• You would like to be entered in the register of skilled crafts and trades as an owner or proprietor or as a company manager, but the master craftsman's examination is an unreasonable burden? Then you may be able to apply for an exemption.

  • If, as an immigrant of German descent, you wish to exercise a trade subject to registration on a self-employed basis, then there are special regulations for the registration of your trade in the register of skilled crafts.

  • If you have successfully completed an engineering degree or obtained a technician's degree, you can become self-employed in the trade requiring admission to which the study or school focus of your examination corresponds.

  • If you have successfully passed the examination for the master craftsman's diploma and wish to practice a craft subject to licensing on a self-employed basis, you must register your business in the register of craftsmen.

  • If you wish to exercise an unlicensed trade or a trade similar to a trade on a self-employed basis, you must notify your Chamber of Crafts of the start of the commercial activity.

  • If you are entered in the register of owners of a business in an unlicensed trade or a trade similar to a trade and you give up the business, you must have your entry deleted at the responsible Chamber of Crafts.

  • If you are looking for or starting a new job or training, you can, for example, have your expenses for application documents or for travel to an interview reimbursed by your employment agency or job centre.

  • If you are looking for or starting a new job or training program, you can, for example, have your expenses for application documents or for travel to an interview reimbursed by your employment agency.

  • If you wish to apply for unemployment benefits, you must register as unemployed electronically in the specialist portal of the Federal Employment Agency or in person at the employment agency responsible for your place of residence.

  • If your training or employment relationship ends, you must register as a jobseeker at least 3 months in advance.