date, and no upper bound is published — hence the open-ended range.)
Licensing authority	Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division)	Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation — Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board

The destination column is what you must satisfy — Illinois sets the rules for this move.

Step by step

Confirm Illinois's current requirements on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation — Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board website (linked below) — rules change.
Submit the endorsement application to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation — Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board (application linked below).
Arrange license verification from your current state.
Be actively licensed as a Clinical Psychologist (or equivalent) in another state or U.S. jurisdiction whose requirements were substantially equivalent to Illinois' when the license was issued.
Arrange for ASPPB to send an official EPPP score report directly to the Department.
Have Certification of Licensure (CT form) sent directly from your first state of psychologist licensure and from the state where you have most recently practiced.
Document at least two years of satisfactory supervised experience on VE-PSY forms — one year internship and one year postdoctoral — unless substituting current National Register HSP credentialing plus five years of independent doctoral-level practice.
Submit the ED form and official transcripts from every institution where graduate psychology coursework was completed (APA-accredited program evidence may replace course syllabi).
Pay the fees ($100 (ENDORSEMENT licensure-method application fee for profession code 071, per the IDFPR Licensed Clinical Psychologist application packet; the SENIOR PSYCHOLOGIST method is also $100, while EXAMINATION and ACCEPTANCE OF EXAMINATION are $50. Application fees are nonrefundable.)) and allow ~6 weeks (The IDFPR application packet instructs applicants to 'allow 6 weeks from mailing your application before making an inquiry concerning its status.' That is the Department's stated floor for a status inquiry, not a promised decision date, and no upper bound is published — hence the open-ended range.).

Official links

Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation — Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board ↗Illinois application ↗Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact ↗

Frequently asked questions

Does Illinois accept a Georgia psychology license?

Do I retake the EPPP moving from Georgia to Illinois?

No — the EPPP is passed once and your score is verified rather than retaken. EPPP passing score transfers (not retaken) — an ENDORSEMENT applicant must have ASPPB send an official original EPPP score report directly to the Department. Illinois has no separate state jurisprudence examination for clinical psychologists..

What does the move cost?

$100 (ENDORSEMENT licensure-method application fee for profession code 071, per the IDFPR Licensed Clinical Psychologist application packet; the SENIOR PSYCHOLOGIST method is also $100, while EXAMINATION and ACCEPTANCE OF EXAMINATION are $50. Application fees are nonrefundable.) (ENDORSEMENT licensure-method application fee for profession code 071, per the IDFPR Licensed Clinical Psychologist application packet; the SENIOR PSYCHOLOGIST method is also $100, while EXAMINATION and ACCEPTANCE OF EXAMINATION are $50. Application fees are nonrefundable.).

How long will it take?

~6 weeks (The IDFPR application packet instructs applicants to 'allow 6 weeks from mailing your application before making an inquiry concerning its status.' That is the Department's stated floor for a status inquiry, not a promised decision date, and no upper bound is published — hence the open-ended range.) — The IDFPR application packet instructs applicants to 'allow 6 weeks from mailing your application before making an inquiry concerning its status.' That is the Department's stated floor for a status inquiry, not a promised decision date, and no upper bound is published — hence the open-ended range..

Georgia and Illinois are both PSYPACT states — doesn't my license transfer automatically?

No. PSYPACT never transfers a license, including between two participating states. It authorizes telepsychology into Illinois (APIT) and in-person practice there for up to 30 days a year (TAP) while your license stays in Georgia. Relocating to Illinois requires licensure by endorsement from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation — Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board like any other applicant.

Can I start seeing Illinois clients before my Illinois license is issued?

While your Georgia license remains active and is your home-state license, a PSYPACT authorization can cover Illinois clients by telepsychology, and a TAP covers up to 30 days a year of in-person work there. Those are the compact's limits, and they end when Georgia stops being your licensed home state — they are a bridge during a transition, not a substitute for the Illinois license.

Sources

Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-08-07.

Reviewed by Billy Reiner, Editor · verified against primary sources 2026-08-07

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