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
Compare the authority’s answer before the exam brands
DTZ, Goethe-Zertifikat B1 and telc Deutsch B1 are different exam products or testing contexts. Their official pages can describe their own products. They cannot establish that your settlement, citizenship, work, study or other receiving authority accepts them.
If your authority has only written “B1”, ask which exact documents, modules or result formats it accepts before paying for an exam.
Product scope at a glance
| Option | What the first-party source establishes | What still needs separate confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| DTZ | The integration-course language test reports A2 or B1 under its official assessment rules. | Whether the result or integration-course certificate fits your route and document instructions. |
| Goethe-Zertifikat B1 | A Goethe German exam at CEFR B1 with reading, listening, writing and speaking modules; Goethe permits modules together or separately under its product rules. | Whether the receiving authority accepts a full certificate, module certificates or another format. |
| telc Deutsch B1 | A general German CEFR B1 exam with written and oral parts. | Whether the receiving authority accepts this exact product and which local centre terms apply. |
Goethe’s module-certificate rule describes the Goethe product. It does not make module documents legally equivalent for every receiving authority.
Use a three-step comparison
- Acceptance: record the receiving authority, route, exact accepted proof and date checked.
- Product: compare only the options the authority has left open, using the exam owners’ current pages.
- Local execution: ask the selected official or authorised centre about the exact product, date, seat, fee, currency, registration, identification, cancellation, accessibility, result and certificate process.
Do not rank the exams by unverified difficulty, speed, price, pass rate or general recognition claims.
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 receiving authority for proof acceptance; each exam owner for its product rules | Authority source | The official entry and verification sequence recorded on 2026-07-19. | 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
- Treating “CEFR B1” as a universal acceptance list.
- Treating DTZ, Goethe B1 and telc B1 as identical products.
- Treating Goethe module rules as an immigration or citizenship decision.
- Using a centre finder as proof of a current seat, price or result date.
Next action
When an accepted option is clear, continue to fees and booking verification. Return to the settlement route guide or citizenship language-proof guide if the authority has not yet identified possible proof.