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Special regulations apply to the employment of foreign personnel. Find out about topics such as the free movement of workers, secondment, authorization procedures or special offers for personnel from abroad.

Formalities

Here you will find information about formalities related to this subject:

• Agricultural and home economics professions; application for determination of equivalence of professional qualification.

  You can have the equivalence of a foreign (non-academic) agricultural vocational training with a German comparable occupation (e.g. farmer, animal farmer, gardener, home economist) confirmed.

• AOK Betriebswirt/-in; application for recognition of foreign qualification

  The AOK Betriebswirt/in qualification is not regulated in Bavaria. Recognition of your qualification is not mandatory for taking up a job, but can be useful, for example, to increase your chances in the application process.

• Pharmacist; application for a license to practice pharmacy

  You can apply for a license to practice pharmacy if you have completed your pharmaceutical training in Bavaria or in an EU member state, an EEA member state or in Switzerland and wish to practice the profession of pharmacist in Bavaria.

• Pharmacist; application for a license to practice in the case of training in a third country

  Pharmacists can apply for a license to practice pharmacy if they have completed their pharmaceutical training outside of an EU member state, an EEA member state or Switzerland and wish to practice the pharmacy profession in Bavaria.

• Pharmacist; application for a permit to temporarily exercise the profession of pharmacist

  If you want to practice the profession of pharmacist in the Federal Republic of Germany without a license to practice as a pharmacist, you need a permit.

• List of architects; application for registration
  You may only use the professional titles "architect", "interior architect" and "landscape architect" in Bavaria if you are registered under this title in the list of architects at the Bavarian Chamber of Architects.
• Doctor; application for a license to practice medicine
  Doctors can apply for a license to practice medicine if they have completed their medical training in Bavaria or in an EU member state, an EEA contracting state or in Switzerland and wish to work as a doctor in Bavaria.
• Doctor; application for a license to practice medicine in the case of training in a third country

  Doctors can apply for a license to practice medicine if they have completed their medical training outside an EU member state, an EEA member state or Switzerland and wish to work as a doctor in Bavaria.

• Doctor; application for a permit to temporarily exercise the medical profession

  If you want to practice medicine in the Federal Republic of Germany without a license to practice medicine, you need a permit.

• Residence permit; General information

  Non-EU nationals can be granted and extended a residence permit for various residence purposes (e.g. employment, study, au pair, family reunification).

• Residence permit; application for au pair employees

  An au-pair from a country outside the EU requires a residence permit (visa or residence permit), which explicitly allows the exercise of au-pair employment, in order to take up employment.

• Residence permit; application for family reunification with foreigners

  You can apply for a residence permit for family reunification.

• Residence permit; application for the purpose of gainful employment in the case of qualified employment as a skilled worker with academic training

  If you have a university degree and wish to pursue employment in Germany for which the degree qualifies you, you can obtain a corresponding residence permit under certain conditions.

• Residence permit; application for the purpose of study

  Foreign nationals from countries outside the EU who wish to study in Germany can apply for a residence permit.

• Training professions in the field of the administration of justice; application for the determination of the equivalence of a foreign professional qualification
  You can have the equivalence of a foreign, non-academic professional training in the field of administration of justice with a German comparable profession (e.g. paralegal or notary clerk) determined.
• Foreign workers under a contract for work and services; notification of posting

  If you, as a foreign company, wish to send foreign workers to Germany for a short period of time for assembly and disassembly work within the framework of work supply contracts, you must notify in advance under certain conditions.

• Study abroad; application for recognition

  Study and examination achievements obtained at a foreign university can be recognized.

• Civil servant; application for recognition of a foreign qualification
  The profession of "civil servant" is regulated in Bavaria, as certain training is regularly required. This means that the foreign professional qualification must be recognized by the competent body.
• Mountain and ski guide; application for recognition of a foreign qualification

  The profession "mountain and ski guide" is regulated in Bavaria. This means that you must have a recognition of your foreign qualification if you want to work in this profession in Bavaria not only temporarily or occasionally.

• Profession in the skilled crafts sector; applying for recognition of a foreign professional qualification

  If you want to work permanently on a self-employed basis in around 200 professions, you do not need a specific professional qualification. You do not have to have your foreign professional qualification recognized. However, you have the right to a recognition procedure.

• Occupation in industry, commerce and services; application for recognition of foreign professional qualification for federally regulated occupation

  If you have an educational qualification from abroad, you can apply for official recognition of your educational qualification.

• Profession in industry, trade and service; application for recognition of foreign professional qualification for profession regulated by state law

  If you have earned a degree abroad in a profession that is regulated by state law in Bavaria, you can have it recognized. Recognition can give you better opportunities in the Bavarian job market.

• Professions in the spa sector; application for the determination of equivalence of a foreign qualification.

  You can apply for a determination of the equivalence of a foreign qualification for the profession "Fachangestellte/-r für Bäderbetriebe" and for further training to become a certified master craftswoman/ master craftsman for pool operations.

