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Recognition Portal - Counselling Offers
Recognition Portal - Counselling Offers
Recognition Portal - Counselling Offers
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Hotline „Arbeiten und Leben in Deutschland“
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Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) und Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Telephone consultation times*
Monday: 09:00 - 16:00
Tuesday: 09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 16:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 16:00
Friday: 09:00 - 12:00
Unfortunately, the telephone hotline is often busy. Responses to written inquiries to the hotline
can take several weeks.
The “Working and Living in Germany” hotline run by the Federal Office for Migration and
Refugees and the Federal Employment Agency offers telephone guidance.
Are you living abroad and want to apply for recognition from there? The hotline will refer you to
the Service Center for Professional Recognition (ZSBA). They will help you during the application
and offer you individual counselling and support all the way through the recognition procedure
up until your arrival in Germany.
*Local time
What happens during the counselling?
Our recommendation: First seek counselling and then apply for recognition. In this way any mistakes
in the application and delays in the processing can be avoided.
Some information is required for the counselling. The counsellor can help you better with it This
information is important:
What is the exact name of the profession or degree in your country of training?
Which qualification should be recognised?
Have you already applied for recognition? If yes, to which competent authority did you apply?
If any information or documents are missing, don’t worry. You only need all the documents for the
application itself. Do you already have documents translated into German? If so, bring these with you to
the counselling.
I don’t have all the documents yet. Can I still come for counselling?
If any information or documents are missing, don’t worry. The counsellors can help you already. They
will also tell you which documents you need in original or copy. You only need all the documents for the
application itself.
No, you do not need to have all your documents translated for the counselling. Do you already have
some German documents? If so, bring these with you to the counselling. The counsellor will tell you
whether you need to have further documents translated for your application.
The competent authority is the agency or institution which implements the recognition procedure. The
competent authority will also inform you about the procedure and whether an application is necessary.
This happens before you apply. You will find the competent authority on the following page (Your
procedure).
We recommend that you contact a counselling center before submitting your application.
In the recognition procedure, the competent authority checks the equivalence of your foreign
professional qualification. Specific documents are necessary for this equivalence assessment. These
show the content and duration of training. Your professional experience and other knowledge and skills
are taken into account. Your foreign professional qualification is recognised as equivalent if there are
no substantial differences when compared to the German professional qualification.
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In the following you can find the most important information for your application. You will find the
competent authority, information about important documents and further steps for the recognition of
your professional qualification.
Your procedure