Complementary, not competing.
civitas. is not a Rechtsdienstleister. We serve the standard application — and refer complex cases to partner law firms. A workflow tool for your own mandates, plus a commission-free case handoff in both directions.
Six challenges that Migrationsrecht (migration law) Kanzleien (law firms) know well.
Mandates under § 10 and § 9 StAG (German Nationality Act) are largely routine in craft — but not always lucrative fee-wise. At the same time, there is no structured channel for the genuinely demanding cases.
Standard § 10 Mandat (mandate) at 10–15 hours of effort.
Legal representation in an Anspruchseinbürgerung (entitlement-based naturalization) is typically billed at 1,500 to 3,500 euros — with an actual time expenditure that pushes the net hourly rate below the firm average.
Visibility in the migration legal market.
Migration-law Kanzleien (firms) largely live off word-of-mouth referrals. Growth is hard to plan, and the effort spent on online marketing is often disproportionate to the mandate volume achieved.
Initial consultations without engagement.
A relevant share of inquiries does not lead to a mandate — either because the case is too simple or does not fit the firm's focus. The time invested remains tied up nonetheless, and is typically unpaid.
Forms instead of legal dogmatics.
A significant portion of mandate work in citizenship law involves filling in forms, sorting and researching — activities no lawyer was trained for. The focus shifts away from legal substance.
The ideal client doesn't find you.
§ 8 StAG Ermessenseinbürgerung (discretionary naturalization), Widerspruchsverfahren (appeal proceedings) after a denial, administrative court litigation — these are the cases that pay well in fees. But these are precisely the clients who often only come to the law firm when much is already too late.
Growth only with personnel.
Classical Kanzleien grow through new hires. In such a specialized field as Migrationsrecht (migration law), qualified attorneys are hard to attract — and building a team takes years. Existing teams hit their capacity ceiling.
How civitas. addresses each of these challenges.
Instead of replacing the Kanzlei (law firm), civitas. complements it in both directions: we take on simple cases, we send complex cases. You decide what fits your business model.
Hand off standard Mandate (mandates).
Standard Mandate (mandates) under § 10 StAG that do not justify the effort of anwaltlich (lawyer) accompaniment can be passed on to civitas. Your Mandant (client) gets their product; you save 10 to 15 hours per case.
Commission-free: the client books the package directly with civitas. and pays us directly — you hand off routine, unprofitable cases, with no money flow in either direction (§ 49b Abs. 3 BRAO).
Receive complex mandates.
civitas. automatically checks standardizability during the Anspruchs-Check (entitlement check). Cases involving § 8 Ermessenseinbürgerung (discretionary naturalization), Vorstrafen (criminal record), Ablehnungsbescheiden (rejection notices), Widersprüchen (objections), or Klagen (lawsuits) are referred to partner law firms — pre-filtered, documented, ready for handover.
No referral commission: the client engages your firm directly and you bill your fee under the RVG directly with them — civitas. receives nothing for it and pays nothing for it (§ 49b Abs. 3 BRAO). No upfront payment, no minimum volume.
Workflow tool for your own cases.
Even for standard mandates that you deliberately keep, use civitas. as a wizard: the client fills it out digitally, you review it as a lawyer. The administrative part is eliminated.
One Plus package license (299 Euro) per client as a pass-through expense. Time savings in Kanzlei (law firm) operations typically five to eight hours per mandate.
Point to civitas. instead of turning clients away.
Your firm's website has visitors who only want a standard application — for whom you are not the right contact. Instead of turning them away, you can point them to civitas.
A simple referral/notice link, with no money flow tied to the recommendation: no commission, no success fee (§ 49b Abs. 3 BRAO). The client books directly with civitas., and you keep your focus on your legal mandates.
Legally high-quality case material.
The cases referred via civitas. are by definition non-standardizable — and therefore legally interesting. Discretionary decisions, fundamental rights questions, biographies that require comparative analysis.
For law firms looking to sharpen their identity as specialists, this is a curated mandate portfolio instead of random intake.
Mandates and case handoffs on one interface.
Available Q3 2026Incoming and outgoing case handoffs as well as your own mandates — visible in a shared pipeline. The following representation shows an example scenario with fictitious mandate data.
More focus, less routine — without commission.
The cooperation pays off for Kanzleien in three ways — none of them a referral commission. What you use is individually configurable; no minimum volume, no exclusivity.
civitas. hands off complex cases (§ 8 discretion, objections, administrative court actions) to your firm. The client engages you directly and pays your fee under the RVG to you — civitas. receives no commission for it.
Standard applications under § 10 that don't pay off, you hand off to civitas. The client books directly with us — you save the administrative effort, with no money flow in either direction (§ 49b Abs. 3 BRAO).
civitas. neither pays your firm anything for handed-off clients, nor do you pay civitas. anything for a referral. This keeps the cooperation clean under lawyers' professional law (§ 49b Abs. 3 BRAO).
Three ways of working together.
Each model can be used individually, combined, and adjusted at any time. Entry typically starts with one model; additional streams can be activated once proven.
