Hello All,

On last Friday I got German citizenship. It took exactly 5 weeks after submitting my application with all the required papers.

I have been living in Germany for almost 7 years - 4.5 years for study, 2.5 years with job.

best regards
mk

Hi mk,

Can you list up the documents you have submitted for the application?

Are you from an EU country?

Cheers
Krisztian

Congrads. That is the shortest period i have ever heard of. Should be eligible for Guiness Book of World Records ;-)

Where exactly did u apply? City/Town would be nice.

@mk

Is there something seriously wrong with german bureaucrats??

Apparently, they were waiting with a blank passport to put your name on it ;-)

>Is there something seriously wrong with german >bureaucrats??

Nope.. I was told at Einburgerüngamt that in case of EU citizens the process lasts only a couple of weeks

Hello All,

Thank you very much for your congrats.

Below is the list of the documents I submitted:
i. Birth certificate
ii. Salary slip (3 months)
iii. work contract
iv. house contract
v. orientation course/integration course certificate

The place of my citizenship was in Niedersachsen. The Amt is Stadt Hildesheim. The guys there are always friendly and co-operative. I have heard the same processing time for many other foreigners from Hildesheim.

I am not from EU. I am from South Asia with Muslim religion.

BR
mk

@mk
you mentioned deutsche/integration course certificate.
Is it only a certificate of participation or really certificate of prufung(ZD)

Cheers

It was a certificate of participating and passing Integration/Orientierung prüfung. The Orientierungs course lasts 5 days (30 hours), then on the 6th day there was a test on this. I got a certificate on the same day from VHS (Sonneberg) where I made the test.

I submitted this certificate to the Einbürgerungsamt.

one more info: the Einbürgerungsamt official has told me that I do not need any Deutsch certificate as he thought I was fluent enough in German after talking to me about 10 minutes.

@mk

Did you have to submit a handwritten Lebenslauf?

yes, i did submit a hand written lebenslauf.

@mk

Is there a speical format for this Lebenslauf? or is it just usual Lebenslauf when applying for jobs?

it was not like the one for job. it is a brief lebenslauf. Mine was 1 page.

i have written the following information in my lebenslauf:

Name, father's name, mother's name, date of birth, place of birth, current nationality, education, job history (only the names of the companies and time), hobbys.

Those are just an example for my case. I think there is no specific format for this. Main point is that you have written there something about yourself!

Greetings,

I have the following

- Daueraufenthalt EG + Niederlassungserlaubnis
- "Zertifikat Deutsch"
- 6 years in Germany - working all the time
- read/speak/write German without any issues(fluent)

What else do I need to apply for citizenship?

Thank in advance!

i think you can go to your Einbürberungsamt to talk if you can apply now. If they agree that you are well integrated, then 6 years should be okay.

Gook luck,
mk

In my case it took 19 or 20 days (less than 3 weeks)to get the citizenship (that was one year ago)...so i guess in some cases they are really quick

sorry mk. Now gc123 has been declared the winner by 2 weeks

gc has got it in less than 3 weeks. it could be possible.
from my experience i can say that Einbürgerungsamt guys are much better, friendly and efficient than our long-beloved Auslanderbehörde guys!!!

Congratulation Mk,
I have one question to you and also to others:
you told that orientation course took 5 days. What were the the contents of this orientaion course? Just few highlights about this course please ?

I have the following situation:
I am not very fluent in German language but can manage talking to some points and have been in Germany since 6 years (4 as full time working with GC visa + 2 years study). Am I eligible for German Citizenship if I do this orientaion course only?
I will appreciate for your answer.
regrards,
salman

>>Just few highlights about this course please ?

It is very easy course if you understand german.
It deals with
1. History (how germany came into existence, worldwar etc etc)
2. Politics (Parties in germany, their philosophy etc)
3. Culture

>>Am I eligible for German Citizenship if I do this orientaion course only?

No. You are eligible for 7 years rule if you provide Integration Course certificate(Zertifikat Deutsch + Orientierung course)