German nationality law | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-19

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German nationality law


00:01:57 1 History
00:05:30 2 Birth in Germany
00:06:53 3 Descent from a German parent
00:08:55 4 Adoption
00:09:16 5 Naturalisation as a German citizen
00:09:27 5.1 Naturalisation by entitlement
00:12:47 5.2 Naturalisation by discretion
00:13:07 5.3 Victims of Nazi persecution
00:14:56 5.4 Children born in Germany
00:15:38 6 Naturalization statistics
00:16:05 7 Loss of German citizenship
00:18:37 8 Dual citizenship
00:21:41 9 Citizenship of the European Union
00:22:24 10 Germans living abroad
00:24:06 10.1 German citizens living abroad
00:25:20 10.2 People of German ethnicity living abroad
00:26:34 11 Travel freedom of German citizens



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German nationality law is the law governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of German citizenship. The law is based on a mixture of the principles of jus sanguinis and jus soli. In other words, one usually acquires German citizenship if a parent is a German citizen, irrespective of place of birth, or by birth in Germany to parents with foreign nationality if certain requirements are fulfilled. Naturalisation is also possible for foreign nationals after six to eight years of legal residence in Germany. However, non-EU and non-Swiss citizens must usually renounce their old citizenship before being naturalised in Germany. Citizens of other EU countries and of Switzerland usually can keep their old citizenship. Some EU countries do not allow dual citizenship even with other EU countries. German citizens wanting to acquire a non-EU or non-Swiss citizenship and to maintain their German citizenship must apply for a permission (Beibehaltungsgenehmigung) before acquiring the other citizenship, or they automatically lose German citizenship when they acquire the foreign citizenship. For details, see Dual citizenship section below.
A significant reform to the nationality law was passed by the Bundestag (the German parliament) in 1999, and came into force on 1 January 2000. The reformed law makes it somewhat easier for foreigners resident in Germany on a long-term basis, and especially their children born in Germany, to acquire German citizenship.The previous German nationality law dated from 1913. Nationality law was amended by the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany; these amendments were revoked after the defeat of Nazism by an Allied occupational ordinance during WWII in 1945. Germany ratified the European Convention on Nationality, which came into force in Germany on 1 September 2005. All German nationals are automatically also citizens of the European Union.