Dual-Citizenship Question?

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Mimarspre

I am afraid it is not that easy, pursuant to section 25 (2) of the German Nationality Act, both public and private interests must be weighed up when deciding whether to allow someone to keep their German nationality when he/she wants to get a foreign citizenship.

In the case of Germans living abroad, a key factor to be considered is whether they still have ties with Germany, such as close relatives or property in the country, however the ownership of a house may or may not be enough and it is not the only factor to take in consideration furthermore the opinion of the local German mission abroad carries considerable weight (section 13 of the Nationality Act).

The best you can do is contact the german mission near to you and ask.

You can get some advise in the following link (german language):

http://www.info4alien.de/

Isa

What Charly says is true, BUT if you apply to keep your German citizenship before you accept the other one, and they approve, you will be able to keep both. But that includes very good planing in order not to lose German citizenship.
Read here:
http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/04__Legal/03__FAQ/Citizenship/__FAQ__Citizenship.html
scroll down and you will find what you need

Alex S

No. A house would not be enough. But it's likely not required
anyway. There're two ways to have dual citizenship in Germany.
One is through an exception that may or may not be granted.
The other one is if you have both by birth. If one of your parents
is German and the other is a US citizen you have and can keep
both. You only lose German citizenship if you actively apply for
citizenship in another country. Not if you got it by birth.

Charlie

The U.S. allows dual citizenship, but Germany does not except under certain very rare circumstances. see site below and read the section on "Loss of German Citizenship." "German citizenship is automatically lost when a German citizen voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country."

crosby

You have to write a letter to the government that explains why you should be able to keep the german citizenship and also have US citizenship. I am german and have plenty of german friends who live here in the US and have dual citizenship. Know this...if you decide to give up the german citizenship, you will never get it back!

fliege52000

Yes you can have German and US Citizenship, this is something new, I guess 2 years now.
There is a web you can read all the information's about it.
I don't remember this page right now. There is some Form you need to have that, before you get the US Citizenship. I read that you need to pay for that by German Gov.Office 200 Euro. But check with the German Government office or call the US Embassy. Also if you buy house in Germany you can keep that and buy another one in US. Nobody cares about it.
I have German friend, she is married with American, she apply right now for American Citizen, and she told me she can keep her German Citizen with that Form, what I'm talking.
So just search....

Priscilla L

Guck' mal hier rein:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zweipaesse/

All your questions will be answered in this forum.

celebrate_me_home_2000

If you were born with both citizenships . . . yes

As a german citizen you can have possibly multiple citizenships by election. I am not go into the examples.

You cannot choose another citizenship with US citizenship by choice. You have to be born with them. For instance, my wife who is german cannot pick up the US citizenship and keep German citizenship. It probably is possible for her to for instance if I was italian for her to pick up the Italian citizenship and also keep the German.

Owning a house in Germany, per se, has nothing to do with citizenship. If you go to USA and choose the USA Citizenship however you get it, you HAVE to give up your German citizenship to acquire the USA citizenship.

USA makes the rules then. The same for me, I as a USA citizen cannot pick up the German citizenship without giving up my USA citizenship. I would qualify easily in Germany, but I have to give up the USA one.

My children on the other hand have multiple country citizenships because my wife has more than one european citizenship.

In your situation, either USA or German.

I was wrong.

For me to become a German, I would have to give up my US citizenship.

If you become a US citizen, you may be able to keep your german citizenship. I did not know it was the germans keeping me from having a dual citizen. I thought it was the Americans.

You don't have to maintain a residence in Germany. You would run into tax problems with the americans.

Binie

Priscilla is right. This is a great forum and it helped me with lots of my questions when I applid for the "Beibehaltung der deutschen Staatsbuergerschaft". I am now in the process of getting also the US citizenship.
A house in Germany is NOT always enough of a reason that you can keep your German citizenship. Read through some of the questions at that forum Priscilla mentioned.
Of course also refer to the Germany Info webpage of the Embassy where you will find detailed info.

poopin duck

i think so i think you have to have a resident in both countries

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