You will receive a checklist of documents that will be required to apply for the professional license (Berufserlaubnis) in Germany.

• We will advise you if you qualify to apply for the professional license as doctor / dentist in the Federal State of your choice.
• We send you a detailied cost overview of fees to be paid by you and the fees that are sponsored by the German authorities (BAMF / Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees sponsors the B2 language course and the C1 Course for Academic Health Professions preparing for the Medical / Dental German exam).
• Register with ISL and send us your medical / dental / pharmaceutical qualifications.
• You need to translate your documents into German by a certified translator (can be done through ISL) and we will then send the documents to the authority responsible for the application of the professional license.
• You will then receive the so-called "Defizitbescheid" deficit notification with which you can apply for your visa.
• Apply for the visa for the recognition of your professional license in your home country.

 In Germany

• German language course up to B1 level in super-intensive format (20 weeks from A0 to B1 level)

     Course fees for this to be paid by the Doctor/Dentist

• B2 Course in 400 lessons/16 weeks (paid by BAMF)
• TELC B2 Exam at ISL (if you have this level already you need to show a recognised certificate)
• C1 Course for Academic Health Professions preparing for the Medical / Dental / Pharmaceutical German exam in 600 lessons/20 weeks (paid by BAMF)
• Medical /Dental / Pharmaceutical Exam with the German Medical Council in Mainz (Exam fees paid by BAMF)

• After passing the medical / dental German language exam:
  • Non EU doctors / dentists / pharmacists will receive their first professional license allowing them to work for 2 years in a hospital as assistant doctors /dentists /pharmacist and then do their approbation exam (Kenntnisprüfung) giving them the full licence.
  • Eu Qualified Doctors / Dentists / Pharmacists do not need this 2 year work process - they immediatley receive their full licence (approbation) after the medical / dental / pharmaceutical German language exam.

It is not possible to list all the steps in this process here. Our team will guide each applicant individually through the process.