Dienstleistungsportal Bayern

Description

Prerequisites

• You have a professional qualification as a guard, insurance advisor, insurance broker, financial investment broker, fee-based financial investment advisor or real estate loan broker from abroad.
• You would like to settle permanently in Germany and work in one of the professions mentioned.

Procedure

• You submit an "Application for recognition of foreign qualifications and training certificates" to the competent body.
• For professional qualifications from the EU/EEA/Switzerland:
  You can submit the application and documents directly to the competent body or to a single point of contact. You can also submit the application electronically via the Single Point of Contact.
• The competent body will then compare your professional qualification from abroad with the German professional qualification and check the equivalence. If your professional qualification is equivalent, it will be recognized. You will then receive the notification of equivalence (notification of recognition) by mail or electronically.
• If your professional qualification is not equivalent, it will not be recognized. You will then receive a notice of the differences in your professional qualification. You then have the right to a compensatory measure: this can be the "specific expert examination" or the "supplementary instruction". The competent body will inform you about the options. If you successfully complete the compensatory measure, you will receive the notice of equivalence.
• With the notice of equivalence, you can apply for a permit for the relevant trade. For this purpose, you must submit another application.
• You can take legal action against the decision of the competent body. The decision will then be reviewed. We recommend that you first talk to the competent authority before taking legal action against the decision.

Deadlines

None.

Sometimes documents are still missing in the procedure. The responsible office will then inform you by when you have to submit the documents.

Processing time

The competent body will confirm that your documents have arrived after a maximum of one month. The competent office will inform you if any documents are missing.

If all necessary documents are available, the procedure takes a maximum of 3 months. In individual cases, the procedure can be extended by a maximum of one month.

Required documents

• The responsible office will tell you which documents you need to submit. Important documents are generally:

  • Proof of identity (identity card or passport in officially certified copy)
  • List in tabular form of your training and professional experience (curriculum vitae)
  • Evidence of education
  • Evidence of relevant professional experience
  • Other evidence of qualifications
  • If the profession is regulated in your country of training: a certificate stating that you are authorised to practise the profession in your country of training.

  The competent authority will inform you which documents you have to submit as originals or as certified copies.

  You must submit your documents in German. The translations must be done by publicly appointed or authorised translators.

Fees

• The responsible office will inform you about the costs. The costs generally depend on the effort required for processing.

  Additional costs may arise (e.g. for translations and certifications). These costs vary individually.

Legal bases

• §§ 13c, 34a, 34d, 34f, 34h, 34i Gewerbeordnung
• § 13 Verordnung über das Bewachungsgewerbe (Bewachungsverordnung - BewachV)
• §§ 1, 4a Verordnung über die Versicherungsvermittlung und -beratung (Versicherungsvermittlungsverordnung - VersVermV)
• §§ 1, 5 Verordnung über die Finanzanlagenvermittlung (Finanzanlagenvermittlungsverordnung - FinVermV)
• §§ 1, 5 Verordnung über Immobiliardarlehensvermittlung (Immobiliardarlehensvermittlungsverordnung - ImmVermV)

Links to more information

• Informationen zur Anerkennung ausländischer Berufsqualifikationen auf "Anerkennung in Deutschland"
• Informationen zur Anerkennung ausländischer Berufsabschlüsse auf dem BQ-Portal
• Finanzielle Hilfe im Anerkennungs-Verfahren
• Einheitliche Ansprechpartner in Deutschland
• Öffentlich bestellte Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer in Deutschland

Related issues

• Foreign professional qualification; advice on recognition