• Employment of foreign workers; application for prior approval.

  If you as an employer wish to employ foreign skilled workers who come from third countries, the Federal Employment Agency must generally give its consent. You can have it checked in advance whether the requirements for approval are met.

• Cable car operations manager; application for recognition of a foreign qualification
  If you have worked abroad as a cable car operator and would now like to practice your profession in Bavaria, you will need recognition of your foreign qualification.
• EU Blue Card; Application

  The EU Blue Card can be applied for by non-EU nationals with an academic or equivalent level of qualification who intend to take up employment in Germany.

• Permanent residence-EU; application for permission

  Foreigners from non-EU countries who have resided legally in Germany for a long time and have integrated themselves both economically and socially can, under certain conditions, be granted "Permission for Permanent Residence-EU".

• Posting of employees to Germany; registration and other obligations

  When posting employees to Germany, the Employee Posting Act must be observed.

• Trades requiring a permit; application for recognition of a foreign professional qualification

  To work as a guardian, insurance advisor, insurance intermediary, financial investment intermediary, fee-based financial investment advisor or real estate loan intermediary, you must have your professional qualifications from abroad recognized.

• European professional card; validity check

  Employers, professional associations or other concerned parties can check the validity of a European Professional Card online. To do so, they need the reference number and the personal identification data of the applicant.

• Medical specialist; application for recognition of a foreign specialist qualification from the EU

  If you have acquired a specialist qualification in the EU, in a state of the European Economic Area or to which Germany and the European Union have granted a corresponding legal right, you can apply for recognition.

• Specialist; application for recognition of a foreign specialist qualification from a third country.

  If you have a specialist qualification from a state outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, you can apply for recognition under certain circumstances.

• Driving instructor's license; application for recognition of foreign professional qualification

  You would like to work as a driving instructor in Germany? Then you need a driving instructor's license. Even with a professional qualification from abroad, you can obtain a driving instructor's license in Germany - if the legal requirements are met.

• Forestry professions; application for determination of equivalence of professional qualification
  You can have the equivalence of a foreign (non-academic) forestry vocational training with a German comparable occupation confirmed.
• Sign language interpreter; application for recognition of non-Bavarian professional qualification

  The profession of interpreter for German Sign Language is regulated in Bavaria. If you have a non-Bavarian qualification, it must be recognized if you wish to be publicly appointed and sworn in by the court.

• Certified social insurance specialist (specializing in statutory pension and miners' social insurance); application for recognition of a foreign qualification

  You can apply for recognition of the profession of social insurance specialist.

• Healthcare professions; application for permission to use the professional title

  If you wish to carry out an activity in Germany under a protected professional title, you need a license.

• Industrial-technical and commercial professions; application for recognition of a foreign qualification

  You can apply for the recognition of an industrial-technical and commercial profession that is not regulated in Bavaria.

• International road haulage; application for a driver attestation
  If you employ driving personnel from non-EU countries, you must apply for a driver's certificate for them.
• Farrier; application for the determination of the equivalence of the professional qualification

  You can have the equivalence of an examination certificate obtained outside the scope of the Farriery Act or abroad and its consideration for state recognition as a farrier confirmed.

• Farrier; application for admission to the farriery examination and state recognition.

  The state recognition as a farrier can be applied for at the responsible authority if the proof of the successfully passed farrier examination is presented.

• Engineer; application for permission to use the professional title

  If you would like to use the professional title "Ingenieurin" or "Ingenieur" in Germany, but have completed the associated training abroad, you need a permit to use the professional title.

• Childhood pedagogue; application for permission to use the professional title with professional qualification from abroad

  You can apply for state recognition as a childhood educator.

• Food chemist; application for recognition of professional qualification

  In order to practice the profession of "State-certified food chemist" and in Germany as a national of a member state of the EU/EEA or a third country, you require recognition of the training acquired abroad.

• Food chemist; application for certificates by EU citizens.
  For the temporary exercise of the profession of "State-certified food chemist" in Germany, nationals of a member state of the EU/EEA receive various certificates.
• Public school teaching; application for recognition of foreign teaching qualification.
  If you have acquired a teaching qualification abroad and are seeking to acquire a qualification for this teaching profession in Bavaria, the foreign professional qualification must be recognized by the competent body.
• List of consulting engineers; application for registration
  You can apply for registration in the list of consulting engineers.
• Marksman; application for recognition
  Certain activities in mining may only be carried out by persons who can prove their reliability and expertise. This is verified by the recognition authority.
• National visa; application and extension

  For entry for longer-term stays (over 90 days) or stays leading to gainful employment, foreigners requiring a visa need a national visa.

• Settlement permit; application

  The settlement permit is an unlimited residence title and entitles the holder to pursue gainful employment. The requirements for issuance differ depending on the purpose of residence.

