Apply for recognition as a health and nursing assistant or as a nursing assistant with professional qualifications from abroad

Prerequisites

• Equivalence of your professional qualifications
• They want to work in the state.

Documents required

• Application form
• CV
• Proof of identity (identity card or passport)
• Proof of your professional qualifications (e.g. certificates, professional certificate)
• Evidence of the content and duration of your training (e.g. Diploma Supplement, Transcript of Records)
• Evidence of professional experience in the profession
• Evidence of other relevant qualifications
• Have you ever applied for recognition? Please indicate where you applied.
• You do not yet live or work in the EU, EEA or Switzerland? Then you may have to prove that you want to work in the profession in the federal state. Evidence can include applications for a job, invitations to 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 officially appointed or authorized.

Procedure

You submit an application for recognition to the responsible authority. You must submit all the necessary documents in the form of copies to the responsible authority.

The responsible body then checks: Is your foreign professional qualification equivalent to the professional qualification in the federal state? The responsible body compares the qualifications using certain criteria. Important criteria are the content and duration of the training. When checking equivalence, the responsible body also takes into account your professional experience, your other certificates of competence and qualifications.

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 professional qualifications. The differences are listed in your notice. With this notice, you can further qualify yourself in a targeted manner and later submit a new application for recognition.

If your professional qualification is not equivalent, you will not receive recognition.

Processing time

The responsible authority will confirm receipt of your application within one month. The responsible authority will inform you if further documents are required.If you have submitted all the required documents, you will receive a notification with the result within 3 months at the latest.In certain cases, the responsible authority can extend the procedure:


Duration: 3 months

Fees

No

Legal remedies

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