German citizens or citizens from non-EU countries who have a Aufenthaltserlaubnis (residence permit) or a Niederlassungserlaubnis (settlement permit) are allowed to bring their relatives to Germany. This is known as ‘reunification of families’. He or she does not require a visa or a residence permit.

How can I bring my family to Germany?

Before you can bring your family members to Germany, you must have the right to remain here yourself….The types of residence permit which allow their holder to bring other family members over to Germany are:

1. EU Blue Card.
2. Settlement Permit.
3. Long-term residence permit.
4. Residence permit for highly-qualified individuals.

How can a naturalized citizen get German citizenship?

To be eligible for naturalization, a person has to have lived legally in Germany for at least eight years and possess the appropriate residence permit. Foreigners who have successfully completed an integration course are eligible for naturalization after seven years.

Does Germany accept dual citizenship?

The German rules on citizenship are based on the principle of avoiding dual citizenship. This means that a German citizen who voluntarily applies for and accepts a foreign nationality on principle loses the German nationality automatically.

German citizens or citizens from non-EU countries who have a Aufenthaltserlaubnis (residence permit) or a Niederlassungserlaubnis (settlement permit) are allowed to bring their relatives to Germany. To enter Germany, the relatives require a visa; to continue to stay, they require a residence permit.

Does Germany allow citizenship by descent?

German citizenship is mainly acquired and passed on through descent from a German parent. The parent has to be German citizen at the time of the birth of the child. Children who are born to former German citizens do not acquire German citizenship.

A child born to an American parent and a German parent acquires both American and German citizenship at birth, regardless of place of birth. While Germany recognizes the concept of dual nationality, for most purposes it considers a dual national in Germany a German citizen only.

How to get another German citizenship in addition to your German citizenship?

If you want to acquire another citizenship in addition to your German citizenship, you must make a so-called “retention request” (“Beibehaltungsantrag”) at the Naturalisation Office. Only if this application is approved, you can have both nationalities. Otherwise, you lose your German citizenship by acquiring the other one.

When did my parent lose their German citizenship?

Children, irrespective of the date of birth, whose German parent acquired foreign citizenship prior to February 26, 1955, and lost their German citizenship amid the National Socialist persecution occurring between January 30, 1933, and May 8, 1945. This includes:

Can a foreign woman become a German citizen?

Foreign women who married a German citizen between April 1, 1953 and Dec. 31, 1969 could have acquired German citizenship under certain conditions, esp. by declaration at time of marriage. Since Jan. 1, 1970 the acquisition of German citizenship by marriage does not exist anymore.

How are children born out of wedlock get German citizenship?

Children born out of wedlock to a German mother after Jan. 1, 1914 acquired German citizenship. Children born out of wedlock to a German father after July 1, 1993 acquired German citizenship if (among other requirements) paternity had been established according to German law.