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# Recognition of professional qualifications

Did you obtain professional qualifications abroad and would you like to work in your profession in Germany? Find out here what you need to do to have foreign professional qualifications recognised and considered on an equal footing with German qualifications.

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If you have the job title "health care and nursing staff" or "health care and nursing staff". you need a permit. You can find out more here.

If you want to use the professional title "occupational therapist" or occupational therapist, you need a permit.

If you have the professional title "physical therapist", you need a permit. You can find out more here.
Assistance These Assistance Services support you in exercising your rights and fulfilling your duties in the European internal market.
The pan-European network of  Points of Single Contact can provide you with details of any legal requirements and help you to complete relevant procedures.The assistance centre provides information for citizens from the EU, the EEA and Switzerland on the recognition of professional qualifications in Germany.The Office for the equal treatment of EU Workers provides information about living and working in Germany in simple easy-to-understand language in 11 languages.