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Judicial Service - Recognize Foreign Professional Qualifications as Career Qualifications
Service Description
In Thuringia, employment in the civil service by establishing a civil service relationship is tied by law to the possession of certain professional qualifications. If you have acquired professional qualifications abroad that enable you to work in the public sector there, you must have these qualifications recognized in Thuringia (as a career qualification) in order to be employed in Germany in a civil service position corresponding to your previous profession. To this end, the equivalence of your professional qualifications with a Thuringian career qualification must be established.
Process flow
All persons who have acquired a professional qualification abroad for the public service there can apply to the competent authority for recognition of this qualification. To this end, the competent authority examines whether there are significant differences between the professional qualification acquired abroad and a corresponding career qualification under Thuringian state law. In addition to the education, the professional experience gained in a corresponding occupation in Germany or abroad is also taken into account.
For academic qualifications, you can apply for an evaluation by the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) at the Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs.
If there are significant differences between your and the German reference qualification, you have the option of participating in an adaptation measure (adaptation course or aptitude test) to achieve equivalence.
After a successful adaptation measure, you will acquire the corresponding qualification for a specific career, which you will need in the event of a tender procedure in order to be hired as a civil servant.
The recognition procedure can be carried out via the technical systems of the point of single contact.
Who should I contact?
Please contact the
Thuringian Ministry for Migration, Justice and Consumer Protection
Judicial Examination Office
Werner-Seelenbinder-Strasse 5
99096 Erfurt
Which documents are required?
You will need the following documents:
- Curriculum vitae in German with a tabular presentation of your completed training courses and gainful employment,
- Information about your current place of residence,
- Proof of identity, proof of citizenship,
- Evidence of education showing the qualification acquired abroad to work in the public service in the field of the judicial service,
- evidence of the content and duration of studies and training in the form of study regulations, examination regulations, study book or in any other appropriate manner; the evidence must indicate the requirements that led to obtaining the degree,
- certificate issued by the Member State stating the profession to which the professional qualifications entitle the holder there,
- certificates of the type and duration of the activity you have performed in a Member State in the public service in the field of the qualification after obtaining it,
- Declaration of what professional activity you intend to pursue in the public administration on the basis of the qualification certificate,
- Declaration whether and to which body you have already submitted an application for the determination of equivalence, if applicable, decision on the determination of equivalence,
- certificates or documents from the Member State of origin confirming that you are not aware of any criminal offences, serious professional misconduct or other circumstances that might call your suitability into question; the certificates or documents must not be older than three months at the time they are presented.
Depending on the profession, further documents may be required. Please contact the competent authority. As a rule, you must submit all documents in the original or as a certified copy. As a rule, you must submit all documents in German. If the documents are written in another language, you may also need a translation by a publicly appointed translator. Please contact the competent authority.
What are the fees?
Minimum 75,00 EUR to maximum 600,00 EUR.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
No deadlines need to be observed.
Processing duration
You will be notified of a decision on the determination of the equivalence of your training certificate within three months of submission of the complete documentation. The deadline may be reasonably extended once if this is justified by the specifics of the matter. The extension of the deadline is a maximum of one month if you have acquired your proof of education in a member state of the EU or a contracting state of the Agreement on the European Economic Area or in a state equated by agreement.
Legal basis
Thuringia Career Qualification Recognition Ordinance
Applications / forms
You have the right to appeal against the decision of the responsible office on your application or against a decision not made in due time in accordance with the Administrative Court Code (objection proceedings, if necessary legal action).
Appeal
The Thuringian Application System for Administrative Benefits (ThAVEL) provides you with the necessary application document on a virtual desk.
You can also submit your informal application in writing to the competent authority.
What else should I know?
The recognition and qualification consulting offices of the network "Integration through Qualification" (IQ Network) will be happy to advise and accompany you before, during and after the recognition process.
Supporting institutions
For telephone advice on recognition in German and English, please call the "Working and Living in Germany" hotline
Phone: +49 30 1815-1111
Availability: Monday to Friday from 09:00 - 15:00 each day
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (TMIK)
Professionally released on
05.07.2016
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
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Competent Authority
Thüringer Ministerium für Migration, Justiz und Verbraucherschutz - Justizprüfungsamt
Address
99096 Erfurt