Your path to German citizenship
From the first check to your naturalisation certificate (Einbürgerungsurkunde) – organised step by step.
- ✓Check which requirements you are likely to meet.
- ✓Get a document checklist tailored to your situation.
- ✓Practise for the naturalisation test.
- ✓Keep track of your documents, progress and next steps.
- ✓Understand letters from the authorities with the letter explainer.
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What it looks like
More information or proof needed
Based on your answers so far, you are still missing proof of German at B1 level. Alternative proof must be checked separately.
Based on your answers so far, a naturalisation test is generally required. Possible legal exceptions have not been fully checked yet.
Requirements check
Do you meet the requirements? Traffic light result in 2 minutes.
How Passlotse works
- 1
Not sure if you already meet the requirements?
Check the requirements
10 questions, 2 minutes: a traffic light result and what you are still missing – with next steps.
- 2
Don't know which documents you need?
Collect your documents
Your personal checklist based on your job, family and federal state – with explanations.
- 3
Worried about the naturalisation test?
Prepare for the test
Practise all official questions, take a 60-minute mock test, repeat your mistakes.
- 4
Application submitted – and then months of silence?
Apply & get support
Pre-submission check before you apply, then timeline, deadlines and letter explainer until your certificate.
300 + 10
general questions + questions for your federal state
16
federal states
6
languages
For the whole family
Spouse and children in one account: each person has their own checklist, their own application tracker and a shared family PDF.
🔒 Your data. Your documents. Your control.
- ✓No personal ID documents are uploaded to Passlotse.
- ✓You manage your checklists and progress yourself.
- ✓Nothing is passed on to naturalisation authorities.
- ✓Using the letter explainer is completely voluntary.
- ✓Letters are only sent for immediate AI analysis and are not stored in your account.
ℹ️ Passlotse is a private organisation and information service – not a government authority and not legal advice.
Prices – pay once, no subscription
Free
to try it out
0 €
- ✓Check the requirements
- ✓30 naturalisation test questions
Passlotse Komplett
for one person
29.90 €
one-time payment, no subscription
- ✓Full personalised checklist
- ✓All 300 general questions + 10 questions for your federal state
- ✓Learning progress and mistake review
- ✓Pre-submission check
- ✓Letter explainer
- ✓Personal application overview
Passlotse Familie
for the whole family
49.90 €
one-time payment, no subscription
- ✓All Komplett features
- ✓Manage several family members
- ✓Separate checklists for each person
- ✓Shared family overview
- ✓Family PDF
Passlotse provides general information and help with organising. We do not guarantee naturalisation and we do not replace legal advice – only the authority makes the decision.