Physiotherapist — Berlin
Choose your profession and the federal state where you want to work — you get the exact recognition procedure and competent authority. Data from official German sources.
Competent authority
LAGeSo Berlin – Landesprüfungsamt (Ref. IV A 4)
Procedure steps
1. Submit application.
2. Confirmation of receipt (up to 1 month).
3. Equivalence assessment — physiotherapy is not a harmonised profession under the EU Directive, so an individual assessment is always carried out (EU and third countries).
4. Check of suitability, health, language.
5. Decision within max 4 months.
6. Compensation measure if needed: an Anpassungslehrgang (adaptation period) or a Kenntnisprüfung (knowledge test).
The outcome is authorisation to use the professional title (not Approbation — that applies only to doctors/pharmacists).
Language requirements
German B2; in Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia job-related B2 (in Bavaria usually with a Fachsprachprüfung)
Fees
procedure €25–845 (depends on the federal state)
Duration
up to 4 months
Required documents
- Completed application form
- Proof of identity (passport / ID card)
- Proof of name change (if applicable)
- CV
- Proof of professional qualification (diplomas)
- Proof of content and duration of training (diploma supplement / transcript)
- Proof of work experience
- Proof of intention to work in Germany
- Later (the competent authority tells you when): certificate of good conduct from your home country or from Germany, medical fitness certificate (both max 3 months old), language certificate
All documents must be translated into German by sworn/authorised translators.
Information is taken from official German sources and checked regularly. Only the competent authority of the federal state can give a legally binding answer in your specific case. WHR guides you through the entire procedure.
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