Court Interpreter - Apply for General Swearing-in

• Residence or professional establishment in Berlin • Professional competence Proof of an interpreting examination taken in Germany by a state examination office or a university or an interpreting examination abroad recognised as equivalent by a German state authority. • Personal suitability You must prove the required personal reliability for your activity. • Oath or affirmation www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gvg/__189.html Later, when you are invited to take the oath, you will have to take an oath or affirmation that you will faithfully and conscientiously translate the spoken texts into the target language.

• Application You can only be sworn in upon application, please use the online procedure. • Identity card Copy of identity card or passport with certificate of registration. For applicants who are not nationals of an EU member state: Residence title entitling to permanent gainful employment. • Curriculum vitae Curriculum vitae in tabular form with passport photo • Testimonials Proof of a successful examination as an interpreter from a state examination office or a university in Germany or of an examination passed abroad and recognised as equivalent • Certificate of good conduct for presentation to an authority service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120926/ • To verify personal reliability, information from the Federal Central Register (certificate of good conduct) is required for submission to an authority (document type O). • The information must not be older than six months. • When applying, please state "Beeidigung als Gerichtsdolmetscher/in" as the purpose of use. The receiving authority for the certificate is the "Landgericht Berlin - Dienststelle Littenstraße". You can find the current addresses under "competent authorities".

EUR 40.00 minimum fee EUR 120.00 to EUR 160.00 in total (depending on the number of languages)

• Court Interpreters Act (Gerichtsdolmetschergesetz GDolmG) § 3 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gdolmg/__3.html • Berlin Justice Act (Justizgesetz Berlin JustG Bln) Chapter 7 §§ 39 ff. gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-JustizGBEpG9 • Language Mediator Responsibility Ordinance Berlin (Sprachmittlerinnen- und Sprachmittlerzuständigkeitsverordnung Berlin SpZV BE) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-SprachmittlerZustVBErahm • Judicial Administration Costs Act Berlin (Justizverwaltungskostengesetz Berlin JVKostG Berlin ) No. 4 of the Annex to section 1 p. 2 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-JVKostGBEV14Anlage

approx. 3 months

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