VisaWho this applies to
Use this guide if you are checking Germany B1+ before choosing an exam, paying a centre, or submitting a document. It does not decide eligibility, an exemption, or certificate acceptance for an individual case.
Key decisions
- Identify the authority or institution receiving your proof.
- Confirm the exact certificate, level, exam version, and document format it accepts.
- Verify local booking, ID, fee, result, cancellation, and timing details with official sources.
Detailed explanation
Use this to prepare questions, not to self-approve a file
This checklist helps you organise a conversation with the competent authority. It is not a definitive document list and cannot establish settlement-permit or citizenship eligibility.
Language-proof check
- Name the authority, location, application route and target date.
- Ask which exact language proof, level, provider or alternative evidence it accepts now.
- Keep the authority’s answer separate from centre availability, fee, ID and result rules.
- Compare only proof the authority has confirmed is relevant to your case.
Wider application-file check
- Ask separately about residence history or required periods.
- Ask which livelihood or income evidence is needed, and how the authority treats its current status.
- Ask about health insurance, housing, identity and civil-status documents where relevant.
- Ask whether civic-knowledge proof, translations, certifications, declarations, forms, fees or appointments are required.
- Record the authority page, contact, date checked and any written response; re-check before submission.
Procedure check
Do not book a language exam as a substitute for understanding the application procedure. Confirm where to apply, whether an appointment is needed, how documents must be submitted, and which dates or document-validity rules the authority applies.
Continue your B1 decision route
What to verify officially
Official verification pending. This page does not yet have the reviewed authority metadata required to publish a source fact table. Confirm the current requirement and accepted proof with the receiving authority before acting.
Common mistakes
- Booking before confirming the exact proof for the route.
- Using an old price, date, or centre listing without checking the official page.
- Assuming another applicant's outcome applies to your own case.
Next action
Recheck the receiving authority’s current document instructions before submission.
Official sources
- BAMF: migration and residence
- BAMF: settling in Germany
- BAMF: naturalisation
- German Government: key questions about naturalisation
Last updated: 2026-07-13. Official verification pending.