Anerkennung als Pflegeassistenzkraft mit Berufsqualifikation aus dem Ausland beantragen

You have acquired a professional qualification as a nursing assistant abroad. Would you like to work in this profession in Germany? You can have your foreign professional qualification officially recognized.

You can have a qualification as a nursing assistant from abroad officially recognized in Germany.

Please note: Your qualification must be state-recognized in the country in which you trained. Informal or non-formal qualifications cannot be officially recognized in Germany.

You apply for recognition from the competent authority in the federal state in which you wish to work. To do this, you must submit an application with all the necessary documents to the relevant state authority.

The competent authority will then carry out an equivalence assessment. The competent authority will compare your professional qualification from abroad with the professional qualification in the federal state. Important criteria for the comparison are the content and duration of the training.

You will receive a decision on the outcome of the procedure. The decision will list any existing and any missing professional qualifications.

• Application form
• Curriculum vitae
• Proof of identity (identity card or passport)
• Proof of your professional qualification (e.g. certificates, professional certificate)
• Proof of the content and duration of your training (e.g. diploma supplement, transcript of records)
• Proof of professional experience in the profession
• Proof of other relevant qualifications
• Have you already submitted an application for recognition? If so, please indicate the office to which you submitted the application.
• Do you not yet live or work in the EU, EEA or Switzerland? Then you may need to provide proof: You want to work in the profession in the federal state. Proof can be, for example, applications for a job, invitations to job interviews or a location note from the Central Service Center for Professional Recognition (ZSBA).

If your documents are not in German, you must submit German translations of your documents. The translations must be made by translators who are publicly appointed or authorized.

• For recognition: Equivalence of your professional qualification
• For the application: Submission of the complete documents

You submit an application for recognition to the competent body. You must submit all the necessary documents to the competent body.

The competent body will then check: Is your foreign professional qualification equivalent to the professional qualification in the federal state? 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 check.

You will receive a notification with the result of the procedure. You will receive recognition if your professional qualification and the professional qualification in the federal state are equivalent.

Sometimes there are significant differences between the professional qualifications. The differences are listed in your notification (adaptation measures). You can use this notification to gain further qualifications. Once you have successfully completed the adaptation measure, your application can be recognized.

If your professional qualification is not equivalent at all, you will not receive recognition and your application will be rejected.

You can take legal action against the decision of the competent authority within a certain period of time (for example, by lodging an objection). The decision will then be reviewed. Details can be found in the information on legal remedies at the end of your decision. You should first speak to the responsible office before taking legal action against the decision.

• Foreign professional qualification as a nursing assistant Recognition
• A foreign professional qualification as a nursing assistant can be officially recognized.
• Prerequisite: Equivalence of the professional qualification
• Documents to be submitted: Application form, CV, proof of identity, proof of training, relevant professional experience, other qualifications, information about a previous application for recognition, proof of intention to work
• Processing time: 3 months from receipt of all necessary documents. In certain cases, the competent authority may extend the procedure.
• Fees: the procedure is subject to a fee