List of architects Registration of foreign applicants

The application is submitted to the Registration Committee of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Architects for a decision. The registration committee is a body with judicial independence that checks whether the requirements for registration are met.

Please contact the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Architects.

You can also contact the Single Point of Contact (EAP) for administrative matters.

• Determination of the EAP position

• Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Architects

The requirements can be found in § 10 of the Architects Act.

• Proof of your nationality;
• A certificate stating that you are legally exercising the relevant activities in your country of residence or establishment and that you are not prohibited, even temporarily, from exercising these activities at the time the certificate is submitted.
• A certificate of professional qualification;
• Proof in any form that you have exercised the relevant activity for at least one year during the previous ten years

The fees are based on the statutes of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Architects.

There should be at least three months between submitting the application and taking up the planned activity.

A decision on the application must be made within the shortest possible time, but in principle within three months of receipt of the complete supporting documents at the latest.

• § 10 Architects Act (ArchG)
• State Ordinance on the Implementation of the Architects Act (ArchKEintrV RP)
• Statutes on the costs of the procedure for entry in the professional registers

You have the option of lodging an appeal against the decision of the registration committee with the competent administrative court. The appeal period is one month from notification of the decision.

You can download the relevant application forms from the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Architects, as well as the associated "Application instructions" and further information.

• Application forms in the registration portal

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