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Category Status Remarks Document required
Intern Student Still enrolled in studies Proof of enrollment /
Immatrikulationsbescheinigung
Legal Before first state exam Proof of enrollment /
Immatrikulationsbescheinigung
Recent grad Within 12 months of graduation Degree certificate (Bachelor,
Master, PhD) /
Zeugnis (Bachelor, Master, PhD)
Vocational Still within vocational training Copy of contract with vocational
school and training company /
Ausbildungsvertrag mit
Ausbildungsunternehmen und
Schule
Vocational Within 12 months after
completion of vocational
training
Vocational school-leaving
certificate (IHK) /
Ausbildungszeugnis (IHK)
Trainee Professional; completed
studies at university
Outside of the 12-month
window after graduation
MUST HAVE one year of full-
time professional work
experience in field
Copy of employment contract, if
employed at the time of
application / Arbeitsvertrag
AND/OR
Letter(s) of reference /
Arbeitszeugnis(se)
Professional; no completion of
studies, no schooling
MUST HAVE five years of full-
time professional work
experience in field
Letters of reference covering the
entire 5-year period
Legal After the first state exam /
Erstes Staatsexamen; currently
in legal clerkship /
Rechtsreferendariat
MUST HAVE completed one full
year of clerkship
Certificate of First State Exam plus
official confirmation of legal
clerkship /
Zeugnis des Ersten Staatsexamens
plus Dokument “Berufung ins
Rechtsreferendariat”
Vocational Outside of the 12-month
window after completion of
vocational training;
MUST HAVE one year of full-
time professional work
experience in field
Copy of employment contract, if
employed at the time of
application / Arbeitsvertrag
AND/OR
Letter(s) of reference /
Arbeitszeugnis(se)
Required documents to prove education status according to J-1 category