Overview
- Police and border police carried out 19 house searches across Kaufbeuren, Marktoberdorf and Kempten after local immigration offices identified suspicious language and integration-test documents.
- Authorities say the probes focus on suspected falsified B1 language certificates and 'Leben in Deutschland' test attestations that may have been used to meet requirements for a permanent residence permit.
- Officers seized 22 documents they describe as suspected forged language certificates, which will undergo forensic analysis to assess authenticity and origin.
- Investigators are pursuing possible charges for document forgery (Urkundenfälschung) and for fraudulently obtaining residence permits (Erschleichen von Aufenthaltstiteln) as the inquiry continues.
- In Germany a B1 certificate and the 'Leben in Deutschland' test can be needed for a Niederlassungserlaubnis, so confirmed forgeries could cost applicants their permits and trigger broader checks of immigration filings.