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Apply for recognition of vocational and technical school qualifications with a foreign professional qualification




    	    

		    
Procedure

            			
You submit an application for recognition to the competent body. You can send the application by mail, send it electronically or hand it in personally. You can also submit the application from abroad. 

The competent body receives the application. It will confirm to you after a maximum of one month that the application has arrived. When the competent body has received all the documents from you, it will process your application. The competent body then checks: Is your professional qualification equivalent to a specific professional qualification in the chosen federal state? In doing so, the competent body compares the qualifications using certain criteria. Important criteria are the content and duration of the training. The competent body also takes into account your professional experience, your other certificates of competence and qualifications when carrying out the equivalence test. 

You will receive a decision with the result of the procedure. You will receive recognition if your professional qualification and the German professional qualification are equivalent. 

Sometimes there are significant differences between the professional qualifications. The differences are listed in your notification. You can use this decision to obtain further qualifications and later submit a new application for an equivalence determination. 

If your professional qualification is not equivalent at all, you will not receive recognition.

			
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