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[citation needed] As of June 27, 2024, an Act to modernize the Nationality Act (StARModG) provides that Germany now accepts dual citizenship in all cases. German citizens no longer lose their citizenship if they acquire a foreign one and foreigners who choose to become German are no longer required to give up ties to their home country. [44]
The distinction between the meaning of the terms citizenship and nationality is not always clear in the English language and differs by country. Generally, nationality refers a person's legal belonging to a country and is the common term used in international treaties when referring to members of a state; citizenship refers to the set of rights and duties a person has in that nation. [4]
Under Article 116 par. 2 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz), former German citizens who between 30 January 1933, and 8 May 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. [145]
Austria and Germany also offer it to the descendants of Jews who fled the Nazis. ... One of the best decisions I made was joining social-media groups for Americans looking to gain dual citizenship ...
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 ...
Former German citizens who, between 30 January 1933 and 8 May 1945, were deprived of their citizenship on political, racial or religious grounds and their descendants shall, on application, have ...
Further, the reforms dropped the longstanding restrictions on dual citizenship, allowing most German citizens to hold multiple passports. [85] [86] This change brings German citizenship policy in line with the rest of the world which is increasingly shifting towards an acceptance of multiple citizenship. [87]
He travelled to Germany in June 1945 after the German surrender on a mission for the American Federation of Labor, and chose to renounce U.S. citizenship and resume his German citizenship so he could aid in reconstruction of Germany. He went on to become mayor of Hamburg in 1946. [37] June 1945: 1946: Too early Robert Brout: Scientist Jus soli ...