Apply for admission to the integration course

You can apply for participation in the integration course online or by post at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF):

Online:

• Fill out the online application for admission to participate in the integration course.
• Use the upload function to attach the required documents.
• Log in via your user account and submit the application. To do this, you must identify yourself with
  • the online function of your identity card,
  • the online function of your electronic residence permit, or
  • Your software certificate from the tax administration (ELSTER).
• The BAMF will review your application and contact you if you have any questions or missing documents.
• If you are entitled to participate in an integration course, you will receive a written confirmation from the BAMF.
• Register with a course provider as soon as possible with the certificate of eligibility.
• Choose a course provider in your area. You can search for this, for example, on the BAMF website (BAMF-NAvI).
• You will be admitted to participate within the limits of the available course places.

by post:

• You can either fill out the form on the BAMF website or download it and then fill it out.
• Print out the form and sign it.
• Send the form together with the copies of your required documents to the regional office of the BAMF responsible for you.
  • You can find the regional office of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees responsible for you on the website of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (under "Authorities") using your postcode via the BAMF-NAvI.
• The BAMF will review your application and contact you if you have any questions or missing documents.
• If you are entitled to participate in an integration course, you will receive a written confirmation from the BAMF.
• Register with a course provider as soon as possible with the certificate of eligibility.
• Choose a course provider in your area. You can search for this, for example, on the BAMF website (BAMF-NAvI).
• You will be admitted to participate within the limits of the available course places.

You can apply for participation in the integration course:

• if you are legally and permanently resident in Germany and
• if you have no or insufficient knowledge of the German language (below level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

Other prerequisites:

• You have one of the following residence permits:
  • as a specialist
  • as a researcher
  • as a self-employed person or self-employed person
  • for the purpose of family reunification
  • as a person entitled to asylum (on humanitarian grounds), a person entitled to subsidiary protection, a recognised refugee or a recognised refugee
  • as a long-term resident in another Member State of the European Union
  • as an immigrant residing for special political interests, e.g. Jewish immigrants, humanitarian admission programme

and

• Your stay in Germany is permanent. This is the case if you
  • have a residence permit of at least one year or
  • have held a residence permit for more than 18 months, unless your stay is of a temporary nature.

If you do not fall under the above groups, you can apply to participate in the integration course if you

• have a permanent and legal residence (e.g. as a citizen of the European Union or as a family member) and
• do not have sufficient knowledge of the German language.

In this case, admission is possible as long as course places are available.

If you are a German citizen, you can also apply for participation in an integration course if you

• do not have sufficient knowledge of the German language and
• are in particular need of integration.

You can already be admitted to the integration course during an ongoing asylum procedure if you

• have a residence permit and
• have not yet applied for asylum in any other Member State of the European Union or are obliged to do so.

You may also be admitted to participate in the course,

• if you have a toleration because:
  • urgent humanitarian or personal reasons, or
  • significant public interests require your temporary continued presence in Germany.
• if you have a residence permit, because
  • Her departure is impossible for legal or factual reasons, and
  • you are prevented from leaving the country through no fault of your own.

Note: Admission is not possible:

• with a recognizably low need for integration,
• if you already have sufficient knowledge of the German language,
• if you are subject to compulsory education,
• if you start a school education as a young adult or young adult or continue your school career in Germany.

• Application for participation in the integration course (online or by post)
• Copy of passport or identity card
• Copy of the current residence permit

• Own contribution per lesson (45 minutes) from 01.08.2022: 2.29 EUR
• Total cost contribution for the General Integration Course 1,603 EUR
• Total cost contribution for special courses, e.g. literacy course with 1,000 teaching units plus the possibility of 300 teaching units of repeat lessons: a total of EUR 2,977

Note: You can apply for a cost contribution exemption.

If you do not receive a cost exemption, you can apply to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) for a refund of 50 percent of your contribution. To do this, you must prove successful participation in the integration course within 2 years of receiving your eligibility: passing the German Test for Immigrants (DTZ) and the "Living in Germany" test.

You must submit the application before the start of the integration course.

Forms available: Yes

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: No

Personal appearance required: No

Online services available: Yes

• Contradiction
• Action before the Administrative Court

There are no clues or peculiarities.

Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI)

13.12.2022

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.