It has been law since the end of June: foreigners can now be naturalized in Germany after five instead of eight years (under certain conditions after just three years). Condition: These people work and are well integrated. They can also retain their previous citizenship (see the tuenews reports tun24042406 and tun24012406). A further requirement is that applicants must be committed to the basic democratic order. “Racism, anti-Semitism or any other form of misanthropy preclude naturalization”: this is what the Federal Ministry of the Interior writes in a press release.
Anyone wishing to be naturalized under the new law must be patient. The authority responsible for the district of Tübingen is the Tübingen District Office. It is expecting many new applications. Naturalization applicants should make an appointment for an information meeting before applying. As the district office explained, it can take some time before an appointment is available. There may also be longer waiting times when processing the application.
The key points of the new citizenship law:
https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/pressemitteilungen/DE/2024/06/stag-inkraft.html
To the contact persons of the Naturalization and Citizenship Department at the District Office:
contact for new naturalization law
tun24070301
Landratsamt in Tübingen. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Mostafa Elyasian.
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