<Ul> <Li> persons who have completed an integration course may have the residence requirement reduced to 7 years </Li> <Li> If a person shows that he / she is especially well integrated and has a higher level of command of the German language than the basic requirement for the German citizenship (i.e., higher than CEFR level B1) may have the residence requirement reduced to 6 years </Li> <Li> The spouse of a German citizen may be naturalised after 3 years of continual residency in Germany . The marriage must have persisted for at least 2 years . </Li> <Li> refugees and stateless persons may be able to apply after 6 years of continual residency </Li> <Li> former German citizens </Li> </Ul> <Li> persons who have completed an integration course may have the residence requirement reduced to 7 years </Li> <Li> If a person shows that he / she is especially well integrated and has a higher level of command of the German language than the basic requirement for the German citizenship (i.e., higher than CEFR level B1) may have the residence requirement reduced to 6 years </Li> <Li> The spouse of a German citizen may be naturalised after 3 years of continual residency in Germany . The marriage must have persisted for at least 2 years . </Li>

If you are born in germany are you automatically a citizen