• Emergency paramedic; application for permission to use the professional title in case of professional qualification from EU/EEA/Switzerland
  You would like to work as an emergency paramedic in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognized.
• Emergency paramedic; application for permission to use the professional title with training from a third country.
  You would like to work as an emergency paramedic in Germany? Then you need a state permit. To obtain the state permit, you can have your foreign professional qualification recognized.
• Nursing professions; application for permission to use the professional title in the case of a foreign professional qualification

  If you wish to work in Germany under the protected professional title of "nursing specialist", "health and children's nurse" or "geriatric nurse", you need a permit.

• Nursing assistant; application for the recognition of foreign vocational training

  You can have a school/vocational qualification in nursing assistance acquired abroad checked for equivalence with Bavarian vocational training as a "nursing assistant (geriatric nursing)" or "nursing assistant (nursing)".

• Seasonal employment of foreigners; application for a work permit

  For the temporary employment of people from Georgia and the Republic of Moldova as seasonal workers, you as an employer must apply for a work permit from the Federal Employment Agency.

• Social pedagogue; application for permission to use the professional title in case of professional qualification from abroad
  You can apply for state recognition as a social pedagogue.
• Social pedagogical and social care professions; application for recognition of a foreign qualification

  If you would like to work permanently in Bavaria in a specific social education and social care profession, you can apply for recognition of your foreign qualification.

• Social insurance clerk; application for recognition of a foreign qualification (specialization: general health insurance)

  The profession of social insurance clerk is not regulated in Germany. Recognition of your qualification is not mandatory for taking up a job, but can be useful, for example, to increase your chances in the application process.

• Social insurance clerk (specializing in statutory pension and accident insurance); application for recognition of foreign qualification

  You can apply for recognition of the profession of social insurance clerk.

• Late repatriates; application for recognition of a certificate or qualification for an IHK occupation

  If you are a late repatriate and have a vocational training qualification in industry, commerce or the service sector, your vocational training certificate or qualification may be recognized under certain conditions.

• City planner list; application for registration

  You can apply for registration in the list of urban planners at the Bavarian Chamber of Architects.

• Tax consultant; application for admission to aptitude test in case of foreign professional qualification

  In order to be appointed as a tax consultant, you must have successfully passed the tax consultant examination. Under certain conditions, however, it is possible to take an aptitude test.

• Veterinarian; application for recognition of a foreign certificate of further training from the EU

  You can apply for recognition of a continuing education certificate from the EU or the EEA and the award of the corresponding German designation

• Veterinarian; application for a license to practice veterinary medicine

  Veterinarians can apply for a license to practice veterinary medicine if they have completed their veterinary training in Bavaria or in an EU member state, an EEA member state or in Switzerland and wish to practice veterinary medicine in Bavaria.

• Veterinary surgeon; application for licensure in case of training in a third country

  Veterinarians can apply for a license to practice veterinary medicine if they have completed their veterinary training outside an EU member state, an EEA member state or Switzerland and wish to practice veterinary medicine in Bavaria.

• Veterinary surgeon; application for permission to temporarily practice veterinary medicine

  If you want to practice the veterinary profession in the Federal Republic of Germany without a license as a veterinarian, you need a permit.

• Translator and interpreter; application for recognition of a non-Bavarian qualification

  You can apply for recognition of your non-Bavarian academic degree or other professional training with a state examination if you wish to be publicly appointed and sworn in by the court as a "translator" and "interpreter".

• Environmental engineering professions; application for determination of equivalence of a foreign qualification.

  The environmental engineering professions and the corresponding master craftsman training courses are not regulated. However, you can apply for a determination of equivalence of a foreign qualification.

• List of external service providers; application for registration with the Bavarian Chamber of Architects

  Out-of-town architects and urban planners may apply for registration in the list of out-of-town service providers.

• Continuing education in nursing; application for recognition of an equivalent qualification.

  If you have completed a comparable continuing education course in nursing outside of Bavaria (in another federal state or abroad) or have otherwise passed an examination, you can apply to the VdPB for recognition of the qualification.

• Contract for work and services procedure; application for consent to employ foreign workers under contracts for work and services

  If you, as a foreign employer, wish to send foreign workers to Germany under government agreements to perform work contracts, the Federal Employment Agency must first give its approval.

• Dentist; application for a permit to practise the dental profession temporarily

  If you want to practice the dental profession in the Federal Republic of Germany without a license to practice as a dentist, you need a permit.

• Craft trade subject to licensing; application for recognition of a foreign professional qualification

  You can enter your professional qualification from abroad in the Register of Craftsmen. To do this, you must have your professional qualification recognized by the Chamber of Skilled Crafts.

Further information

More information about this subject:

• Internetportal "Make it in Germany"

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• Merkblatt "Beschäftigung ausländischer Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland" - Informationen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit

  Fragen, Antworten sowie Tipps für Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitgeber

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