Foreign professional qualification Recognition as an officially recognised examiner for motor vehicle traffic

You can also apply if you do not yet live in Germany.

• You can send the application by post to the competent office. Do not send originals!
• Perhaps you can send the application by e-mail. Ask your responsible office beforehand. At a later stage in the recognition procedure, you may need to submit the original documents or the certified copies.

• The competent authority receives the application. It will confirm to you after one month at the latest that the application has been received. Once the competent body has received all the documents from you, it will process your application.
• The competent authority carries out an equivalence test: it compares your professional qualification with the German professional qualification. In doing so, the competent body shall take into account your professional experience, other qualifications and qualifications. In some cases, the competent body also checks other conditions, e.g. Your knowledge of German or your personal suitability.
• The procedure takes a maximum of 3 months. In certain cases, the competent body may prolong the procedure. At the end, the competent authority will send you a notification with the result.

Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Transport and Digitalisation

• Friedrichswall 1
  30159 Hanover, Germany
• Phone: +49 511 120 0

The competent authority will inform you which documents you must show in the original or hand in as copies. Some copies must be officially certified. We recommend that you do not send originals by post.

You must present your documents in German. The translations must be made by publicly appointed or authorised translators.

• Application form from the competent body
• If there is no application form: an informal application
• Proof of identity (e.g. passport or identity card)
• Marriage certificate (if your name has changed due to marriage)
• Curriculum vitae
• Proof of your professional qualification (e.g. certificates, professional certificate)
• Proof of content and duration of your education (e.g. Diploma Supplement, Transcript of Records)
• Proof of your professional experience in your profession (e.g. employment references)
• Proof of your other qualifications (e.g. continuing vocational training, seminars)
• You may have to prove that you are allowed to work in the profession in your country of training.
• Information about an application for recognition that has already been submitted. Then indicate to which body you have submitted the application.

• Maybe more documents

• You have to pay money for the procedure. The competent authority will inform you of the exact costs.
• Perhaps other costs, e.g. for translations, certifications or compensatory measures
• Financial support information

• No later than one month after receipt of your application by the competent body: the competent body will inform you of the receipt of the documents. It will let you know if documents are missing. The procedure starts when the documents are complete.
• After 3 months at the latest: You will receive a notification with the result. In certain cases, the competent body may prolong the procedure.

Professional Qualifications Assessment Act (BQFG)

EU Directive on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications

You can take legal action against the decision of the competent authority. Details of this procedure can be found in the information on the right of appeal at the end of your decision.

Result: Recognition

Your professional qualification and the German professional qualification are equivalent. Your professional qualification will be recognised.

Result: No recognition

There are significant differences between your professional qualification and the German professional qualification. You cannot compensate for these differences with your professional experience and other knowledge in the profession. Therefore, your professional qualification is not equivalent to the German professional qualification. Depending on the profession, the following applies:

• You can make a compensatory measure. This allows you to compensate for the essential differences.
• Or you can make an adaptation qualification and then submit a follow-up application.

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.