Advice centers
The central recognition office for healthcare professions in NRW is based in Münster. The professional certificate must be sent here from the home country to check for equivalence.
Bezirksregierung Münster – Zentrale Anerkennungsstelle für Gesundheitsberufe (bezreg-muenster.de)
Antrag - DS (bezreg-muenster.de)General, superordinate portal for skilled workers of the Federal Government in the field of migration: "Make it in Germany". Here you can find general information about immigrating to Germany.
Ich möchte in Deutschland arbeiten, studieren, leben (make-it-in-germany.com)Helpful information can be found on the website of the BAMF/Central Advice Center of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees: The "Hotline Working and Living in Germany" is a central telephone information and advice service for international skilled workers and immigrants. It is operated jointly by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and the International Placement Services of the Federal Employment Agency.
Tel.: +49 301815-1111
www.bamf.deThe Job Recognition Service Center of the Employment Agency also provides a lot of information:
recognitionarbeitsagenturde
Zentrale Servicestelle Berufsanerkennung (anerkennung-in-deutschland.de)
Leben und Arbeiten in Deutschland - Bundesagentur für Arbeit (arbeitsagentur.de)The advice center in NRW on the subject of recognition and notification of deficits is the IQ Network:
IQ Netzwerk NRW: Startseite (iq-netzwerk-nrw.de)