• Application form or online application
• Registry office documents on name, place and date of birth (e.g. birth/marriage certificate, extract from the family register)
• Proof of citizenship: passport, identity card or residence certificate
• Current, complete curriculum vitae in tabular form with precise details of your educational and professional background
• Proof of education: Certificates, diploma, licence to practise, registration, overview of subjects and studies, specialist examination, specialist internship and so on
• Further proof of qualifications, if applicable
• Proof of relevant professional experience (e.g. job reference, work book, index)
• if you are resident
• in Germany: Certificate of your main residence in Baden-Württemberg. You can obtain this from the registration office responsible for your place of residence. (Copy of the registration);
• abroad: Proof that you intend to practise your profession in Baden-Württemberg. Suitable documents must be submitted for this purpose, e.g. confirmation from the future employer, letter of application or job application.
• Proof of German language skills from a recognised language institute (can be submitted later)
• for proof of personal reliability:
• If resident in Germany: Certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority (can be submitted later)
• If you live abroad: Documents from your home country that prove your personal reliability.
• Current medical certificate stating that you are not unfit for the profession with date, stamp and signature of the doctor

The competent authority may request further documents.

Note: Please only send certified copies and never originals! A copy in the original language and a copy of a German translation are required for documents in a foreign language. Translations must be carried out by a publicly appointed or sworn interpreter or translator.