Free tool · StAG, 2024 reform

Are you on track for a German passport?

Since June 2024: five years instead of eight, three with exceptional integration — and you keep your original citizenship.

Spouses: 3 years of residence + 2 years of marriage (§9 StAG).
Secured livelihood is a hard requirement on every track.
33 questions, 17 to pass — bookable at the VHS.

This is a guide, not legal advice. The fast 3-year track additionally requires special integration achievements (outstanding work, academic or civic engagement) that only the Einbürgerungsbehörde can assess. Criminal convictions and some benefit situations block naturalisation.

Sources: § 10 StAG — standard naturalisation · § 9 StAG — spouses of German citizens · BAMF — naturalisation test · calculations happen in your browser.

Expadu tracks the whole road there — permits, deadlines, and the paperwork for each step, in English.

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