Timeline for Which German language test would be more recognized as demonstrating "command of the language" when applying for the blue card/permanent residency?
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| Oct 29 at 12:38 | comment | added | quarague | @xji I can confirm the 'no certificate needed at all' if you German skill is good enough from personal experience. Essentially if your German is good enough to have the bureaucratic discussions about filling out your forms for the Niederlassungserlaubnis in German, your German skills are sufficient. This is up to the discretion of the official you talk to so no official guarantees. | |
| Dec 10, 2018 at 6:47 | comment | added | xji | Addition: In some places the officials do follow a relatively firmer standard. For example, for reducing the number of years for obtaining nationality from 8 years to 6 years, a C1 certificate is all that is required for some places in Baden-Württemburg. So there might still be some point in obtaining such a certificate. And it does seem that Goethe certificates are more useful than TestDaF for such purposes. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 17:35 | vote | accept | xji | ||
| Jul 24, 2017 at 17:35 | comment | added | xji | Makes sense. Actually I also found the information from my Landkreis here kreis-tuebingen.de/site/LRA-Tuebingen-Internet-Root/get/…, which simply states that holding a diploma from a German university would suffice. However it didn't state the language of the study. I have a B2 certificate from my university's language center. Anyways to make sure I shall go and ask them. I even suspect this varies from place to place as apparently local officials hold quite some power of discretion on these matters. | |
| Jul 24, 2017 at 14:43 | history | answered | nvoigt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |