The Bundestag has now finally adopted the amendments to the Nationality Act. The new regulations are expected to come into force in early May or early June 2024. We had reported on the content of the reform Federal Government decides on the reform of the Nationality Act – RA Maibaum (ra-maibaum.de) What is also new and welcome in the recently adopted text of the law is that people who receive benefits according to the Social Security Code SGB II or XII, i.e. benefits from the social welfare office or job center, must also be naturalized if they are employed full-time at the time of naturalization and have been employed in the last 2 years have been employed full-time for at least 20 months. The same applies to spouses who live together with such a person and at least one minor child. In addition, a hardship clause has been introduced for people who can communicate orally in German without significant problems in everyday life, but do not meet the high requirements of the CEFR B1 language level. The prerequisite for this is that it is proven that, despite initial and sustained efforts, the acquisition of the CEFR B1 Nievaus is not possible or permanently difficult.
