Staatsangehörigkeit

Question

Hello :)

I’ve been here for couple of times with questions and really helps me a lot too ,

I came to Germany on 2015 May , from 2016 August I used to work till now, also finished my Ausbildung on 2021. Got an Aufenthalt by 19D abs 1 Nr 1 on 13.06.2022 for 2 years ( till 2024 ) ( 2015 to 2019 I was with my Asylum Process , then Begins Ausbildung on 2019 so I withdraws  my asylum application  )

As i completed Ausbildung and lives from 2015 to now also works almost 6 years Continues , am I eligible to apply for German nationality ?

Answer 1

Hi @Nima,

The only time that counts towards getting German citizenship is the time you hae with regular Aufenthalt, i.e. since June of this year. I presume for the time before that you were in possession of either the papers Aufenthaltsgestattung, Duldung and/or Ausbildungsduldung. The time spend with these papers does not count towards citizenship.

However, the current government has plans to shorten the time period necessary for citizenship to 5 years. In cases of persons showing 'exceptional integration' already after 3 years. A completed Ausbildung would be one way of showing exceptional integration. These are, however, still just plans and need to be put in to law.

Best,

Éanna