Interrupted Residency

Hello emre.pehli555  thank you for reaching out to us. Hope you are doing well yourself.

Unfortunately, as far as I know a longer interrupted residency means it will not be “counted” towards the years you would need for naturalisation. I will also double check this and hopefully get back to you soon.
In the meantime, it would be great if you could let me know what exactly you mean by legal interrupted residency. Are you an EU passport holder?
You might also want to check out our chapter on German citizenship here: https://handbookgermany.de/en/citizenship

Best wishes

Hello Yara _Community Manager ,

Thank you very much for your response and I am doing well, thank you. What I meant was whenever I lived in Germany, I lived legally. For my residency between August 2014 and July 2016, I was only Turkish citizenship with a temporary residence permit. However, I am now Turkish-Portuguese dual citizen and since April 2023, I exercise my right of free movement for EU citizens. I should also note that, I am already registered to local Einwohnermeldeamt.

Best wishes and thank you very much for your help

thanks for the clarification emre.pehli555. I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Best wishes

Hello emre.pehli555,

I gathered some more information and unfortunately, you will not be eligible for naturalisation if you full filled the fast-track requirements such as C1 German. The time you have spend in Germany will not be counted because, as you mentioned, you left Germany. Usually the time is only counted if there are no longer period of interruptions.

If you have any further questions please let me know.

Best wishes

Hello Yara _Community Manager ,

I see. Thank you very much for your all help and efforts.

best wishes