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Contacts in Germany

Are you on the lookout for advisory centres in Germany that will take care of your queries? Here you can find a list including the contact details of contact persons.

Points of contact for qualified professionals and their families in the federal states

We are pleased to welcome you to Germany. You being able to settle into your new home country easily is something we put great importance on. That is the reason why, on this page, you will be able to find contacts details of local contact persons, who will support you during the process. The service points available to you vary depending on the federal state as well as the region.

The services offered at the Welcome Centers are geared towards foreign qualified workers. If you are looking for advice on the recognition of qualifications, reach out to the Network IQ, for example. The local Chambers of Industry and Commerce as well as the universities’ International Offices offer services for those who are interested in vocational training or academic studies.

Baden-Württemberg

Important portals and service points for immigrants

The Länd: Information portal on working and living in Baden-Württemberg (External link)

Integration durch Ausbildung – guidance and perspectives for immigrants (External link)

Network IQ: consultation service for qualification and recognition (External link)

StudyGuide Baden-Württemberg (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Welcome Centers in Baden-Württemberg

Welcome Center Bodensee-Oberschwaben (External link)

Welcome Center Neckar-Alb (External link)

Welcome Center Nordschwarzwald (External link)

Welcome Center Sozialwirtschaft (Social Economy) Baden-Württemberg (External link)

Welcome Center Südlicher Oberrhein (External link)

Welcome Center Rhein-Neckar (External link)

Welcome Center Heilbronn-Franken (External link)

Welcome Center TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe (External link)

Welcome Center Region Stuttgart (External link)

Welcome Center Region Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg and Hochrhein-Bodensee (External link)

Welcome Center Ulm/Oberschwaben (External link)

Welcome Center Ostwürttemberg (External link)

Bavaria

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Make it in Bavaria (External link)

Make it in Munich: Munich's official website for qualified professionals and young talents from abroad (External link)

Bavarian Ministry of Social Affairs: advice centres for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications (External link)

State Capital of Munich: advice centre for the recognition of professional qualifications (External link)

Service Center for international skilled workers in Munich (External link)

Welcome Center in the county of Roth (External link)

Welcome Service in Bayreuth (External link)

MigraNet – Network IQ Bavaria (External link)

Study in Bavaria (External link)

Research in Bavaria (External link)

amiga – Municipal project for international professionals and students starting their careers in Munich (External link)

Integreat München - Online guide for people from abroad in Munich (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Berlin

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Talent in Berlin: information portal for NewBerliners (External link)

Welcome Center Berlin (External link)

The representatives of the Berlin Senate for Integration and Migration: information package "Welcome to Berlin" (External link)

Berliner Volkshochschulen: integration courses for immigrants (External link)

Business Immigration Service Berlin: service for international investors and founders (External link)

Visit Berlin: official travel portal of Berlin (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Brandenburg

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Brandenburg portal for qualified professionals: jobs, studies, vocational training and life in Brandenburg (External link)

Network IQ Brandenburg: support for recognition and qualification matters (External link)

Service centers for skilled worker immigration NorthWest & SouthEast (External link)

International Talent Desk of Wirtschaftsförderung Land Brandenburg GmbH (External link)

Welcome Center Brandenbug (External link)

Studying in Brandenburg (External link)

ESiSt - Successful study entry for international students (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Bremen

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Work in Bremen: job search, work and vocational training (External link)

Welcome Service Bremen: counselling for international professionals and start-ups (External link)

Network IQ Bremen: counselling service on foreign qualification and recognition (External link)

Welcome Services for Immigrants (Paritätisches Bildungswerk): integration and language course (External link)

Bremeninvest: service partner for settlement and investment (External link)

Recognition of qualifications in Bremen (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Hamburg

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Hamburg Welcome Center (External link)

Hamburg Welcome Portal (External link)

Arbeit und Leben Hamburg: education and counselling (External link)

Diakonie Hamburg: central point of contact for counselling services and recognition (External link)

Hamburg Invest: service partner for settlement and investment (External link)

Hamburg Metropolitan Area: tourism, economy and mobility around Hamburg (External link)

Information Centre Labour Mobility (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Hesse

Important portals and service points for immigrants

WELCOMECENTER Hesse (External link)

Network IQ Hesse: counselling on recognition and qualification (German) (External link)

Working in Hesse: everything about the labour market, regulations and protection (External link)

Integrationskompass: information about integration politics in Hesse (External link)

Information about applying for and gaining citizenship (External link)

Declaration of Commitment in Hesse: information page for online application in Wiesbaden (External link)

Declaration of Commitment in Hesse: Offenbach am Main (External link)

Invest in Hesse: information on settlement and investment in Hesse (External link)

Research in Hessen: information about studying in Hesse (External link)

Skilled workers portal "Find it in FrankfurtRheinMain" (External link)

Securing skilled labour in Hesse (External link)

PQZ Hessen - Nursing Qualification Centre Hessen (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Mecklenburg-West Pomerania

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Skilled Services Center M-V (External link)

MV4you – job portal for professional workers and managers (External link)

Welcome to Mecklenburg-West Pomerania – overview of services for consultation and help (External link)

Arriving in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania – all Welcome Centers at a glance (External link)

Recognition in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania – list of all advice centres for the recognition of qualification certificates from abroad (External link)

Fair Integration Mecklenburg-West Pomerania – advice centre for sustainably improving the integration of adults with a migrant background into the labour market (External link)

