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.