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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]
Children born on or after 1 January 2000 to non-German parents acquire German citizenship at birth if at least one parent has a permanent residence permit (and has had this status for at least three years) and was residing in Germany for at least eight years prior to the child's birth.
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 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 ...
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".
Germany will take in descendants of citizens denied their rights by the Nazis during the 1930s and ’40s. Some Jewish Americans are tackling the paperwork for more opportunities.
Children born on or after 1 January 2000 to non-German parents acquire German citizenship at birth if at least one parent has a permanent residence permit irrespective of how long the parent was residing in Germany. The children must have lived in Germany for at least eight years or attended school for six years until their 21st birthday.
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 ...