Detailed description
The professional recognition of the Hamburg Institute for Vocational Training (HIBB) is a professional recognition body for professions regulated by state law in Hamburg and is responsible for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications.
You can download the application form or request it by e-mail from hibb-berufsankennkennung@hibb.hamburg.de.
Upon receipt of the application, an acknowledgment of receipt will be sent.
The processing time for applications for recognition is three months by law.
If the application is submitted with complete documents in a notarized photocopy, the notification will be sent to you after the application has been checked.
If the documents submitted are a simple photocopy, you will be invited to the interview after your application has been reviewed in order to present original documents.