You can take part in extra-company vocational training if

• You have completed your compulsory schooling, regardless of whether you have a school-leaving certificate or not.
• You have not yet found an apprenticeship and have no prospects for the future.
• your integration into company-based vocational training cannot be achieved with training support, for example with assisted training.
• They have learning difficulties or are socially disadvantaged.

You belong to the group of people with learning difficulties if

• You have completed compulsory schooling but do not have a school-leaving certificate,
• you attended a special school with a focus on learning or
• you are unlikely to be able to successfully complete an in-company apprenticeship despite having a secondary general school certificate or comparable school-leaving qualification.

You belong to the group of socially disadvantaged persons,

• if you are under considerable social, personal and/or psychological pressure and are therefore unable to meet the requirements of company-based training.
• Indications of this may be

• Behavioral problems
• Performance problems (e.g. reading and spelling difficulties)
• single parents
• young people with criminal convictions
• young people with a history of addiction problems
• young people with a migration background with language deficits or existing difficulties in settling into a foreign environment.

If you wish to continue your training in a non-company vocational training program because your company-based or other non-company training relationship was terminated prematurely, you do not have to be a person with learning difficulties or social disadvantages. One of the prerequisites for this is that you can complete your training within the contractual period of the measure and that there is a free place available.

Special requirements for foreign nationals:

As a foreigner, you can generally receive the funding, taking into account the requirements already listed, if you are allowed to do training or work in Germany - unless legally prescribed funding exclusions apply. You can enquire about this at your local employment agency.

You are not entitled to participate in extra-company vocational training if you

• came to Germany no more than 5 years ago to work, study or do an apprenticeship,
• are permitted or tolerated.

As a newly arriving foreigner who is eligible for support, you can generally be supported after a residence period of 3 months.