The twelve districts of Berlin are getting rid of one task: naturalizations. The Senate intends to create a central center for this by mid-2023.
The goal: More Berliners with foreign roots should get a German passport – easier and faster. Instead of 7,000 a year, it will soon be 20,000.
“The processes should change, not the conditions,” emphasizes the Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey (43, SPD). So e.g. B. Residence in Germany for eight years (continuously and lawfully), no high criminal record, no recipient of social assistance or Hartz IV.
The Senate is initially launching a project to clarify the most important questions: For example, where a property should be rented, whether the staff will have to switch from the districts to the new office. The new office will be attached to the LEA state immigration office (Friedrich-Krause-Ufer).
For Giffey it’s very clear: “The naturalization ceremonies, where the certificates are handed over in a festive setting, will continue to take place in the town halls of the districts.”
