Nursing FAQWhat nurses and healthcare employers ask

Through a structured, employer-funded chain: a free initial assessment of your qualification and language, organisation, submission and follow-up of the recognition file, preparation for the employer interview with an employment contract before departure where hiring succeeds, coordination of the embassy file, and support on arrival and during the first weeks until recognition is complete.

Because the employer bears DokTing's fee under a written contract — that is what fair recruitment in Germany looks like. Nurses pay no recruitment or placement fees, and the allocation of external costs (authority fees, translations and the like) is set out in writing between the parties before the process starts.

Nursing is a regulated profession in Germany: working as a recognised nursing professional requires professional recognition. We review your situation in the initial assessment and explain the appropriate administrative path — the official decision is made by the competent German authority.

It is set by the competent authority and the employer, often B1 or B2 depending on the federal state and the path. You can submit the initial assessment at any language level — language is one of the points we review for your next step.

In the classic path, recognition usually starts before arrival and you await the authority's decision. In the recognition partnership there is an employment contract and a written agreement with the employer, and recognition can — where the official requirements are met — be started or completed after arrival.

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No. We guarantee the nurse neither an employment contract nor a visa or recognition, and we guarantee the hospital no hiring outcome — final decisions rest with employers and the competent authorities. We sell no jobs and charge no fees against a promise of employment; our role is purely administrative and organisational.

Only after the specific employer has been identified and named to you, the data to be shared has been explained, and you have given separate, explicit consent. There is no automatic sharing with an undefined list, and consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.

In many cases, yes. The initial assessment also covers your country of residence in order to check regulatory recruitment restrictions before a case starts; those already in Germany can start as well.

We review your details administratively, email you the result and the next suitable step, and where suitable provide a secure, time-limited upload link — the first form requests no documents or passport copies.

In four steps: a non-binding enquiry via the employer page form, then a pilot conversation to understand your needs, then a clear written agreement covering scope, fee, external costs and responsibilities — and finally the first case with a fixed contact person, regular updates and a review after the first arrival.

Full Pipeline to manage the entire path from pre-check to initial stabilisation — or individual modules as needed: recognition case management, entry and visa coordination, arrival coordination and integration follow-up, complemented by internal support formats.

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No. The fee and scope are defined in a written agreement for each cooperation according to the cases and modules required; external costs are shown separately and transparently — and the nurse remains free of charge in every case.