A Slower Path for German Citizenship: Few "Turbo-Citizenizations" in Saxony-Anhalt – Yet
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Hey there! frequent question lately: what's the lowdown on that speedy German citizenship route in Saxony-Anhalt? Well, buckle up, because things ain't exactly moving at a breakneck pace just yet.
In, oh, around a year or so now, some well-integrated folks can become German citizens after a cool three-year stint - but it's been rather scarce, the so-called "turbo-citizenizations," in our lovely Saxony-Anhalt. Take Halle an der Saale for example, there's only been the blink-and-you'll-miss-it number of one case according to city officials, and over in Burgenlandkreis, doctahs are good to go thanks to this regulation, y'all hear that?
The district of Stendal? Not a peep about turbo-citizenizations, and the nearby Börde and Saalekreis have applications piled high but still not decided. Magdeburg ain't chattin' numbers yet, but they've got a handful of candidates who've already applied before they even snagged that five-year residence permit in Germany.
Now, the fancy-schmancy new federal government's been talkin' about scrapping the turbo-citizenization, so things might change in due time. They're stickin' to the changes, but the conservatives and SPD want to wipe out the option of cutting the citizenship nail trim to three years for academic or professional achievements whizzes. The votes on this are set for June 26th in the Bundestag.
Things are a-hustle in the districts and independent cities with a mountain of naturalization applications. Magdeburg, for instance, got around 450 applications on the go. You do the math on those. Procedures ain't exactly runnin' smoother than a greased pig, taking anywhere from three months to a whole five years depending on the documents required to clarify identities – just don't forget, not everyone's application gettin' the nod. The number of rejections is on the rise, they say. Staff has been beefed up, and there's now a digital application process for naturalization that was rolled out last year.
Talkin' 'bout Halle, they're catchin' more naturalization applications, with 565 applications from January to the end of May this year. Compared to 415 in the same period last year, it's an increase by golly. The average processing time? About 12 months mean streets of Halle. Over in the Börde district, they ain't sharin' the number, but reported a major surge in naturalization applications with more and more people actually becoming citizens. Between January and May, they naturalized 219 folks, a significant upswing from the 84 from the same period in the previous year. The average processing time is approximated at about 18 months.
Elsewhere, applicants gotta wait a long, long time. Stendal's averagin' 23 months from application to final decision, and in the Saalekreis, the naturalization application floodgates opened in 2023 with 256 applications still unanswered, ballooning to over 900 by the end of 2024, and now over 1,000 as of May this year. The time it takes to go from applications to decisions bumped up from 449 days in 2023 to 617 smack-dab in the present.
Can't get enough German citizenship deets? Hit up your local authorities, or the responsible offices in Saxony-Anhalt directly – they might just have some specific numbers and processing times for you Southern-Anhalter territories like Magdeburg, Halle, Burgenlandkreis, Börde, Saalekreis, and Stendal.
Links & Fun Facts:
- Germany News: https://www.dw.com/en/
- German Press Agency: https://www.dpa.de/en
- State Capital Magdeburg: https://www.magdeburg.de/
- City of Halle an der Saale: https://www.halle.de/
- Burgenlandkreis: https://www.burgenlandkreis.de/
- District of Stendal: https://www.landkreis-stendal.de/
- Saalekreis: https://www.saalekreis.de/
- State of Saxony-Anhalt: https://sachsen-anhalt.de/en
- In light of the current community policy, the process of obtaining German citizenship through vocational training in the districts of Magdeburg, Halle, Burgenlandkreis, Börde, Saalekreis, and Stendal is undergoing changes due to the proposed legislative amendments in policy-and-legislation.
- As politics surrounding German citizenship continue to evolve, it's important to note the significance of vocational training in the naturalization process for immigrants, as various districts, such as Magdeburg, Halle, and the Börde district, have seen an increase in applications for this pathway.
