Information portal of the German government for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications
The Recognition Act regulates the procedure for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications. It applies to professions regulated by federal law.
The federal states regulate the recognition of foreign professional qualifications for professions which are the responsibility of the federal states and not the federal government.
The EU Recognition Directive regulates the recognition of professional qualifications in the EU and enables free access to the labour market.
Germany has entered into bilateral agreements with Switzerland, Austria and France for the mutual recognition of vocational qualifications.
This section explains how immigration of skilled workers from third countries is regulated and looks at the role of recognition.
What Brexit means for the recognition of British professional qualifications in Germany.
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