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The government says that 14% of the population, more than 12 million of the country's 84.4 million inhabitants, doesn't have German citizenship and that about 5.3 million of those have lived in ...
With "special integration efforts", naturalization is possible after just three years. Dual citizenship is generally possible. Children born in Germany to foreign parents in the future will be granted German citizenship without further reservation if at least one parent has been living legally in Germany for more than five years. [105] [106]
German-born children would automatically become citizens if one parent has been a legal resident for five years, down from eight years now. Restrictions on holding dual citizenship will also be ...
Citizenship will be available after five years' residence, reduced from eight, in line with neighbouring countries such as France. Three years will be enough for the "exceptionally well integrated".
The existing Western Balkans Regulations quota for workers will be doubled from 25,000 to 50,000 per year. Citizenship and naturalization rules were relaxed in 2024, allowing eligible residents to apply for German citizenship after 5 years residence (3 years in exceptional cases), instead of the 8 year requirement previously applied, and ...
A Beibehaltungsgenehmigung may be issued if the acquisition of the foreign citizenship along with the retention of German citizenship is justified by the applicant's personal and public situation and there were no compelling reasons why the application should be refused. The former German legal principle of avoidance of multiple citizenship had ...
Spouses and same-sex civil partners of German citizens can be naturalised after only 3 years of residence (and two years of marriage). [111]: 42 Under certain conditions children born on German soil after the year 1990 are automatically granted German citizenship and, in most cases, also hold the citizenship of their parent's home country.
The application process to restore the family’s German citizenship was far from easy, said Mayerowitz, who did not hire a lawyer at any step along the way. “It was an extremely difficult and ...