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.
You live abroad and would like to acquire German citizenship by declaration.
Do you live abroad and need proof that you do not have German citizenship? Then you can apply for a negative certificate.
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 your application from the resettlement area.
If you want to learn German, you can take part in an integration course under certain conditions.
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.
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.
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.
Do you live abroad and need proof that you have German citizenship? Then you can apply for a citizenship certificate.
If you live abroad, have close ties to Germany and would like to acquire German citizenship, you can apply for naturalization.
If you live abroad, have already been German and would like to become German again, you can apply for re-naturalization under certain conditions.
You live abroad and you or your ancestors have given up or lost German citizenship due to National Socialist persecution or were unable to acquire it? Then you can apply for restitution naturalization.
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.
You can apply for naturalization to obtain German citizenship if you are eligible for naturalization.
Discretionary naturalization
Co-naturalization of spouses or registered partners and underage children.
Here you will find information on naturalization requirements for citizens of another EU member state
If you have received a notice of admission as an ethnic German repatriate and are registered in Germany at your new place of residence, you will receive a certificate as an ethni...
Under certain conditions, you can repeat the language course once for up to 300 teaching units.
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.
