Applying for recognition of a foreign professional qualification in the field of home economics and family care

You submit an application for equivalence assessment to the competent body. You must submit all the necessary documents in the form of copies to the competent body.

The competent body will then check: Is your foreign professional qualification equivalent to the professional qualification in the federal state? The competent body compares the qualifications using certain criteria. Important criteria are the content and duration of the training. The competent body also takes into account your professional experience, your other certificates of competence and qualifications when carrying out the equivalence check.

You will receive a notification with the result of the procedure. You will receive recognition if your professional qualification and the professional qualification in the federal state are equivalent.

Sometimes there are significant differences between the professional qualifications. The differences are listed in your notification. You can use this notification to obtain further qualifications and then submit a new application for equivalence assessment at a later date.

If your professional qualification is not equivalent at all, you will not receive recognition.

• Fully completed application form
• Curriculum vitae
• Proof of identity (identity card or passport)
• Proof of your professional qualification
  

  For example, certificates, professional certificate.

• Training certificates
• Proof of professional experience in housekeeping and family care
• Proof of other relevant knowledge
• Information on previous applications
  

  Have you ever applied for an equivalence assessment? If so, please state the body to which you submitted the application.

• Maybe: Proof of employment
  

  You do not yet live or work in the EU, the EEA or Switzerland? Then you must provide proof: You want to work in the profession in Germany. Proof can be, for example, applications for a job, invitations to job interviews or a location note from the Central Service Center for Professional Recognition (ZSBA).

• German translations
  

  If your documents are not in German, you must submit German translations of your documents. The translations must be made by translators who are publicly appointed or authorized.

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What deadlines must be paid attention to?

There are no deadlines.

How long does it take to process

As a rule, the equivalence check takes a maximum of 3 months after receipt of all complete documents.
Delays are possible due to special circumstances or complexity.

• Bremisches Berufsqualifikationsfeststellungsgesetz (BremBQFG)
• Verordnung über die Berufsfachschule für Hauswirtschaft und Familienpflege

• Informationsportal der Bundesregierung zur Anerkennung von ausländischen Bildungsabschlüssen
• Digitale Auskunft zur Berufsqualifikation