FAQ Funding for a language course abroad: Bildungsurlaub, QualiScheck & Co.

Educational leave or educational bonus? Education or qualification check? Which offer is right for you? And what funding opportunities are there for a language trip abroad? Answers to your most important Ask you will find here.

Funding options for language trips abroad

Very good foreign language skills are the be-all and end-all these days Working world and the basis for a successful Career. With a language course abroad, you can not only learn a new language or improve existing language skills, but also immerse yourself intensively in the culture and the peculiarities of the country itself in direct exchange with the locals.

In many cases, it is not even known that there are numerous funding opportunities from the federal and state governments - if you use them useful you don't have to dig as deep into your pocket for a language trip as you might think. The following FAQ list answers the most important questions on the subject:

Can I apply for my language course abroad?

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Educational leave can not be applied for in all Länder. The statutory regulations for the application vary greatly from one state to another. Currently, there are educational holidays in the following states:

• Berlin
• Brandenburg
• Bremen
• Hamburg
• Hessen
• Lower Saxony
• Rheinland-Pfalz
• Baden-Württemberg
• Saarland
• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Sachsen-Anhalt
• Schleswig-Holstein
• Thuringia

In NRW, only languageCourses within 500 km are recognized as an education leave from the national border - more distant language travel destinations in USA or South America are thus excluded here.

What does education leave exactly?

If your language trip is recognized by your employer as educational leave, you will usually receive 5 additional days of paid leave per calendar year. If you are under 25, in some federal states you can even enjoy 10 days of paid leave for educational leave.

As a rule, the language course should include at least 30 lessons per week. As a one-week language course abroad is hardly sufficient to make good learning progress, it is recommended to add at least one more week's own holiday.

In principle, every employee from 25 years who has at least 6 months in the claim Companys is busy. Prerequisite: You bring added value to your company by improving your language skills and are then better or more versatile.

What are the options for applying for my language course abroad?

If you cannot apply for educational leave or would like to apply for a subsidy for the educational leave you have already applied for, you should check whether you can get a subsidy for the language course through the federal and state funding options.Costs can apply for.

- The federal government's funding option

The educational bonus is granted nationwide, regardless of the state. In this context, a distinction is made between the premium voucher and the savings coupon (also referred to as continuing education savings).

The conditions for a Rewards coupon are:

1. In the form of the premium voucher 50% (max. 1000 €), you will be entitled to reimburse the full course price for each two calendar years.
2. You must pay the remaining costs yourself, not your employer.
3. They must be at least 25 years old.
4. You must have a taxable annual income of 20.000 € (together with a spouse of max. 40.000 €).
5. And you must have an average of at least 15 lessons per week (or parent or nursing).

The conditions for a savings coupon are:

In addition to the education bonus, you can even finance a somewhat more expensive or long-term language course with a savings account, the so-called "continuing education".

1. For the savings account, there is no fixed income maximum as with the education bonus.
2. The only prerequisite here is that you have a certain amount of savings in accordance with the Wealth Creation Act.
3. The savings account allows you to use this credit for a language course prematurely.
4. Nevertheless, you still have the right to the employee benefit allowance.

Qualification check, qualification checks, etc. - promotion possibilities of the federal states

In addition to the above-mentioned educational bonus, there are different funding options in each federal state. The educational qualifications in NRW, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the qualification certificates in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate are among the best known in this context.

Unification is not possible because the scope of funding, the requirements and the specific legal guidelines are set individually by each state. Everywhere you get a grant to the pure language course costs.

NRW

The education check in NRW should z. B. support particularly low-skilled or non-training employees from companies with fewer than 250 employees whose taxable annual income amounts to a maximum of € 30.000 (max. € 60.000 for spouses).

One can use an education check if the last is professional Further Training two years or more ago and will be reimbursed 50% of the pure language course costs (max. 500 €).

Rheinland-Pfalz

At QualiScheck in Rhineland-Palatinate you can max. 500 € per calendar year for a language course as a grant. The QualiScheck can be used by persons with a taxable annual income of more than 20.000 € (40.000 € for spouses).

If your annual income is below 20.000 € (40.000 € for spouses), you can use the QualiScheck if the costs of the pure language course are above 1000 €.

Can I combine different funding options?

Incidentally, it is not possible to combine different promotion possibilities, B. Bildungsprämie AND Qualischeck. A double conveyor is thus excluded.

If you want to get a complete overview of all funding opportunities that are offered regionally, nationally, nationwide or even across the EU, you will find detailed information in this funding database.

Where can I find advice?

With renowned language travel providers like Linguland language travel An international team of experts will advise you in customer service competently, transparent and comprehensive, which language school in which country is suitable for educational leave for your federal state.

You will receive the necessary background information on all funding options that you can use in your particular case as well as help with the application process. So you are in the best hands so that your language course abroad is not only an unforgettable, but also a good financeable experience!

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