Apply for recognition of foreign professional qualifications (third country/ Non-EU country) as a specialist veterinarian

• License to practice medicine/ approbation service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325393/ • Equivalence of your professional qualification service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/331406/en/

• Application for recognition You can submit an application online or informally in writing by post. • Curriculum vitae Curriculum vitae in tabular form with details of further training courses completed and professional practice • Proof of identity Identity card or passport • Licence to practise or professional permit Proof of German licence to practise medicine or professional permit and proof of equivalent level of training • Proof of Qualifications Continuing education certificates and certificates of professional practice • Declaration on previous professional recognition procedures Explanation of whether you have already submitted an application for recognition to another Chamber of Veterinarians • German translation If your documents are not available in German, you must submit German translations of your documents. The translations must be done by translators who are publicly appointed or authorised.

• EUR 175,00 to EUR 475,00 per effort • Additional costs may be incurred for travel and accommodation of the testers

• Further training regulations of the Berlin Chamber of Veterinarians § 5 tieraerztekammer-berlin.de/kammerrecht/ • Berlin Health Professions Chamber Act (Bln HKG) § 37 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-HeilBKGBEV6P37 • Schedule of fees of the Berlin Chamber of Veterinarians tieraerztekammer-berlin.de/kammerrecht/

Usually within 3 months after receipt of complete documentation.

• Informationen zur Anerkennung ausländischer Berufsqualifikationen auf dem Portal Anerkennung in Deutschland www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/index.php • Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications (BQ-Portal) www.bq-portal.de/en • Finanzielle Hilfe im Anerkennungsverfahren www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/financial-support. • Öffentlich bestellte Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer in Deutschland www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/Recherche/en/ • Information on the Point of Single Contact Berlin www.berlin.de/ea/en/

The application for recognition of a foreign professional qualification as a Fachtierärztin or Fachtierarzt (specialist veterinarian) must be submitted to the Tierärztekammer Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Veterinarians).