Counselling on the recognition of professional qualifications
<p><strong>Our counselling service:</strong></p>
<ul>
 <li>We advise you on the professional recognition options</li>
 <li>We inform you about the responsible recognition centre</li>
 <li>We provide information on financial assistance for professional recognition</li>
 <li>We support you with the application process</li>
 <li>We accompany you through the recognition procedure</li>
 <li>We explain the notice of recognition to you and show you other ways forward</li>
</ul>
<p>The Service Centre for the Development of Foreign Qualifications advises you by telephone, e-mail, in person and by video.</p>
<p><strong>Your way to counselling:</strong></p>
<ol>
 <li>Please register online for recognition counselling: <a href="https://service.muenchen.de/intelliform/forms/01/03/03/registrierung_anerkennungsberatung/index" target="_blank">Registration for recognition counselling</a></li>
 <li>You will receive an e-mail confirming that your registration has been received.</li>
 <li>The recognition counselling service will contact you. Please note that there may be longer waiting times.</li>
</ol>
<p>Our e-mail: <a href="mailto:servicestelle-anerkennung.soz@muenchen.de" target="">servicestelle-anerkennung.soz@muenchen.de</a></p>
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# Counselling on the recognition of professional qualifications

## Summary

If you have a foreign qualification and live in the Munich region, we can advise you on the options for recognition in Germany.
## Description

**Our counselling service:**

* We advise you on the professional recognition options
* We inform you about the responsible recognition centre
* We provide information on financial assistance for professional recognition
* We support you with the application process
* We accompany you through the recognition procedure
* We explain the notice of recognition to you and show you other ways forward

The Service Centre for the Development of Foreign Qualifications advises you by telephone, e-mail, in person and by video.

**Your way to counselling:**

1. Please register online for recognition counselling: [Registration for recognition counselling](https://service.muenchen.de/intelliform/forms/01/03/03/registrierung_anerkennungsberatung/index)
2. You will receive an e-mail confirming that your registration has been received.
3. The recognition counselling service will contact you. Please note that there may be longer waiting times.

Our e-mail: [servicestelle-anerkennung.soz@muenchen.de](mailto:servicestelle-anerkennung.soz@muenchen.de)

## Prerequisites

for an appointment:

* Completed foreign professional qualification (studies or training)
* Residence in Munich and the districts of Munich, Ebersberg, Erding, Freising, Dachau, Fürstenfeldbruck and Starnberg

## Please Note

The Service Centre for the Development of Foreign Qualifications **provides advice** on recognition. We are not a recognition authority. The service is aimed at citizens resident in the Munich region. The [State Office for Schools](https://www.las.bayern.de/) is responsible for recognising **school-leaving qualifications** for training courses.

## Questions and Answers

 
### How can you make the most of the waiting time for a consultation?

 

We will endeavour to advise you as quickly as possible.  
 You can prepare these topics in advance:

**Prepare the documents required for a recognition procedure**  


* Degree certificate and list of subjects for your qualification
* Qualified work references

 **Necessary knowledge of German**

* In pedagogical and medical professions, you need **German language skills** of at least B2 level
* We also recommend good German language skills in all other professions.

**Financing the costs of professional recognition**

1. If you are registered with the employment agency or job centre:  
    Please ask for the costs to be covered.
2. If you do not receive any money from the employment agency or job centre:  
    Find out about funding through the [recognition grant](https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/de/pro/anerkennungszuschuss.php).
   
### Do you need your school-leaving qualification recognised?

 

If you would like to have a school-leaving qualification recognised for an apprenticeship, please contact the [State Office for Schools](https://www.las.bayern.de/).  


   
### Would you like to study?

 

If you would like to continue your studies, please contact the relevant college or university directly.   


   
### Would you like to continue your professional training?

 

If you would like personal advice on the subject of continuing education, please contact the [Municipal Continuing Education Advice Centre](https://stadt.muenchen.de/service/info/paedagogisches-institut-zentrum/10313314/).  


   
## Editorial Note

AP:Malika Bashirova
Kurzadresse: www.muenchen.de/anerkennungsberatung
## Further Links

* [Information on residence and work permits in Germany](https://stadt.muenchen.de/buergerservice/ausland-migration/arbeit.html)
* [Counselling on the entry of foreign skilled workers for employers](https://stadt.muenchen.de/service/info/10308042/n0/)
* [Qualification counselling and support](https://stadt.muenchen.de/service/info/10308063/n0/)
* [Career orientation and career entry for academics](https://stadt.muenchen.de/service/info/10175963/n0/)
* [Integration counselling (IBZ - language and career)](https://stadt.muenchen.de/service/info/abteilung-migration-integration-teilhabe/10320352/)
* [Information on recognition counselling for refugees from Ukraine](https://stadt.muenchen.de/dam/Home/Stadtverwaltung/Sozialreferat/wohnungsamt/Integrationshilfen-nach-Zuwanderung/Servicestelle/Informationen-zur-Anerkennungsberatung-fuer-Ukraine-Gefluechtete.pdf)
* [Iнформація про консультаційнi послуги щодо визнання профeсійнoї кваліфікації для біженців з України](https://stadt.muenchen.de/dam/Home/Stadtverwaltung/Sozialreferat/wohnungsamt/Integrationshilfen-nach-Zuwanderung/Servicestelle/Informationen-zur-Anerkennungsberatung-fuer-Gefluechtete-aus-der-Ukraine_ukrainisch.pdf)
* [Further information on the recognition of foreign qualifications: Migranet IQ Network Bavaria](https://www.migranet.org/)
* [Recognition in Germany: Information on the recognition of foreign professional qualifications](https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/)
* [Central Office for Foreign Education: Assessment of foreign academic qualifications](https://www.kmk.org/zab/zentralstelle-fuer-auslaendisches-bildungswesen.html)
* [Berufenet of the Federal Employment Agency: Information on professions](https://www.berufenet.arbeitsagentur.de/)
* [Courses and training programmes offered by the Federal Employment Agency](https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/kursnet)
* [Recognition grant: Financial support for professional recognition](https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/de/pro/anerkennungszuschuss.php)
* [Nationwide search for recognition counselling centres](https://www.netzwerk-iq.de/angebote/eingewanderte/beratungsangebote)
* [Anabin - The information portal on foreign educational qualifications](https://www.anabin.kmk.org/)
* [BQ-Portal - Information portal for foreign professional qualifications](https://www.bq-portal.de/)
* [Make-it-in-Germany - Portal of the Federal Government for skilled workers from abroad](https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/)
* [Recognition counselling for the region of Lower, Upper and Middle Franconia: Nuremberg](https://bz.nuernberg.de/themen/projekte-foerderungen/zentrale-servicestelle-zur-anerkennung-auslaendischer-qualifikationen-in-der-metropolregion-nuernberg-zaq)
* [Recognition counselling for the rest of Upper Bavaria, Swabia and Upper Palatinate: Augsburg](https://www.migranet.org/43-beratungsangebote/anerkennungsberatung#AEB-A)
* [Recognition counselling for the Lower Bavaria region](https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/de/beratungssuche.php)
* [Interpreter and translator database](https://www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/Recherche/)
* [Registration for recognition counselling](https://service.muenchen.de/intelliform/forms/01/03/03/registrierung_anerkennungsberatung/index)

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