Question about german children and nationality?
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1. A person can become a German citizen in one of three ways: by birth, by adoption as a minor, or by naturalization. \n\n2. A person may be born a German citizen by either jus sanguinis, i.e., through descent from his/her parents, or jus soli, i.e., through place of birth. \n\n3. As a general rule, a child born to a German citizen parent automatically acquires German citizenship at birth through jus sanguinis, regardless of the place of birth. There are exceptions under present law, however, and have been many in the past. For more information about how German citizenship may be transmitted by a German parent, please contact your local Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde (or Standesamt, in some parts of Germany).\n\n4. As of January 1, 2000, a child born in Germany to non-German parents automatically acquires German citizenship at birth by jus soli if: (1) at least one parent had lived legally in Germany for at least eight years prior to the birth; (2) at the time of the birth, that parent had a permanent residence permit (either an Aufenthaltsberichtigung or, for the three years prior to the birth, an unbefristete Aufenhaltserlaubnis). Note that: \n\na. The child must choose between German nationality and the nationality of his/her parents before he/she turns 23 years of age, unless it is legally impossible for him/her to give up his/her parents' nationality, in which case he/she must apply to the German authorities for dual nationality before turning 21. \n\nb. Special rules apply to children born between February 2, 1990, and December 31, 1999, who have until December 31, 2000, to apply for German citizenship.\n\nc. Those born in Germany to non-German parents before February 2, 1990, have no claim to German citizenship under this law. \n\nd. For more information, please contact your local Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde or the nearest office of the Ausländerbeirat (Foreigners Advisory Council).\n\n5. A person can become a German citizen at some time after his/her birth through the Einbürgerung (German naturalization) process, i.e., by applying for German citizenship and satisfying certain legal requirements. One requirement is the formal renunciation of all other nationalities, unless legally impossible under the laws of the applicant's home country. For more information about German naturalization process, please contact your local Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde (or Standesamt in some parts of Germany) or the nearest Ausländerbeirat.\n\n6. A child under age 18 adopted by a German citizen automatically becomes a German citizen as of the time of the adoption.\n\n7. A German citizen has no right to renounce his/her German citizenship but generally is allowed to do so, so long as he/she does not become stateless as a result. While there are exceptions, as a general rule a German citizen may not give up citizenship to avoid an obligation of that citizenship, e.g., military service. For more information about loss of German citizenship, please contact your local Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde (or Standesamt).\n\nIII. American-German Dual Nationality\n\n1. Both the United States and Germany recognize the concept of multiple nationality.\n\n2. A child born to an American parent and a German parent acquires both American and German citizenship at birth, regardless of place of birth, if the parents satisfy the jus soli or jus sanguinis requirements of their respective countries. See the sections above entitled, "Basic Primer on American Citizenship Law," and "Basic Primer on German Citizenship Law." Neither country requires a person born under these circumstances to choose between American and German citizenship, i.e., he/she may keep both citizenships his/her entire life. \n\n3. A child born in Germany to two American parents may also become a dual national at birth under the circumstances described in paragraph 4 in the section above entitled, "Basic Primer on German Citizenship Law." Under German l
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I asked a similar question, "What can you tell about me from my Q&As".  I have also wrote about people from their's.  \n\nYou can tell quite a bit.\n\nYou are 23 and your partner is in Germany.  You are a dog lover.  You used to be in religion but are now either a pagan or an agnostic.  You value knowledge and learning highly.  You are studying for a Masters in Public Health.  You are yearning to have children and raise a family.  \n\nYou love humanity and are interested in learning about the "big things".\n\nHow'd I do?
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you can, but the German Government rquires you to have a reason for keeping your german citizenship. Having family there is NOT a reason. Last i checked IF they think you have a valid reason you have to fork over I think it was 500 euro for the process. I just got my US citizenship 2 month ago. I am american now.  After all, that was more important to me then keeping the german citizenship. I know i am german that's all i need.
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I answered you other question more thoroughly. You may want to go back and look at my response there.\n\nBurkhardt is German and Dutch in origin.
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My father and his family were German, my mothers side were all Irish.  The Irish side was more influential to me for a myriad of reasons.  I think that is mostly from their sense of family and closeness.  Didn't matter that I was the "American cousin' just that I was family so the always included me when I was around or talk to me when they see me online.  As a matter of fact I am in PMs with one of my cousins from Dublin now, he is helping me with some questions I have about some things.  Family is very important to them, it gives a sense of who you are and where you come from.  Doesn't seem to matter that there are differences in beliefs or how we were raised, family is family and you stick together.  All of us learn of the rich history of our family and their roots.  That seems to give you a connection to your past and gives you some sense of self and who and what you are.  \n\nThat is different from my fathers side, there was no sense of history from there, my grandmother always said when they came from Germany they left that all behind to become Americans and start anew.
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The German schools start earlier in the day.\nGerman kids are in compulsory education until they are 18\nthey still have grammar schools (called gymnasium) as well as secondary modern schools.\nIf they fail more than a certain number of subjects in a year (usually 2 or three) they have to stay back and repeat the year.\nGerman kids generally have a lot more homework
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Have you been in Germany lately? Unemployment and poverty are great again. Even if you received a German Passport you would have problems in Germany, go on line and read the German Newspapers, you can get them translated in English, you will find out what the problems in Germany and Europe are.\nWhile Millions of people fight to come to the US you want to subject yourself to a society who is notorious for their elitism.\nI am a German-American and I know from experience what the conditions are. German Newspapers to read on line: Bild Zeitung\nFrankfurter Allgemeine, Der Spiegel, Stern, there are so much more available.
