Updated: October 2012 Leaflet concerning the proof of German

Updated: October 2012 Leaflet concerning the proof of German

Updated: October 2012
Leaflet concerning the proof of German language knowledge
1. General details
When applying for a visa for subsequent immigration of family foreign spouses need to prove
little knowledge of German language already.
They should be able to communicate and take part in social life from the beginning on, simply
because that makes it easier to integrate into german society.
2. Verfahren
On application of the visa a proof of German language knowledge (level A1), according to the
ALTE standard exam providers, which have an establishment with delegated employees, is
necessary.
In Poland you have the possibility to take the exam at the Goethe-Institut, the ÖSD, the
Foreign Language Center Świętokrzyskie as well as at the TestDaF Institute.
3. Exceptions
If the applicant seems to have adequate German language knowledge on application
a proof is not necessary.
Other exceptions:
- proven mental or physical disability
- spouses of , scientists, founders of companies, as well as spouses of people admitted to
asylum and recognized refugees according to the Geneva Convention on Refugees
(“Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention”), if they have been married before travelling to
Germany
- spouse with a minimal need for integration
- spouses of Australian, Israelian, Japanese, Canadian, Korean, New Zealand and American citizens
4. Useful Links
www.goethe.de Homepage “Goethe-Institut”
http://www.goethe.de/ins/pl/lp/deindex.htm Homepage “Goethe-Institut” Poland
www.goethe.de/ins/pl/war/deindex.htm Homepage “Goethe-Institut” Warsaw
www.goethe.de/ins/pl/kra/deindex.htm Homepage “Goethe-Institut” Krakow
www.dethloff.pl/ Homepage “Goethe-Institut” Lublin
www.lingwista.pl/ Homepage “Lingwista Warsaw”
www.scjo.pl/ Foreign Language Center “Świętokrzyskie”
www.osd.at Centrum Języków Kielce Homepage des ÖSD
www.testdaf.de/index.php Homepage “TestDaF”
www.integration-in-deutschland.de Information portal “Bundesamtes für Migration und
Flüchtlinge” (“Federal office for Migration and Refugees”)
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Goethe-Institut and audit partners in Poland
www.goethe.de/ins/pl/lp/lrn/prf/deindex.htm
Krakow
Warsaw
Bialystok
Gdańsk
Katowice
Kielce
Łódź
Lublin
Olsztyn
Opole
Poznań
Rzeszów
Szczecin
Toruń
Wrocław
Zielona Góra
Testcenters of the ÖSD in Poland
http://v1.osd.at/zentren/zentrenListe.asp?l=Polen
Krakow
Lodz
Poznan
Sopot
Szczecin
Warsaw
Wroclaw
Testcenters of TestDaF in Poland
www.testdaf.de/teilnehmer/tn-pruefung_testzentren_welt.php#P
Kraków, TU - FSZ
Leszno, NKJO
Rzeszów, Uniwersytet Rzeszowski
Szczecin, Uniwersytet
Torun, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika
Warsaw, SGH
Wroclaw, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wroclawiu
Zielona Góra, Uniwersytet
Zielona Góra, Prywatna Szkola