Fraud in Language Tests: "Anyone Who Deceives in the Naturalisation Process Does Not Deserve the German passport."

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If you want to catch the German passport with a fake language certificate, you will be excluded from naturalisation for ten years in the future. CDU politician Alexander Throm explains the planned changes in citizenship law.

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Language smugglers are to be denied naturalisation for ten years in the future! Union and SPD are bringing in a corresponding application today.

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Berlin, December 02, 2025. The AfD's faction in the German Bundestag sees the recent reforms of citizenship law, in particular the reduction of the required length of stay from eight to five years and the fundamental recognition of multi-stateness, as a significant erosion of the naturalisation process. The rapid increase in naturalisation applications and notifications, while at the same time inadequate verification in countries and municipalit…