WHAT IS AN INTEGRATION COURSE?

An integration course is a state-funded (BAMF) German course , which lasts six modules with one hundred teaching hours each covering levels A1 to B1 (no higher levels). It ends with the German test for immigrants. This is followed by an orientation course with a 100 lessons to convey knowledge of the legal system, culture and history of Germany. This course ends with the test “Living in Germany” .

Individual modules can be repeated, but a maximum of 900 teaching hours in the general integration course will be subsidised. Regular attendance is mandatory.

KLARTEXT eV offers general integration courses in the mornings, afternoons and evenings.

For participants who have not yet mastered the German alphabet, there are literacy courses.

WHO CAN GET AN INTEGRATION COURSE?

Migrants: If you received your residence permit in Germany before January 1, 2005, the BAMF can admit you to the integration course if there are still places available. This also applies if you have a residence permit in accordance with Section 104a (1) or Section 23 (1) of the Residence Act. Submit an application to the BAMF .

You received your residence permit from January 1, 2005, live permanently in Germany and received your first residence permit after January 1, 2005. In addition, you are an employee in Germany or for the purpose of family reunification or for humanitarian reasons or as a long-term resident according to section 38(a) of the Residence Act (AufenthG). The immigration authorities determine the obligation to participate when they issue you the residence permit.

EU citizens : As an EU citizen, you have no legal right to participate in an integration course. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees can, however, admit you to the integration course if you do not speak German sufficiently, if you are particularly in need of integration and if there are free course places. Submit an application to the BAMF .

Ethnic repatriates: You, your spouse and your children are legally entitled to a free integration course. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees bears the costs. You received the right to participate when you entered Germany from the Federal Office of Administration in Friedland.

You have German citizenship : there is no legal right to participate in an integration course. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees can, however, admit you to the integration course if you do not speak German sufficiently, if you are particularly in need of integration and if there are free course places. Submit an application to the BAMF .

To register, you must have a certificate of eligibility to participate in an integration course.

Fee: 2,29 € per lesson, that is 229,00 € per module

If you receive unemployment benefit II or social assistance, you can apply to be exempt from contributing to costs. Submit an application to the BAMF .

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INTEGRATION COURSES

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WHERE CAN I GET ELIGIBILITY TO ATTEND THE INTEGRATION COURSE?

New immigrants receive the certificate of eligibility from the responsible immigration authority.

Migrants who have been living here for a long time and EU citizens must apply for admission to a subsidised integration course with the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).
Forms are available from KLARTEXT e.V. or on the Internet at: BAMF: Forms and applications

Recipients of social assistance, unemployment benefit II or people who are financially needy for other reasons can apply to the BAMF for exemption from costs .