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If it´s because of the German LANGUAGE: I can teach you German (as I´m from Austria = native speaker AND I´m a teacher student); I´m 22 years old - you can contact me!\n\nIf it´s because of the COUNTRY Germany, I would recommend you to visit:\nhttp://www.studentsoftheworld.info\nIt´s a really good penpal site - you can browse pals by country, age, sex, languages, hobbies\nI know there are also a lot of Germans.\n\nGood luck!!
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try with german culture.....
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You are American?\n\n      You can claim citizenship for your child born in another country.\n\n      Our first child was born in Germany. Contact the nearest American consulate.\n\n      If you are married to the mother, you can apply to the immigration service for a visa, which is the first step toward citizenship.\n\n      I'm simplifying.\n\n      Go to immigrationservice.gov,( or whatever it is), for details
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If they are married the child will be a US Citizen. Many countries will allow a child to have dual citizenship, but he/she will have to choose a country at 18.\n\nMy dad is American and my mom is a British citizen, but is a legal alien, and we are all US citizens. We had the option of dual citizenship, but didn't see the point to it. I always knew I wanted to live my life here in America. You will have to check the specifics for Germany, but I'm sure they're probably the same.
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Go to the German embassy in your country. Your nationality wouldn't change, you always be an Egyptian but with German citizenship. Germany is a good place for young and hard-working foreigners. They need working people to maintain their economy going. Try to avoid the former East German part, the wages are lower and the people don't like the strangers, their mind didn't change enough because of their communist heritage. Their working style didn't change to much but they want the same wages as the others. It is important to speak the language.
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German and caucasian are not the same thing because German is a nationality and caucasian is a race. You can be half german and half mexican but you can only be one race. Or of course Biracial.
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No, some are and some aren't. A lot of dukes come from families that were here before the present royal family.\nThe present royal family are comparatively new immigrants coming over from Germany in the 18th Century; they have some relations in this country and many more in Germany\nYou have to be related by birth or marriage.
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Found some information for you , have included a link to the website also. Good Luck most of the citizenship information is in Deutch.\n\nNaturalizations of people with permanent residence outside Germany are rare. Applicants have to meet a host of requirements; you typically have to give up your present citizenship(s) in order to become a German citizen, fluency in the German language is another precondition - for more information.
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I received this information recently from a list member of a teaching list:\nAn interesting set of surveys about Europeans and their languages: The main crux is that German is in place # 2 for most commonly used second language (behind english) and German is in place #1 for most widely used mother tongue in Europe. \n\nEnglish: 51% (MT 13%, FL 38%)\nGerman: 32% (MT 18%, FL 14%)\nFrench: 25% (MT 12%, FL 13%)\nItalian: 16% (MT 13%, FL 3%)\nSpanish: 15% (MT 9%, FL 6%) \n\n\nIt also has interesting stats about the countries in which German is a very important second language. \n\nQA2b And which two languages, apart from your mother tongue do you think children should learn? 18\nEnglish French German Spanish Russian Italian Swedish\nEU25 77% 33% 28% 19% 3% 2% 0%\nBE 88% 50% 7% 9% 0% 1% -\nCZ 89% 9% 66% 4% 9% 0% -\nDK 94% 13% 62% 13% 0% 0% 0%\nDE 89% 45% 3% 16% 6% 2% -\nEE 94% 6% 22% 1% 47% 0% 1%\nEL 96% 34% 50% 3% 0% 6% -\nES 85% 44% 14% 4% 0% 1% -\nFR 91% 2% 24% 45% 0% 6% -\nIE 3% 64% 42% 35% 1% 4% 0%\nIT 84% 34% 17% 17% 0% 0% -\nCY 98% 49% 19% 2% 4% 4% 0%\nLV 94% 6% 28% 1% 42% 0% 0%\nLT 93% 6% 34% 2% 43% 0% 0%\nLU 59% 83% 43% 2% 0% 1% -\nHU 85% 4% 73% 3% 2% 2% -\nMT 90% 24% 13% 2% - 61% -\nNL 90% 22% 40% 21% 0% 0% -\nAT 84% 29% 2% 10% 4% 11% -\nPL 90% 7% 69% 1% 10% 1% -\nPT 90% 60% 8% 7% - 0% -\nSI 96% 6% 69% 3% 0% 12% 0%\nSK 87% 7% 75% 3% 6% 1% 0%\nFI 85% 10% 24% 3% 10% 0% 38%\nSE 99% 17% 35% 31% 1% 0% 1%\nUK 5% 71% 34% 39% 1% 3% -\nBG 87% 13% 49% 5% 14% 1% -\nHR 82% 5% 69% 2% 0% 14% -\nRO 64% 34% 17% 7% 2% 8% -\nTR 72% 12% 52% 1% 2% 1% -"\n\nSee the orginal report for more information. \nhttp://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_243_sum_en.pdf
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Lot's of info here.\nhttp://german.about.com/