Apply for recognition of foreign educational qualifications at vocational college and technical college level for non-regulated professions

• Intention to purchase in Berlin • Training certificates obtained in a foreign country • Reference occupation is trained in Berlin according to the school law • 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.

• Application for determination of equivalence for a non-regulated state-regulated school-based vocational and further education qualification Please send the completed and signed application, together with the required documents, to the Senate Administration either online, by email or by post (copies only). • Proof of identity • Copy of identity card or passport • Copy of proof of name change, if applicable • Curriculum vitae in tabular form a tabular list of the training programmes completed and the gainful employment pursued in German • Foreign educational certificates (final certificates) with overview of subjects (copy) German translations must also be submitted for all documents that were not issued in German. For all certificates and documents or other official proof of school, university or professional qualifications, the translations must be provided by a sworn interpreter or translator. • Proof of relevant professional experience or other certificates of competence, if these are required to establish equivalence (copies) German translations must also be submitted for all documents that were not issued in German. For all certificates and documents or other official proof of school, university or professional qualifications, the translations must be provided by a sworn interpreter or translator. • Declaration as to whether an application for determination of equivalence has already been submitted and, if applicable, to which authority within the Federal Republic of Germany and with what result • If applicable, notification issued by another federal state or another authority

• Application for determination of equivalence for a non-regulated state-regulated school-based vocational and further education qualification www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/anerkennung/ausbildungsabschluesse/ant

EUR 485.00

• Berlin Professional Qualifications Assessment Act - Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz Berlin (BQFG Bln) gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-BQFGBEV5IVZ • School law - Schulgesetz (SchulG) § 61 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-SchulGBEV74P61

3 months

• Counselling centre ‘Anerkennung beruflicher Abschlüsse Plus’ (Club Dialog e.V.) www.club-dialog.de/beruf-und-bildung/ • Counselling and information centre for professional recognition (BibA) www.netzwerk-iq.de/ • Counselling centre ‘La Red Anerkennungsberatung Plus’ (La Red. e.V.) la-red.eu/portfolio/lara-plus/ • Network Integration through Qualification (IQ) www.netzwerk-iq.de/foerderprogramm-iq/programmuebersicht/ • List of state-regulated vocational qualifications at vocational schools to determine the equivalence of initial training (Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Federal States) www.kmk.org/fileadmin/Dateien/veroeffentlichungen_beschluess • Comparison of dual and state-regulated vocational training qualifications (reference list of occupations) (Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs) www.kmk.org/fileadmin/Dateien/pdf/ZAB/Berufliche_Anerkennung • List of vocational qualifications regulated by state law at technical colleges for determining the equivalence of further education and training (Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs) www.kmk.org/fileadmin/Dateien/veroeffentlichungen_beschluess • Compilation of advanced training qualifications regulated by federal law and advanced training qualifications regulated by state law (list of reference occupations) ( Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Federal States) www.kmk.org/fileadmin/Dateien/pdf/ZAB/Berufliche_Anerkennung • Recognition of foreign educational certificates with school-based vocational qualifications (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) www.berlin.de/sen/bjf/anerkennung/ausbildungsabschluesse/