Why we began
Byte Orbitpoint grew from a recurring problem seen in relocation work: accomplished professionals were collecting translations and certificates before anyone had established the exact German reference occupation or responsible authority. The expense was real, while the route remained uncertain.
Our purpose is narrower and more useful. We help clients frame the right recognition questions, organise their evidence and understand official correspondence. We do not make recognition decisions and never imply that personal contacts can accelerate an authority.
The people behind the work
Mara Vogel, lead recognition adviser, has worked for eleven years with international recruitment, chamber procedures and professional relocation in Hesse. Her focus is regulated professions and explaining administrative requirements without flattening their legal distinctions.
Daniel Okafor, document and research adviser, brings experience in university records, credential research and multilingual evidence inventories. He concentrates on consistency across transcripts, employment records and certified translations.
When a matter needs German legal advice, a sworn translation, immigration representation or specialist curriculum assessment, we explain that boundary and suggest the category of professional to seek. Referrals do not change our fee.
How we work
We begin with the intended occupation and location, then move backward to the evidence. Published sources are cited in written route notes. Ambiguity is labelled as a question for the authority rather than disguised as confidence.
Clients remain in control of submissions and original documents. We ask for no more personal data than the consultation requires, and encourage redaction of identification numbers during an initial route review.
Values visible in the advice
- Specificity: an authority, reference occupation and destination state are more useful than a generic checklist.
- Restraint: we distinguish practical guidance from an official decision, legal opinion or immigration service.
- Respect for prior learning: a foreign qualification is evidence of serious work, even when the German comparison reveals differences.
- Plain language: administrative precision should not require obscure explanations.
Our Frankfurt office supports clients across Germany by video, with in-person consultations available by appointment.