Wishing the Trust7 community and their family members a happy and prosperous New Year 2008.

Since my stay in Germany will be 8 years old in March'08 I was at the Einbürgerungsamt to enquire about my credentials for a German Passport. The answer was my first two years as a student (Aufenthaltbewilligung) will not be included as 'Gewöhnlicher' aufenthalt. So I have to wait for 2 more years to get a Deutsches Paß.

I live in Regensburg, Bayern. Is there anyone who has already received German Citizenship and whose case was similar to that of mine.

Would a lawyer be of help in this case?

Please advice me.

Bayern and Baden-Württemberg do not count student time for citizenship. So there is no way to get help from a lawyer in this regard.

If you are a resident of other states (Haupt Anmeldung), you can get your citizenship now! Lots of ex-students get citizenship in this way!

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MK

my case is similar to yours and I got the citizenship end of 2006 in Bayern (2 years studying + 6 years working). I also have friends with the same situation who all got the citizenships too and in Bayern as well. hope this helps

Hi GC1234,
Thanks for the info.
If you dont mind could you please give me your email id. I will get in touch with you soon.
Regards
Chandra