Is an Untätigkeitsklage worth it?
I’ve applied for Einbürgerung under StAG §10 at Aachen. I’m from India, have been in Germany since 2019 as a student followed by a series of part-time employment as a HiWi, Praktikant, Masterand from 2021 with turning full time permanent employee since 2023 under EU BlueCard. I applied for Einbürgerung and Niederlassungserlaubnis at the same time which is March of 2025.
While my Niederlassungserlaubnis was adjudicated relatively quickly, with a B1 Sprachnachweis+Einbügerungstest, Einbürgerung is ongoing, the last and only communication from the EBH was in mid-Jan asking for my pay stubs which I handed in, in person directly at the Infostelle of EBH/ABH.
It’s may now, after persistent Kurzarbeit and better pastures for jobs outside NRW with better pay, I wish to move out, but that’s asking for serious delays in my Einbürgerung. Therefore I wonder if an Untätigkeitsklage has merits in kicking the inefficient bureaucratic machine into doing something, as asking for status just gets the template answer of we can’t answer such queries and the applicants live in limbo for large swathes of time with significant frustration.
I wonder if anyone has had successes with Untätigkeitsklage, and I would appreciate if any advise can be offered on how to pick a lawyer or if it’s even worth it?