Please prove your qualification for the opportunity card by providing the following documents in original + 1 copy:

Education

⬜ foreign vocational training qualification AND

• certificate issued by the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) regarding your foreign vocational training qualification (state-recognised qualification, duration at least two years) OR
• notice of partial recognition / deficit notice for your vocational qualification

OR

⬜ foreign university degree certificate AND

• proof of state recognition of university qualification – either in the form of
  -> recognition of (conditional) comparability of the foreign university degree (printout from the anabin database for your university degree and your university)
  OR (if the degree is not assessed as “entspricht” (comparable) or “gleichwertig” (equivalent) in the anabin database and/or the institution is not classified as “H+”)
  -> statement of comparability by the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB)

OR

⬜ vocational qualification issued by one of the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad with the relevant confirmation from the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB)

Language skills

⬜ certificate of your knowledge of the German language – at least A1 AND/OR

⬜ certificate of your knowledge of the English language – at least B2

The issuer of the certificate must be certified by the Association of Language Testers in Europe(ALTE); alternatively, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is also accepted

Note: The documents listed above are relevant for calculating your points for the opportunity card.
You can be awarded points for knowledge of German and English at higher levels, as well as for partial recognition of your foreign vocational qualification.

How to score points

For additional information on how to collect points for the opportunity card, including a self-check, please see Make-it-in-Germany.
You may get additional points by proving the following:

⬜ proof of your professional experience in the last 5 or 7 years insofar as this is connected to your vocational qualification (employment references, confirmation of employment from your employer, etc.)

⬜ if you have been legally resident in Germany for an uninterrupted period of at least 6 months in the last 5 years (short stays under the Schengen Agreement do not count), please prove this by providing suitable documents, for example:

• valid rental contracts
• terms of employment, service contracts, etc.
• passports with visas and entry stamps

⬜ does your spouse/registered partner also want to apply for an opportunity card – or has s/he already done so – in order to enter Germany together with you? If yes, one of you may collect 1 additional point for the opportunity card.
Please enclose proof of the opportunity card application submitted by your spouse/partner.