Germany Judgement of the Federal Administrative Court on Sept 4th 2012 - BVerwG 10 C 12.12


September 7, 2012     By Stefan Graebner, Attorney

Limitation of language requirement for familiy reunification with Germans. The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has decided that the statutory requirement to demonstrate knowledge of German in case of a family reunification with the foreign spouse to a German citizen is only valid restricted.
Unlike the reunion of foreign nationals here visa for spouses must already be granted even if there are efforts to acquire simple language skills in individual cases. The visa should be issued if the German test is not possible within a year.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stefan Gräbner, Immigration Lawyer, Berlin, Germany
Attorney Stefan Gräbner since 1995, first working as a lawyer in Bremen, since 1997 he is registered in Berlin. Attorney Stefan Gräbner works with the focus of immigration law, asylum and nationality law.

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