Dear Friends,
I have got an apppointment for submitting my application for eninbürgerung. I have already completed 7 years.
Could you please help me with the following:
1.What kind of discussion(Questions) takes place during this document submitting process?
2.How should I prepare for this meeting?

The members who have already gone through this process, please contribute.

Thanks.

Hi Serene,

My time for einbürgerüng is getting closer too. Could you tell us when exactly have you applied for the 7 years einbürgerüng? Have you done the ZD as language proof? What about the orientirungskurs?

If you got ZD there is need for language test anymore.....

In which Land have you applied?

Cheers,
Krisztian

1. Normal talking between people.
2. You go, you smile, you say hallo, you do what they ask you, you submit what they need and you wait the final decision.

Thanks for your answer max
What I really want to know is: If they try to drill you down to know why you want to become german and try to assess your speaking skills
or
they have nothing to do with such issues and just collect the papers?

Thanks.

@KrisztianK, Yes I have ZD.

From my experience....
I went there and had a normal speaking. On German language.
They took the documents and told me to wait.
It was all nice and polite. Nothing special happened.
Just relax and be as you are. Goad has its own ways and will be with you.
Best luck.

@Serene: Have you attended an "orienturgskurs" as well?
Is it really needed for somebody from an EU country?

Cheers
Krisztian

Hi,

is it mandatory to submit B1 certificate (people who is living more than 8 years)?

is it possible to take the einbürgerung test without having any official request from ABH?

Thanks and regards,
Moiin

@ Moiin

It is very much mandatory to submit B1 or equivalent to prove your language proficiency. There are other possible ways you can prove your German skills too, like if you have attended a German school and received a degree or diploma.

You can take EB Test without any explicit request form ABH. You just have to go to your nearest VHS and look for the next available test.

@Serene

You don't have to worry about any questions when you go to submit your application. It used to be the case with EB before that the caseworker had an enormous power to decide if your language skills were enough. But not anymore, with the new framework, mostly everything is very well defined and hence no one single person can decide the outcome of the process.

Best of Luck to all you guys.

Hi,

I have applied for Einbürgerung in person in Munich.

Can you please let me know when does one recieve the first ever letter(ack) or some form of communication from the beamte's office. I have applied on Jan 19th and havent heard from them so far. I am expecting some kind of a acknowledgment letter stating that I have already applied.

Just relax.... You just applied last month.

It took 5 months for me.

Can someone expalin what is ZD ?

@ Hilton:

ZD: Zertifikat Deutsch

@Shanks - did you call to get an appointment ? How much after the call did you get an appointment.

@jivankitalash,

Yes, I called them may be on Jan 11th and I got a appointment on Jan 19th.

She looked at all my documents and seemed to be happy.She also made me sign all the forms including a big list of terrorist organizations and also the loyaltydeclaration. She told me the process would go for 6 months mindestens and if the papers are in order will then be relatively shorter.

But Am I not supposed to get a Initial ack letter from them saying they have rec's the application. Isnt that the first step? My friends who applied in stuttgart got these letters say within 3 weeks and their processing time was like 2 -3 months.

@UMTS11,

I agree. but I am not asking for the process completion letter. I am asking for the Acknowledgment letter saying I have applied.

When did u recieve your FIRST EVER letter from them?

@Shanks

This is what i told you. The first letter came after 5 months, stating that i need to fill up one form which was enclosed and after 2 weeks of that they send me Einbürgerungszusicherung.

Thanks UMTS11 for your quick reply. May I ask what was the form about?