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German Citizenship

3 official facts · checked 4 Nov 2026

Cost
€255
Time
to confirm
Stay
to confirm
Germany DE-CITIZEN

German Citizenship

3 verified facts

Cost
€255 per person (€51 for minor children naturalised with their parents).
Time
To be confirmed with the local naturalisation authority before applying.
Stay
Not applicable
Leads to
To be confirmed with the local naturalisation authority before applying.
Time needed

Usually after 5 years

Long-term · no %

You get this after living in Germany on another visa. So we don't give a %. The rules are below and on the Long-term page.

The details

What the official rules say

Each line links to its official source and the date we checked it. Anything we could not check is marked.

Cost

€255

€255 per person (€51 for minor children naturalised with their parents).

≈ USD 285 — indicative only, at the ECB reference rate of 3 Nov 2026. Not an official fee.

bmi.bund.de ↗ · checked 4 Nov 2026

How long it takes

To be confirmed with the local naturalisation authority before applying.

How long you can stay

Not applicable

Can it lead to living there permanently?

To be confirmed with the local naturalisation authority before applying.

Rules

Usually 5 years of lawful habitual residence in Germany (Section 10 Nationality Act), plus other conditions.

gesetze-im-internet.de ↗ · checked 4 Nov 2026

These are the official rules we have so far. There may be more. Read the official page before you apply.

Official page

Naturalisation — Federal Ministry of the Interior

bmi.bund.de ↗ · checked 4 Nov 2026

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