Bidirectional case handoff.
Inbound: civitas. refers complex cases to your firm — provided you have configured your practice areas (§ 8, appeal, litigation, special cases), regional jurisdiction and capacity in the partner settings.
Outbound: You refer standard mandates to civitas. — via a firm-specific link or directly from the firm dashboard. The client lands in the civitas. wizard with pre-filled data.
Workflow tool for your own cases.
You retain the Mandat (mandate), but use the civitas. wizard for Antragserfassung (application capture). The Mandant (client) fills out the wizard in their language; you handle the anwaltlich (lawyer) side and take charge of the strategic points.
Time savings come from eliminating administrative tasks: translations, form filling, document checks, client communication on basic questions. The lawyer's added value concentrates on the genuinely legal steps.
Pointing to civitas. on the firm website.
You place a referral/notice link to civitas. on your Kanzlei (law firm) website — typically with wording such as: „For standard applicants under § 10 StAG, we recommend civitas."
Visitors who only need a standard application thus directly find the right offer and book immediately with civitas. No money flow is tied to the notice: no commission, no success fee (§ 49b Abs. 3 BRAO). The dashboard shows only traffic and click statistics.
Four tiers. One fits.
Getting started is free — no contract, no risk. The tariffs are fixed, performance-independent software licenses; the workflow tool unlocks from Starter onward.
Basic
Entry without risk and without a contract. Commission-free admission to the partner network: case handoffs in both directions and a referral/notice link for your website. No client slots, no monthly fee.
- Admission to the partner network (commission-free)
- Incoming case handoffs (complex mandates, Q3 2026)
- Outgoing case handoffs to civitas. (Q3 2026)
- Referral/notice link for the Kanzlei (firm) website (Q3 2026)
- Click and traffic statistics (Q3 2026)
- No commission — in both directions (§ 49b Abs. 3 BRAO)
Starter
Workflow-tool access for law firms with up to 10 active mandates. Includes the Kanzlei (firm) dashboard and reception of incoming case handoffs.
- Everything in Basic
- Workflow-tool access
- Up to 10 client invitations
- Law-firm dashboard
- Handoff pipeline view
- Email support on business days
Professional
For growing law firms: up to 40 clients, 10 law-firm seats, status-tracking API. DATEV integration from Q3 2026.
- Everything in Starter
- Up to 40 clients
- 10 law-firm seats (team)
- Status-tracking API
- Prioritized support (24 h)
- DATEV integration (planned for Q3 2026)
Kanzlei (Law Firm)
For large firms and law-firm chains: unlimited clients, unlimited seats, co-branding, DATEV + RA-MICRO + beA from Q3 2026.
- Everything in Professional
- Unlimited clients
- Unlimited law-firm seats
- Co-branding (firm logo + colors)
- Own subdomain (kanzlei.einbuergerungsservice.de)
- DATEV + RA-MICRO + beA (planned for Q3 2026)
The tariffs are fixed, performance-independent software licenses for a genuine service — not a success fee. civitas. neither pays nor takes a referral commission; case handoffs to partner firms occur with no money flow in either direction (§ 49b Abs. 3 BRAO).
Interfaces to your existing Kanzlei (law firm) software.
civitas. complements your existing law-firm infrastructure, it does not replace it. Adapters for the common German law-firm systems are available or individually configurable. — The Kanzlei portal is in active development. Available today: client management, case dossier access, team management. From Q3 2026: handoff pipeline, referral/notice link generator, DATEV integration.
Automatic synchronization of invoices and mandate accounting.
Q3 2026 plannedKanzleisoftware integration: case creation, deadline management, document filing.
Q3 2026 plannedThe besonderes elektronisches Anwaltspostfach (beA) is legally reserved for licensed attorneys (§ 31a BRAO). civitas. prepares legal documents in a structured way; dispatch is carried out by the partner law firm from its own practice-management software (e.g. RA-MICRO, Advolux).
Q3 2026 plannedAlternative firm software — adapter for firms without an RA-MICRO setup.
Q3 2026 plannedDocument automation for objections and statements of claim, based on structured case data.
On requestProprietary Kanzlei (law firm) systems or in-house developments — individual interface configurable during the pilot.
On requestNo competition with your Kanzlei.
civitas. is not a Rechtsdienstleister (legal service provider) within the meaning of the Rechtsdienstleistungsgesetz. We provide technical procedural support — no interpretation of individual cases, no legal advice, no representation before authorities or courts.
Thus civitas. is structurally not in competition with your law firm but complements the legal offering: cases that require legal expertise we leave to you — cases that only need structured intake we handle. This boundary is built into our product architecture and made transparent in the eligibility check.
What typically comes up in the exploratory conversation.
Answers to the five questions that regularly come up in initial conversations with law firms practicing migration law. We clarify further topics individually.
Exploratory call on Kanzlei (law firm) cooperation.
In an initial conversation of around 45 minutes, we clarify which of the three cooperation models fits your firm structure and what the concrete integration would look like. The conversation is non-binding; you decide on next steps afterwards.