IQ Recognition and Qualification Counselling Mainz & Region
We provide support for foreign degrees and qualification requirements, both for individuals and for consulting professionals and companies.
IQ Recognition and Qualification Counselling Mainz & Region
We consult you.
The IQ Rhineland-Palatinate recognition- and qualification counselling advises and supports you when:
- You have obtained a professional, academic or school degree abroad and would like to work in Germany
- You need qualification measures to achieve a full equivalence of your degree
- You are in search of proper, specialized and language qualification measures
Our services are also available to consultants from other fields, companies and actors in the labor market. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact us. The consultation is free of charge and non-binding for you.
We look forward to your inquiry,
the team of IQ Rhineland-Palatinate recognition- and qualification counselling
Informations
We have compiled some information on the most frequently asked questions for you here:
You will find the largest range of information on questions concerning the recognition of foreign qualifications in Germany here:
https://www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/
Academic healthcare professions (doctors, pharmacists, dentists)
Information on recognition, professional authorisation and licensing for academic healthcare professions (Approbation) from non-EU countries can be found in our information sheet.
Change of federal state
Are you a doctor, pharmacist or dentist and would like to transfer your recognition procedure from another federal state to Rhineland-Palatinate?
Please follow the instructions in our information sheet.
Application from abroad
If you do not yet live in Germany, you can also submit an application from abroad. Responsible for foreign applications is:
ZAV – Virtual Welcome Center
Villemombler Straße 76
53123 Bonn
Telefon: +49 228 713 1313
E-Mail: recognition@arbeitsagentur.de
Zentrale Servicestelle Berufsanerkennung (ZSBA)
You can also contact the BAMF telephone hotline: The hotline “Working and Living in Germany” answers your questions on the following topics in German and English: Recognition of foreign professional qualifications, job search, work and career, entry and residence, learning German. The hotline is available from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm CET, Monday through Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 am to 12 pm CET under the following telephone number: +49 30 1815-1111.
You can find further counselling services in the countries: Egypt, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil (São Paulo), Colombia, India (Pune), Iran, Italy, Poland and Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) under the following link:
Counselling centers
Aside from our consulting centre in Mainz, there are other contact and counselling centres in IQ Landesnetzwerk Rheinland-Pfalz for questions on professional recognition. You may contact a counselling centre in your area.
Our counselling services in a video
The „IQ Anerkennungs- und Qualifizierungsberatung Mainz & Region“ project is funded as part of the „IQ“ program by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the European Union through the European Social Fund Plus (ESF Plus).
