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Naturalisation
“Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit” – do you want that to be the start of your new national anthem, too? If you want to acquire German citizenship, this is the right place. Here you will find information on the naturalisation test, naturalisation for spouses and how you can apply for verification of citizenship.
Services:
Apply for a citizenship card
You can apply for a binding determination of your German citizenship if you have a legitimate interest in doing so.
Apply for a negative certificate (for citizenship) for persons in Germany
Official proof of non-existence of German citizenship (examination and determination).
Apply for admission as a late repatriate
In principle, you can only be admitted to Germany as an ethnic German resettler if you leave your resettlement area as part of the admission procedure. Please note that you must always submit the application from the resettlement area.
Apply for admission to the integration course
If you want to learn German, you can take part in an integration course under certain conditions.
Apply for co-naturalization for your spouse, registered partner or minor children
If you are married to someone or have a registered civil partnership and they apply for naturalization, you and your minor child can also be naturalized.
Apply for discretionary naturalization
Under certain conditions, you can apply for discretionary naturalization even if you are not entitled to naturalization.
Apply for naturalization for foreigners entitled to naturalization
If you are a foreigner and would like to become a German citizen with all rights and obligations, you are entitled to naturalization under certain conditions.
Apply for naturalization for former Germans abroad
If you live abroad, have already been German and would like to become German again, you can apply for re-naturalization under certain conditions.
Apply for naturalization for persons who have been stateless since birth
Were you born in Germany to stateless parents? Then you are entitled to naturalization under certain conditions.
Apply for naturalization on the basis of marriage or registered partnership with a person who has German citizenship
You can apply for naturalization under simplified conditions if you are married to a person who has German citizenship or live together in a registered civil partnership.
Apply for reimbursement of the cost contribution (50 percent) for the integration course
If you have successfully completed the integration course within 2 or 3 years, you can apply for a refund of 50 percent of your cost contribution under certain conditions.
Apply for subsequent inclusion of spouses and descendants in the late resettler admission decision
If you are an ethnic German resettler living in Germany and still have family members (spouse, descendants) in the resettlement area, you can apply for them to be included in your admission decision at a later date.
Applying for German citizenship as a foreign national with habitual residence abroad
If you live abroad, have close ties to Germany and would like to acquire German citizenship, you can apply for naturalization.
Applying for restitution naturalization for persons directly affected during the Nazi era and their descendants abroad
If you or your ancestors were deprived of German citizenship during the National Socialist era and you live abroad, you can apply for re-naturalization under certain conditions as part of the restitution process.
Naturalization Conferral
Under certain conditions, foreign nationals can apply for German citizenship.
Naturalization Conferral of German citizenship for homeless foreigners
As a homeless foreigner, you can apply for naturalization under simplified conditions.
Naturalization requirements for nationals of another Member State
Here you will find information on naturalization requirements for citizens of another EU member state
Request clarification of the non-existence of an option obligation
German citizenship: Determining the continued existence of German citizenship for children born in Germany as part of the option obligation
Request repetition of up to 300 lessons of the language course
Under certain conditions, you can repeat the language course once for up to 300 teaching units.
Upgrading persons who have entered the country through the admission procedure
If you have entered Germany by way of the admission procedure and have not received the status as an ethnic German resettler or as an included spouse or descendant, this classification can be reviewed upon application.