Recognising foreign professional qualifications - professional recognition

• Professional qualification acquired abroad • Original documents or a certified copy • Documents in German language (translation) If the documents are written in another language, you may also need a translation by a publicly appointed translator. Please contact the responsible office. • For online applications: registration/login via BundID service.berlin.de/nutzerkonten/bundid/ To submit your application online, log in with your BundID account. If you do not yet have a BundID account, please register with BundID. The basic registration with a user name and password is sufficient for this.

• The training courses you have completed and the jobs you have done tabular listing • Information about your current place of residence • Proof of identity • Training certificates acquired abroad • Evidence of relevant professional experience or other qualifications If they are required for the determination of equivalence • Declaration as to whether and to which office you have already applied for a determination of equivalence • If necessary, notification of determination of equivalence • If necessary, further documents Depending on the profession, additional documents may be required. Please contact the responsible office.

• Applications and forms can be found on the website of the responsible office or you can use the online portal of the Point of Single Contact Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/information/getting-a-profession-recogni

• None: online portal and service of the Point of Single Contact Berlin • Different: depending on the effort and legal regulations for your profession • Additional costs: e.g. for translations, certifications, compensatory measures

• The relevant federal or state law for performing the respective profession shall apply. You will find further information about this in the "Recognition in Germany" portal. Further laws may apply depending on the profession in question. Please contact the relevant office. • Directive 2005/36/EG - Professional Qualification Recognition Directive eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.20 • Berlin Professional Qualifications Assessment Act - Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz Berlin (BQFG Bln) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-BQFGBErahmen • Law on the Point of Single Contact for the State of Berlin (EAG Bln) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-EAnsprPGBE2009rahmen

A decision is made within 3 months, provided that all required documents are submitted to the relevant office.

• Recognition in Germany - Recognition Finder www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/de/interest/finder/profess • Go to “Recognition in Germany” portal www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php • User Guide to the Professional Recognition Directive www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/einh • Working and Living in Germany Hotline www.make-it-in-germany.com/de/service/kontakt/e-mail • Berlin Advice Hotline for the Recognition of Foreign Professional Qualifications www.berlin.de/lb/intmig/themen/ausbildung-und-arbeit/mehrspr • Point of Single Contact Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/information/getting-a-profession-recogni Diese Dienstleistung können Sie auch online über das des Einheitlichen Ansprechpartners erhalten. Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner Berlin service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327647/

"Anerkennungs-Finder" [recognition finder] • Find the office responsible for the recognition of your professional qualification. (see "Further information") Berliner Beratungshotline zur Anerkennung ausländischer Berufsabschlüsse [Berlin advisory hotline for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications] • The Berlin advisory hotline is available to international skilled workers who work or want to work in Berlin. (see "Further information") Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner Berlin [Single Point of Contact Berlin] • The Einheitlicher Ansprechpartner Berlin [Single Point of Contact Berlin] is available primarily to skilled workers with professional qualifications from EU countries. Many applications can be submitted online through the EA; the EA is also available to national and international skilled workers with general information and helps you find the authority responsible for recognition.