Category: Visa & Residence
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Work and opportunity card (3)
Family reunification (9)
- Blue Card family reunification: exemptions and remaining requirements
- Family reunification documents: evidence and a preparation checklist
- Family reunification for Iraqis: Baghdad or Erbil, and what applies to you
- Family reunification for Syrians: where to file today and how the suspension applies
- Family reunification from Egypt: Cairo jurisdiction and current visa routes
- Family reunification from Morocco: the online portal and TLScontact by category
- Family visa timelines: appointments, processing and Tunis–Algiers updates
- Spouse reunification in Germany: the conditions of Section 30 AufenthG
- Subsidiary-protection family reunification: suspension, hardship and legal remedies
Permanent residence (1)
Citizenship and naturalisation (1)
About this section
Every route into and inside Germany as the Residence Act (AufenthG) actually words it: spouse and child reunification under §30 and §32, the exemptions that apply to EU Blue Card holders, the suspension law for subsidiary-protection holders and its hardship route, permanent residence under §9 with the sixty months of pension contributions that sink most applications, and naturalisation under §10 of the Nationality Act. Alongside them the work routes: skilled workers under §18a and §18b, the EU Blue Card with its annual salary thresholds, the Opportunity Card with the full points table from the statutory annex, and self-employment under §21.
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The compulsory integration course in Germany (Section 44a): when it becomes an obligation
Four situations turn the integration course into a legal obligation — and the statute ties non-compliance directly to renewal or revocation of your residence permit.
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Permanent residence in Germany (Niederlassungserlaubnis): Section 9 and the sixty-month trap
Five years of residence does not mean sixty months of pension contributions. The condition that catches most applicants, and why the statute names no CEFR level for permanent residence.
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German citizenship under Section 10 StAG: the five-year rule and the seven conditions
Five years of lawful habitual residence, B1 German and seven conditions that must all be met. What the statute says — and why the three-, six- and eight-year figures belong to other provisions.
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Spouse reunification in Germany: the conditions of Section 30 AufenthG
The age rule, the language condition and every exemption from it, and the permits the resident spouse must hold. Simply living in Germany is not enough — the statute names a list.