CORRECT! – advice centre for foreign employees in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and for the combat against human trafficking and labour exploitation (External link)

Studying in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (External link)

Further Training Database Mecklenburg-West Pomerania – counselling on further training programmes (External link)

Off to Mecklenburg-West Pomerania – portal for travelling (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Lower Saxony

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Network IQ Lower Saxony: counselling on recognition and qualification (External link)

Migration and Integration – Perspectives for Lower Saxony (External link)

Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Matters, Work, Health and Equality: potential of international migration (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Welcome Centers in Lower Saxony

Welcome Center Brunswick and Wolfsburg (External link)

Welcome Center in the Elbe-Weser region (External link)

Welcome Center of Ems-Achse (External link)

Welcome Center Region Hannover (External link)

Welcome & Business Center IHK Hannover (External link)

Welcome Center Heidekreis (External link)

Welcome Center Region Hildesheim (External link)

Welcome Center Diepholz

Welcome Center Oldenburg (External link)

Welcome- & Business Center IHK Oldenburg (External link)

Welcome & Connect Center Osnabrück (External link)

Welcome Center Südniedersachsen (External link)

Welcome Center Landkreis Verden (External link)

Welcome Center Wesermarsch (External link)

North Rhine-Westphalia

Important portals and service points for immigrants

The Ministry for Children, Family, Refugees and Integration of NRW: immigrating to NRW (External link)

Network IQ NRW: counselling on recognition and qualification (External link)

Recognition in NRW: list of all contact points for the recognition of foreign qualifications (External link)

Welcome and ServiceCenter Essen (WSC) (External link)

Expat Service Desk Düsseldorf-Mettmann: point of contact for international professionals and managers (External link)

Welcome Agency and Expat Service Center Dortmund: contact point for national and international executives from science and business (External link)

Welcome service for the South Westphalia region (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Rhineland-Palatinate

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Make it in Rheinland-Pfalz: information on working and living in Rhineland-Palatinate (External link)

Network IQ Rhineland-Palatinate: counselling on recognition and qualification (External link)

Integration politics in Rhineland-Palatinate (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Welcome Centers in Rhineland-Palatinate

Welcome Center Koblenz (External link)

Welcome Center Trier (External link)

Welcome Center Palatinate (External link)

Welcome Center Rheinhessen (External link)

Saarland

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Welcome Center Saarland (External link)

Point of Service IQ Saarland: counselling on recognition and qualification (External link)

Office for Immigration (ZIB) in Saarbrücken (External link)

Saarland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK Saarland): How to Establish your Business Venture (External link)

saaris.innovation&standort e.V.: counselling for settlement, investment, business development and marketing in Saarland (External link)

Universität des Saarlandes: Information for Incoming Students (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Saxony

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Gute Arbeit für Sachsen: a home for skilled workers (External link)

Simply Saxony: get to know Saxony (External link)

Job listings: vacancies in Saxony (External link)

Job portal for qualified professionals in the Erzgebirge region (External link)

Career portal for Central Saxony (External link)

Zwickau Region Jobs Portal (External link)

BABS – Counselling Center for Foreign Employees in Saxony (External link)

intap – support in finding a job and choosing the right employer (External link)

Support "International skilled workers for Saxony" in ZEFAS - Zentrum für Fachkräftesicherung und Gute Arbeit (External link)

The J-Team – Support in finding a job for qualified professionals in the Chemnitz region (External link)

Nestbau-Zentrale: Support for the new start in Central Saxony (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Welcome Center Dresden (External link)

Welcome Center Zwickau Region (External link)

Welcome Centre Leipzig (External link)

Welcome Center Erzgebirge Region (External link)

Welcome Centre District Office Bautzen (External link)

Saxony – A Location at its Best: support for settlement and investment in Saxony (External link)

Saxony-Anhalt

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Welcome Center Saxony-Anhalt (External link)

Network IQ Saxony-Anhalt: counselling on recognition and qualification (External link)

Metropolitan Region Central Germany: career networks and portals (External link)

Invest in Saxony-Anhalt: support for settlement and investment (External link)

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Integration Saxony-Anhalt: labour market, vocational and further training, securing skilled workers (External link)

Saxony-Anhalt's website for integration (External link)

Fachkraft im Fokus: campaign for qualified professionals in Saxony-Anhalt (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Schleswig-Holstein

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Landesamt für Zuwanderung und Flüchtlinge (LaZuF) – central office for qualified professional immigration in Schleswig-Holstein (External link)

Welcome Center Schleswig-Holstein (External link)

Network IQ Schleswig-Holstein: counselling on job training and recognition of qualifications (External link)

schleswig-holstein.de – recognition of professional qualifications (External link)

Advisory Service on Migration to Schleswig-Holstein (External link)

WT.SH: Business Development and Technology Transfer Corporation of Schleswig-Holstein (External link)

Further training measures in Schleswig-Holstein (External link)

Being innovative together: cluster initiatives in Schleswig-Holstein (External link)

Federal Employment Agency – finding workers (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

Thuringia

Important portals and service points for immigrants

Welcome Center of the Thuringian Agency für Skilled Personnel Marketing (ThAFF): working and living in Thuringia (External link)

Das ist Thüringen: working, living and studying in Thuringia (External link)

„Market Champion“: overview of market-leading industries in Thuringia (External link)

Network IQ Thuringia: counselling on recognition and qualification (External link)

Explore Thuringia: portal for tourism (External link)

Welcome to Jena (External link)

Faire Integration - Advice on labour and social law matters (External link)

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