For Medical Doctors Requirements and necessary documents

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Doctors’ Preparation

Mentorship / preparation program for international doctors for their recognition exams, obtaining their license to practice medicine and specialist training in Germany. We firmly believe that being a doctor in Germany is more than just taking recognition exams and learning German.

Documents required for the license to practise

Document Checklist
1) Personal Documents

  •  Proof of Identity (Passport)
  • Birth Certificate
  • Curriculum vitae
    **The licensing authority requires certified copies that prove your identity. A certified copy of the first page of your passport is sufficient for this purpose. If you have changed your name through marriage, please submit a notarized copy of your birth certificate to the licensing authority.
    In addition, you will need a curriculum vitae in tabular form in German that includes your school, academic and
    professional details without any gaps. You must personally sign the CV with the date and place

2) Documents confirming that you are unobjectionable

  • Certificate of good conduct
  • Declaration of no criminal record
  • Certificate of good standing
  • Medical certificate

You must prove to the licensing authority that you are free of criminal offences. To do this, you must submit the following documents: A certificate of good conduct as well as a declaration that you are free of criminal offences and a ‘certificate of good standing’. These documents are official letters from your place of study/work and residence certifying that you are free of criminal offences.

A certificate of good standing provides information about all existing criminal convictions and should be applied for at the local registration office in the country where you studied and worked.

The declaration of no criminal record is a form that you must sign. In doing so, you assure the licensing authority that no criminal proceedings are pending against you.

If you have already practiced your profession abroad, you will also need a ‘letter of good standing’. This is a certificate of good standing that you can obtain from the local professional association or the Ministry of Health in the country where you worked.

To obtain a license to practice, you also need a medical certificate stating that you are in good health to practice your profession. You can also submit this document after you have passed the recognition examinations.

3) Academic and/ Professional Documents

  • Degree certificate
  • Subject index
  • Proof of the practical year
  •  License to practice in the country of study or origin

The licensing authority first needs a translated, certified copy of your degree certificate, which confirms that you have successfully completed your studies. It also needs a translated, certified copy of your subject index, which lists all the subjects you have studied and the scope of teaching.

The licensing authority will also require translated, certified copies of the certificates of your practical year and your professional license from your country of study or origin. Candidates should take into account the waiting times for the visa, recognition, waiting times for the exams, etc., MEDPRO-GERMANY has no influence on this.

Notarization of Documents

All documents that you submit to the licensing authority must first be notarised, then translated and, if necessary, certified. This is a special form of certification of the official documents submitted. This is also known as an apostille.

Translation of Documents into German

All required documents must be submitted to the licensing authority in German. The translation into German should be carried out by an officially sworn translator in Germany or abroad by a translator recognized by the German embassy.