Integration courses
Immigrants who speak little or no German but live here permanently and have a valid residence permit can take part in integration courses.
Description
In the integration course, participants learn the German language and gain an overview of the country's history, legal system and culture.
Those who have successfully completed an integration course not only have advantages in everyday life, but can also be naturalised earlier. This reduces the waiting period from eight to seven years.
In many cases, the language skills acquired are also a prerequisite for a permanent residence permit. We can oblige you to attend an integration course if you are not yet able to communicate in German and are applying for a residence permit for the first time:
- for gainful employment (§§ 18, 21 AufenthG),
- for family reunification (sections 28, 29, 30, 32, 36, 36a AufenthG), for humanitarian reasons (section 25 (1), (2), (4a) sentence 3 or 25b AufenthG),
- for long-term residents in other member states of the European Union (Section 38a AufenthG)
- in the case of special political interests; resettlement of persons seeking protection (Section 23 (2) or (4) AufenthG)
Prerequisites
If you have received an authorisation or obligation certificate from the Foreigners Office, you can choose which provider you would like to attend the course with.
If you are not entitled to an integration course place but would like to attend voluntarily, you can submit an application for admission to an integration course to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.
Questions & Answers
If you have received an authorisation or obligation certificate from the Foreigners Office, you can choose which provider you would like to attend the course with.
You can find a provider of integration courses in your area on the website of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (see link under "Further information"). You can also obtain a printed list from the Foreigners Office.
As soon as you have found a provider with a suitable integration course, register there with your Verpflichtungs- oder Berechtigungsschein. The course provider will clarify the billing details with the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.
You can apply for voluntary admission to the integration course directly to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees or to your chosen course provider.
The integration course usually lasts 700 hours. It consists of a language course (600 hours) and an orientation course (100 hours).
The language course covers important topics from everyday life, such as shopping, housing, work, leisure, media, writing emails and filling out forms.
In the orientation course, you will talk about the German legal system, history, culture, values, rights and duties in Germany, for example.
The final test consists of a language test and a test on the material from the orientation course.
There is a wide range of courses on offer in Munich. In addition to full-time courses, there are also part-time courses, weekend courses, courses with childcare and literacy courses.
Legal basis
Residence Act
Integration Course Ordinance
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Bürgerangelegenheiten
Ausländerangelegenheiten
Phone
Postal address
Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Bürgerangelegenheiten
Ausländerangelegenheiten
Ruppertstraße 19
80466 München
Address
Ruppertstraße 19
80337 München
Lagehinweis: Eingang A
Only with appointment