Germany is reforming its citizenship law, streamlining the procedure to get German nationality. Dual citizenship will also become an option. Germany is set to make dual citizenship easier, as well as naturalization for non-EU citizens.
The new citizenship plans boil down to these changes:
Immigrants legally living in Germany will be allowed to apply for citizenship after five years, rather than the current eight; if they bring special achievements to the table, this may be reduced to just three years.
Children born in Germany of at least one parent who has been living legally in the country for five or more years will automatically get German citizenship.
Immigrants above the age of 67 will be able to do an oral instead of a written German language test Multiple citizenships will be allowed
People living entirely on state support will not be eligible for German citizenship.
German citizenship will be denied to people who have committed antisemitic, racist, xenophobic or other defamatory offenses that are seen to be "unreconcilable with commitment to the free democratic basic order." Deutsche Welle. Just a thought.
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