In order to receive the permit certificate, you must provide us with a language certificate at level B2 of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). At this time, no separate technical language exam is required. The language certificate is not part of the examination for educational equivalence. Therefore, you do not have to present the language certificate until the certificate is issued. You will be asked to submit separately. You do not need to present a language certificate if you can show the following:

• German as native language or
• Completion of at least ten years of school education at a German-speaking school or
• Completion of three years of vocational training in German

For more information, please see our fact sheet.