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Even after unification in 1871, each German state maintained a separate citizenship. A citizen of any state was also a citizen of the German Empire. The Confederation was dissolved in 1866 as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War. Prussia formed a new union, the North German Confederation, consisting of all the German states north of the Main.
German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation easing the rules on gaining citizenship and ending restrictions on holding dual citizenship. Parliament voted 382-234 for the plan put forward by ...
A German passport A German identity card is valid for travel to most European countries. Visa requirements for German citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Germany. As of 5 February 2025, German citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 189 countries and territories.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany shortened foreigners' paths to citizenship and ended a ban on dual nationality on Friday by passing a naturalisation law designed to reflect the reality of a society that ...
Nonetheless, the US refuses to lift the requirements. On 3 March 2017, the European Parliament voted in favor to impose visa requirements on U.S. citizens in the future. [156] According to a report from April 2015, [157] the Commission dismissed notifications by both Bulgaria and Romania of a general visa requirement by Australia. [158]
In other socially liberal reforms, Scholz's government has legalized the possession of limited amounts of cannabis; eased the rules on gaining German citizenship and ended restrictions on holding ...
If the other citizenship is that of another EU country or Switzerland. If a German citizen acquires a non-EU or non-Swiss citizenship with the permission of the German Government (e.g., typically granted with existing family ties or property in Germany or in the other country or if the occupation abroad requires domestic citizenship for execution).
Under Article 116 par. 2 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz), former German citizens who between January 30, 1933, and May 8, 1945, were deprived of their German citizenship on political, racial, or religious grounds may re-invoke their citizenship and the same applies to their descendants, and are permitted to hold dual (or multiple) citizenship.