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Recognize professional qualifications from other countries - Security guard / insurance consultant / insurance intermediary / financial investment intermediary / fee-based financial investment consultant / real estate loan intermediary

Berufsqualifikation aus dem Ausland anerkennen - Bewacher / Versicherungsberater / Versicherungsvermittler / Finanzanlagenvermittler / Honorar-Finanzanlagenberater / Immobiliardarlehensvermittler
Official English page German-only parts machine-translated, 2026-09-15
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Requirements

• Foreign professional qualification You have a professional qualification as: • Security guard, • Insurance consultant, • Insurance intermediary, • Financial investment brokers, • Fee-based financial investment adviser or • Real estate loan broker from a foreign country. • Intended practice of the profession in Germany You would like to reside permanently in Germany and work in one of the professions mentioned above.

Documents you need

• Request for equivalence assessment informal request in text form If necessary, you will receive separate forms from the responsible authorities. • Proof of identity Copy of identity card or passport • Tabular curriculum vitae List in table form with your education and professional experience • Proof of your professional qualification Proof of education and training or documents relating to relevant professional experience or other evidence of formal qualifications, such as further training, where these are necessary to establish equivalence. • Declaration on the first-time application A declaration that no application for determination of equivalence has been made so far. • If necessary, a certificate from the authority in your country of training Only if your profession is regulated in the country in which you have been trained do you also have to submit a certificate from the authority in the country in which you have been trained confirming that you are authorised to practise the profession in the country in which you have been trained.

Fees

• between 5,00 and 5.000,00 Euro depending on the complexity and legal regulations • if necessary, additional costs for translations, certifications or compensatory measures

Legal basis

• Gesetz über die Feststellung der Gleichwertigkeit von Berufsqualifikationen (BQFG) [Act on the Determination of the Equivalence of Professional Qualifications] www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bqfg/index.html#BJNR251510011BJNE • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) [Trade Regulation Act] § 13c www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__13c.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 34a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__34a.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 34d www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__34d.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 34f www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__34f.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 34h www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__34h.html • Gewerbeordnung (GewO) § 34i www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gewo/__34i.html • Bewachungsverordnung (BewachV) [Ordinance on Security Services] §§ 1, 4, 5a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bewachv_2019/BJNR069200019.html • Versicherungsvermittlungsverordnung (VersVermV) [Insurance Mediation Ordinance] §§ 1, 4a www.gesetze-im-internet.de/versvermv_2018/index.html#BJNR248 • Finanzanlagenvermittlungsverordnung (FinVermV) [Financial Investment Brokerage Ordinance] §§ 1, 5 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/finvermv/index.html#BJNR100610012 • Immobiliardarlehensvermittlungsverordnung (ImmVermV) [Mortgage Credit Intermediation Ordinance] §§ 1, 5 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/immvermv/index.html#BJNR104610016 • Gesetz über Gebühren und Beiträge (GebBtrG BE) [Berlin Act on Fees and Contributions] § 8 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-GebBtrGBEV10P8

Processing time

After a maximum of one month, the competent authority will confirm that your documents have been received. The competent authority will inform you if any documents are missing. If all the necessary documents are available, the procedure takes a maximum of 3 months. In individual cases, the procedure can be extended by a maximum of one month.

Further information

• Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications on "Recognition in Germany" www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php • User Guide to the Professional Recognition Directive www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/wirtschaft/einh • Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications on the BQ-Portal www.bq-portal.de/en • Financial assistance in the recognition procedure www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/financial-support. • Information about the Point of Single Contact Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/ • Publicly appointed translators in Germany www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/ • Security guarding business - permit service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/124508/en/ • Insurance consultant - approval service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327717/en/ • Insurance intermediary - approval service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/150276/en/ • Financial investment broker - permit service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327479/en/ • Remunerated Financial Investment Consultant - permit service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327481/en/ • Real estate loan broker - permit service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/327968/en/

Who is responsible

Den Antrag auf Gleichwertigkeitsprüfung Ihrer ausländischen Berufsqualifikation können Sie in Berlin stellen, wenn Sie beabsichtigen in Berlin in einem dieser regelmentierten Berufe tätig zu werden. → You can submit the application for the equivalence assessment (Gleichwertigkeitsprüfung) of your foreign professional qualification in Berlin if you intend to work in Berlin in one of these regulated professions.

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Original

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Service number 329550 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/329550/