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RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS FOR WORK IN GERMANY
12 October 2019 · 6-minute read
How to check compliance?
Obtaining an EU Blue Card is subject to a number of conditions, the most important of which is that the applicant has a higher education recognized in Germany or the compliance of a foreign educational document with any German diploma.
This information can be found using the ANABIN website.
This information can be found using the ANABIN website.
Evaluation
It is always necessary to check not only the academic qualifications, but also your university on the ANABIN website.
When evaluating a degree, ANABIN uses three equivalence classes:
If your foreign academic qualifications / your university is absent in the ANABIN database, not equated to the category "compliant / comparable" (entsprechend / vergleichbar) or equated to the category "conditionally comparable" ("bedingt vergleichbar"), you need to contact the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB - Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen) in order to evaluate your diploma.
When evaluating a degree, ANABIN uses three equivalence classes:
- Conditionally comparable
- Compliant
- Comparable
- H+
- Н-
- Н+/-
If your foreign academic qualifications / your university is absent in the ANABIN database, not equated to the category "compliant / comparable" (entsprechend / vergleichbar) or equated to the category "conditionally comparable" ("bedingt vergleichbar"), you need to contact the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB - Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen) in order to evaluate your diploma.
Assessment of the diploma for the Blue Card
To evaluate the diploma you need to:
1. Translate and notarize your diploma.
2. Fill out an application on the ANABIN website. In the "Antragszweck" field, enter "Blue-Card angestrebt". If you have signed a contract, you must indicate "Blue-Card beantragt" and tick the "Arbeitsvertrag liegt vor" box.
3. Submit your application.
Clicking the "Senden" button will open a page with a link to the PDF document. You must save this document, print it and send it by mail to the address indicated in the application header. A letter will be sent to the email indicated in the application with further instructions and confirmation of the possibility of evaluating the diploma.
The application must be accompanied by the documents indicated on the website. A detailed list of documents can be seen after choosing your country.
Important: send only copies, no originals. The assessment of the diploma will cost 200 euros for the first document of education, and 100 euros for all subsequent. The amount must be transferred to the account indicated in the email. Your application can only be processed after confirmation of payment.
1. Translate and notarize your diploma.
2. Fill out an application on the ANABIN website. In the "Antragszweck" field, enter "Blue-Card angestrebt". If you have signed a contract, you must indicate "Blue-Card beantragt" and tick the "Arbeitsvertrag liegt vor" box.
3. Submit your application.
Clicking the "Senden" button will open a page with a link to the PDF document. You must save this document, print it and send it by mail to the address indicated in the application header. A letter will be sent to the email indicated in the application with further instructions and confirmation of the possibility of evaluating the diploma.
The application must be accompanied by the documents indicated on the website. A detailed list of documents can be seen after choosing your country.
Important: send only copies, no originals. The assessment of the diploma will cost 200 euros for the first document of education, and 100 euros for all subsequent. The amount must be transferred to the account indicated in the email. Your application can only be processed after confirmation of payment.
Frequently Asked Questions
The search order is not important, but you must check both factors independently of each other.
Yes, this can happen. It is important to check the university and the academic qualification independently of each other.
Unfortunately no. Status H- means that your university is not recognized as a university in Germany and there are no grounds for employment with the Blue Card.
Yes.
No, the education department only evaluates diplomas. The main condition for issuing a Blue Card is the compliance of your education with the position held. In your case, it is possible to issue a work visa.
On a general basis the evaluation process takes up to three months. If the application states that an assessment is required to issue a Blue Card, then the process takes a couple of weeks including shipping. You can speed up the process of document evaluation by using our service.
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