Immigration of health care Professionals to Germany

In this method, you must have a job offer from a health care facility and after submitting documents and having them by the relevant authorities you will be granted permission to enter to Germany.

In this method the applicant enters Germany to find a job. This visa is currently issued on a limited basis for 6 months. If applicants find a job in this period their visa can be extended. 

In this method, the applicant participates in a nursing or assitant nursing program in Germany is  granted to work as an assictant nurse. This training program lasts for 6 months.

The minimum retirement age in Germany is 50. Considering this, one the condotions for immigrating to Germany is to be younger than this age. Applicants under 45 years old are covered by retirement insurance. Older applicants must personally take the responsibility for paying the insurance. 

Applicants can bring their family members, including their spouse and children under 18 years old, to Germany. The applicants’ spouse can receive permission to work in Germany if they have appropriate language certificate. The applicants Children can attend schools in Germany for free and benefit from all educational services.

• Personal resume
• High school transcript
• High school diploma
• niversity degree in nursing
• B2 german language certificate
• Certificate of at least two years of working experience
• Certificate of good conduct (Police clearance certificate)
• Certificate of physical health

After submiting the documents nurses can receive a work permit if the relevant authorities approve the documents. If the documents are not approved by the respective states completing adaptation courses or nursing training programs is madatory.

Physicians can apply for work visa, provided that they hav a job offer from a german employer. In this case, the employer should provide the government with evidences showing that the employer could not find the suitable candidate from within the EU before offering the job to a non-EU candidate.

Physicians can stay in Germany for finding a job between 6 months up to 1 year.

In order to obtain a work permit and practice medicine in Germany, the specialized knowledge of doctors must be in accordance with the standards of Germany. For this purpose, medical education evaluation and equivalence tests are held in different states of Germany. These tests are held in two parts, clinical and oral, and you can participate in them twice a week.

The language qualification required for the immigration of doctors and dentists in Germany depends on the state in which they work. In some states it is acceptable to have a German language certificate at level C1 and in others a certificate at level B2 is acceptable. In some cases, it is mandatory to participate and pass the medical language test with the approval of the relevant authorities.

The minimum retirement age in Germany is 50 years. According to this, one of the conditions for immigrating to Germany is to be younger than this age. Applicants under the age of 45 are covered by pension insurance. Applicants who are older must personally pay for the insurance. In general, people between the ages of 25 and 40 have a better chance to migrate. The younger the age of the applicant and the more his educational and work records are, the better conditions he will have for immigration.

Applicants can bring their family members, including spouses and children under 18 years of age, to Germany with them. The applicant’s spouse can receive a work permit in Germany if they have a suitable language certificate. Applicant’s children can study in German schools for free and benefit from all educational services.

• Personal resume
• High school transcripts
• High school diploma
• University degree in medicine/dentistry
• B2 or C1 German language certificate
• Certificate of work experience of at least one year
• Police clearance certificate
• Physical health certificate