On this page, you will find a list of links related to naturalization and citizenship. It is not an exhaustive list, but it should help you find a starting point in your individual state or at federal level.
Please note: we checked these links in May/early June 2024. Some of the websites had not yet been updated to reflect the changes to the law so some of the information may be out of date.
State Links
Baden-Württemberg
General information for Baden-Württemberg
https://im.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/staatsangehoerigkeit/einbuergerung-und-staatsangehoerigkeit
Implementation guidance for Baden-Würtemmberg
https://im.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/staatsangehoerigkeit/anwendungshinweise-verwaltungsvorschrift
Bayern
General information for Bavaria
https://www.innenministerium.bayern.de/mui/einbuergerungundstaatsangehoerigkeit/index.php
Link to local online application forms for Bavaria
https://www.bayernportal.de/dokumente/onlineservice/77443319242
Find the contact details of your local office in Bavaria
https://www.bayernportal.de/dokumente/leistung/25665437265
Berlin
General information and FAQs for Berlin
https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/einbuergerung/
Online application form for Berlin
https://service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/318998/
Implementation guidance for Berlin
https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/service/downloads/artikel.875097.php
Guidance service in Berlin
https://www.bildungsmarkt.de/bildungsangebote/einbuergerungslotsinnen/
Brandenburg
Online application form for parts of Brandenburg (currently only available in a limited number areas)
https://www.antragsservice-einbuergerung.de/
Bremen
General information for Bremen (including PDF application form)
https://www.service.bremen.de/dienstleistungen/einbuergerung-10469
Hamburg
General information for Hamburg
https://einbuergerung.hamburg.de/
https://www.hamburg.de/innenbehoerde/einbuergerung/
Online application form for Hamburg
https://www.antragsservice-einbuergerung.de/
Naturalisation advice service for Hamburg
https://einbuergerung.hamburg.de/info/unterstuetzung-615494
Hessen
General information for Hessen
https://einbuergerung.hessen.de/
Find your local citizenship office in Hessen
https://einbuergerung.hessen.de/zustaendigkeitsfinder/
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Naturalisation advice service (BZI pilot project)
https://passtgenau-bzi.de/#was-passt
Niedersachsen
General information
Application form
Nordrhein-Westfalen
General information
https://www.mkjfgfi.nrw/einbuergerungnrw
Online application form (currently only available in a limited number areas)
https://www.antragsservice-einbuergerung.de/
Rheinland-Pflaz
Online application form (currently only available in a limited number areas)
https://www.antragsservice-einbuergerung.de/
Citizenship advice service (BZI pilot project)
https://passtgenau-bzi.de/#was-passt
Saarland
General information
https://www.buergerdienste-saar.de/zfinder-saar-web/lifesituation?llid=114&llmid=0&menuitemid=2
Sachsen
General information
https://www.einbuergerung.sachsen.de/
Application form
https://www.revosax.sachsen.de/law_versions/33035/pdf_attachments
Sachsen-Anhalt
General information
https://einbuergerung.sachsen-anhalt.de/die-kampagne
Schleswig-Holstein
Find your local citizenship office
https://zufish.schleswig-holstein.de/detail?pstId=8967946
Online application form (currently only available in a limited number areas)
https://www.antragsservice-einbuergerung.de/
Thüringen
Find your local citizenship office
https://buerger.thueringen.de/detail?pstId=354620
Federal Links
The Federal Government has created a website with information about The Path to a German Passport.
It provides lots of official guidance and key facts about naturalization, based on the new German Citizenship Act (Staatsangehörigkeitsgesetz).
The Federal Government’s Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
(Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration)
https://www.integrationsbeauftragte.de/ib-de/ich-moechte-mehr-wissen-ueber/einbuergerung
Naturalisation in Germany (BAMF)
General information about the naturalisation test:
Digital Administration Dashboard (Digitale Verwaltung Dashboard)
Shows the current progress across Germany towards being able to complete various administrative tasks online (including applying for citizenship)
https://dashboard.digitale-verwaltung.de/
Additional Information