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
Start with two confirmed anchors
The first anchor is the competent authority’s current application instruction, appointment or deadline. The second is the selected official or authorised centre’s current exam and result process. If either is missing, mark it unresolved instead of inserting a default date.
This timeline does not calculate residence periods, eligibility or processing time.
Statute boundaries rechecked on 2026-11-07
Residence Act section 9 and Nationality Act section 10 still contain residence-duration, language, and civic-knowledge conditions, plus exceptions and other routes. Those texts do not give this page a processing time, an exam-result turnaround, or a personal eligibility result. The federal naturalisation portal also describes the procedure and publishes its own timing and fee figures. Read those figures on the portal if you need them, and ask the competent authority which figure applies to your file.
If the BAMF-NAvI foreigners-authority locator does not open, use the contact route published by your town, district, or foreigners authority. The federal naturalisation portal tells readers to ask the town, district, or foreigners authority which nationality authority is competent.
Build the sequence from evidence
- Authority check: save the route, required proof, procedure, source and date checked.
- Proof choice: keep only the exam products or alternatives the authority has confirmed may fit.
- Centre check: record the exact product, seat, registration, identification, fee, cancellation, result and certificate process.
- Reader-set buffer: add only the time you choose after considering the confirmed dates and your own risk tolerance.
- Submission recheck: revisit the authority’s current instructions before submitting.
Do not copy another centre’s result period, assume a retake seat, or create a standard appointment wait. If translation or certification is relevant, use the authority’s actual instruction and a provider-confirmed date.
Evidence record
For every date, store who supplied it, the exact source, the time zone if relevant, the date checked and whether it is confirmed or provisional. Note which event would make you recheck it—for example, a changed exam date, a new authority instruction or a missed appointment.
What to verify officially
| Item to verify | Who finally decides | Official source | Confirmed on this page | You still need to confirm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current route requirement and accepted proof | Competent local foreigners or nationality authority for application procedure; selected exam centre for local exam dates and processes | Authority source | The official entry and verification sequence recorded on 2026-11-07. | Your current individual route, exceptions, document format, and submission instructions. |
| Exam product and booking rules | Official exam owner and authorised local centre | Exam-owner source | The exam-owner entry used by this guide. | Current centre authorisation, dates, fees, ID, cancellation, results, and certificate delivery. |
Common mistakes
- Starting from an exam date before proof acceptance is clear.
- Treating a general result estimate as a guaranteed certificate date.
- Assuming a failed attempt can always be repeated before the target date.
- Using this planning sequence as a residence-duration calculation.
Next action
When the dated evidence record is ready, finish with the submission-review checklist. Recheck the settlement route or citizenship language-proof route if an authority answer remains unresolved.