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German Citizenship - Federal Foreign Office

Rule of thumb: If you were born in Germany prior to January 1, 2000, neither of your parents was German at the time of your birth, nor did they apply for your ...

Citizenship - BVA

When a person is naturalized, he or she is granted German citizenship through a decision of a public authority. The naturalization becomes effective when the ...

German Government — Naturalisation in Germany

The requirements at a glance · You have been living habitually and legally in Germany for five years. · You can prove your identity and current citizenship. · You ...

Germany's nationality law – significant changes

On 27 June 2024, the Act to Modernise Nationality Law entered into force. It is now easier to acquire other nationalities in addition to ...

German Citizenship Requirements, Pathways, and Application Steps

As of June 27, 2024, with new citizenship rules, you fulfill the residency requirement for German citizenship if you've lived in the country for five years ...

German Government — Naturalisation in Germany

There are many questions you might have about how to obtain German citizenship. You can find answers and more information about naturalisation here.

German Citizenship by Descent - Henley & Partners

Depending on your family history, you may be eligible to apply for German citizenship if one of your ancestors was persecuted or feared persecution by the Nazi ...

BMI - Naturalization

With its updated nationality law, Germany wants to encourage foreigners living here to become naturalized citizens. A young woman pledging allegiance to the ...

German citizenship - Federal Foreign Office

German citizenship law is relatively complicated. The following questions and answers can therefore only cover the issues which currently dominate the ...

German Citizenship by Descent | Eligibility Check | Your Heritage

German citizenship by descent hinges on the direct family line, determining eligibility based on ancestral ties. You may qualify for German citizenship if your ...

Naturalisation - Handbook Germany

What do I need to know? · You must have been legally residing in Germany for at least 3 years. · You must have been married to a German citizen ...

German citizenship - Federal Foreign Office

The law to modernize nationality law (StARModG) has come into force on June 27, 2024, a retention permit will no longer be required in order to avoid the ...

Establishing German citizenship - Federal Foreign Office

German citizenship is mainly acquired and passed on through descent from a German parent. The parent has to be a German citizen at the time of the child's birth ...

German-American Dual Citizenship

... German who becomes an American citizen (see paragraph 5 in the section entitled, "Basics about American Citizenship Law") to give up his/her German citizenship.

German parliament approves easing rules on citizenship - AP News

German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation easing the rules on gaining citizenship and ending restrictions on holding dual citizenship.

German Citizenship - Federal Foreign Office

Victims of persecution by the Nazi regime who were forcibly deprived of their German nationality and their descendants can now be renaturalised in Germany. A ...

German nationality law - Wikipedia

Individuals born in Germany to two foreign parents may also receive German nationality at birth if at least one of their parents has lived in the country for ...

BAMF - Homepage - Naturalisation in Germany - BAMF

Children born in Germany to foreign parents take German nationality, in addition to the nationality of the parents, if one parent has been living in Germany ...

Nationality Act - Gesetze im Internet

German citizenship is acquired 1. by birth (section 4), 2. by declaration (section 5), 3. by adoption as a child (section 6), 4. by issuance of the certificate.

I Got German Citizenship! (Here's How You Can, Too) - YouTube

So you want German citizenship or are perhaps merely interested in what pursuing a Reisepass from the Deutschland might look like.


Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics.

German Expellees

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The German Expellees or Heimatvertriebene are 12–16 million German citizens and ethnic Germans who fled or were expelled after World War II from parts of Germany annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union and from other countries, who found refuge in both West and East Germany, and Austria.

German Venezuelans

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German Venezuelans are Venezuelan citizens who descend from Germans or German people with Venezuelan citizenship. Most of them live in Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia, Colonia agrícola de Turén, El Jarillo, and Colonia Tovar where a small-reduced and decreasing minority of people speak the Colonia Tovar dialect, a German-derived dialect from their ancestry, and the Spanish language.

Anne Frank

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Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was a German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary documenting her life in hiding amid Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands.

1936 German parliamentary election and referendum

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Parliamentary elections were held in Germany on 29 March 1936. They took the form of a single-question referendum, asking voters whether they approved of the military occupation of the Rhineland and a single party list for the new Reichstag composed exclusively of Nazis and nominally independent 'guests' of the party.

German Haitians

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German Haitians are Haitians of German descent or Germans with Haitian citizenship.