Citizenship with a 3-year Post-Doctorate University Contract

[ayodeji 24]

Hello,

I'm a PhD student on a scholarship, which means I have only a student residence permit. I'll be done with my PhD later this year and would like to apply for German citizenship afterwards.  From October, I would have lived in Germany for 7 years and I have a B2 language certificate. I would love to stay on as a postdoctoral researcher at the university and I'll be given a contract that lasts for about 3 years. I know that I can apply for a Blue Card with this contract because I've seen someone else do it about 3 years ago. I've also seen the case of a PhD student who had a contract (and not a scholarship) and applied successfully for citizenship. But I would like to ask: What's the possibility that my citizenship application would be turned down on the basis that my postdoctoral contract is only 3 years long? Would this matter at all or is it sufficient for them to see that at the moment I can comfortably secure my financial situation and that I have the appropriate residence permit to apply for citizenship?

 

Many thanks in advance.

[thrall 0]

It's currently impossible to apply for the citizenship after 3 years. It takes 8 (or 6-7 under certain circumstances). They new government might change the requirement in these coming years

 

You can, however, apply for a permanent residency after 21 months with a Blue Card. I'm doing that in July.

[JN53 345]

52 minutes ago, thrall said:

It's currently impossible to apply for the citizenship after 3 years.

 

While this is true, it appears that ayodeji has lived in Germany for almost 7 years. 

[yourkeau 7,668]

First, you apply for permanent residency. Once you are done, you apply for citizenship. This process takes a lot of time, and if you lose your job in the meantime, this will be a problem. Basically, the law wants you to be able support yourself without any assistance from the state, if you prove you are able to do it, no problem.