Applying for recognition as a surveyor with a professional qualification from abroad

You can apply for recognition of your professional qualification as a surveyor at the competent state authority. You must submit all the necessary documents in the form of copies to the competent authority.

The competent authority will then check: Is your professional qualification equivalent to the professional qualification in your federal state? For example, the content of the training and the duration of the training are important for comparison. The competent authority will also take into account your professional experience, other qualifications and qualifications.

The competent authority will then check the other requirements. If your professional qualification is equivalent and you meet all other requirements, your professional qualification will be recognised. You will then be allowed to work as a surveyor in the federal state.

If the competent authority is unable to establish equivalence, you will receive a notification with an explanation of the main differences. In order to compensate for significant differences, you can take an adaptation period or an aptitude test. If you successfully complete the compensatory measure and meet the other requirements, you will receive recognition.

• Equivalence of your professional qualification

In order to be recognised as a surveyor, you must meet other requirements in addition to the equivalence of the professional qualification:

• Personal suitability: You are reliable for working as a surveyor.
• Health suitability: You are health-wise suitable for working as a mine surveyor.

• in German, a tabular list of the training courses completed and the gainful employment carried out
• Proof of identity
• Certificates of training acquired abroad
• Evidence of relevant professional experience and other evidence of formal qualifications required to establish the equivalence of professional qualifications
• If applicable, a certificate of entitlement to practise in the country of training
• in German, a statement as to whether and to which office an application has already been submitted and, if applicable, the decision
• a medical certificate as proof of health suitability, and a certificate from a health authority on request
• a declaration that a certificate of good conduct in accordance with § 30 of the Federal Central Register Act has been applied for at the registration authority for submission to the Land Office
• a declaration of the respective address of the existing or planned workspaces.

If your documents are not in German, you must submit German translations of your documents. Translations must be carried out by translators who are publicly appointed or authorised.

Fees may apply, please contact the relevant authority.

3 months from receipt of all necessary documents.

Forms available: No, Written form required: Yes, Informal application possible: Yes, Personal appearance required: No, online service available.

Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Building and Digitalisation, State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.