Immigration

• Apply for a data transmission block for your data stored in the Central Register of Foreigners

  If you are registered in the Central Register of Foreigners, you can apply under certain conditions to have your data withheld from disclosure.

• Applying for naturalization for former German citizens living abroad

  If you live abroad, used to be German and would like to become German again, you can apply for re-naturalization under certain conditions.

• Applying for German citizenship as a foreigner with habitual residence abroad

  If you live abroad, have close ties to Germany, and would like to acquire German citizenship, you can apply for naturalization.

• Apply for reparative naturalization after revocation during the Nazi era for directly affected persons and their descendants abroad

  If you or your ancestors were deprived of German citizenship during the National Socialist era and you live abroad, you can apply for restitution by way of re-naturalization under certain conditions as part of making amends.

• Apply for self-disclosure of personal information in the visa warning file

  If you would like to know what information is stored about you in the visa warning file, you can request a disclosure.

• Apply for information concerning personal data from the European Visa Information System (VIS)

  If you would like to know what information the Visa Information System (VIS) has stored about you, you can request access.

• Apply for information from the Visa Warning File regarding your own organization

  If you would like to know what information the Visa Warning File has stored about your organization, you can request a disclosure.

• Naturalization requirements for nationals of another Member State

  Here you will find information on naturalization requirements for nationals of another EU member state

• Apply for a repetition of up to 300 teaching units of the language course

  Under certain conditions, you can repeat the language course once for up to 300 teaching units.

• Apply for an exemption from integration course fees

  If you receive social benefits or are in financial need, you can participate in an integration course free of charge under certain conditions. This also applies to employees whose gross income does not exceed a certain amount.