Recognition of foreign vocational qualifications
Where can I go to get my foreign qualifications officially recognized in Germany? What are my career prospects like in Germany? What training is on offer? Professional advice on these and other matters is available from Heidelberg’s “Integration through Training” (Integration durch Qualifikation) network.
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Third-country nationals can only work in Germany if their residence title entitles them to do so. Your residence title forms the basis for determining whether you can stay and work in Germany, although ultimately this decision depends on the result of a judgment.
Whether a foreign national can come to Germany to work depends on Germany’s specific economic needs at the time, taking into consideration the state of the labor market, and the government’s duty to take effective measures to combat unemployment. Foreign workers can only come to Germany to work if they have received a specific offer of work.
A distinction is made between two types of job: jobs for which approval is required from the Federal Employment Agency, and jobs for which no approval is needed. Jobs for which no approval is needed include work in the fields of management, academia and research.
Special procedures and rules apply for highly qualified persons, university graduates, academics, researchers and the self-employed.
Under German law, the following categories of people are explicitly entitled to work:
Where can I go to get my foreign qualifications officially recognized in Germany? What are my career prospects like in Germany? What training is on offer? Professional advice on these and other matters is available from Heidelberg’s “Integration through Training” (Integration durch Qualifikation) network.
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