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How to get German citizenship?

How hard is it to get German citizenship?

  • I don't want to live in America anymore. Also, I already speak German so that shouldn't be a problem.

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    "An individual who fulfils all of the following criteria has an entitlement to naturalise as a German citizen:[4] he/she has been ordinarily resident in Germany for at least 8 years (this period can be reduced - see below) he/she has legal capacity or a legal representative confirms his/her present and past commitment to the free democratic constitutional system enshrined in the German Basic Law (or that he is presently committed to such principles and has departed from former support of ideas contrary to such principles) he/she is a European Union or Swiss citizen in possession of the appropriate residence permit which permits the free movement of persons, or he/she is a non-EU/Swiss citizen who has been granted a permanent right of residence he/she is able to support himself/herself without recourse to benefits he/she has not been sentenced for an unlawful act and is not subject to any court order imposing a measure of reform and prevention he/she possesses an adequate knowledge of German possesses knowledge of the legal system, the society and living conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany.... ...Exceptions to the normal residence requirements include: persons who have completed an integration course may have the residence requirement reduced to 7 years If a person shows that he/she is especially well integrated and has a higher level of command of the German language than the basic requirement for the German citizenship may have the residence requirement reduced to 6 years The spouse of a German citizen may be naturalised after 3 years of continual residency in Germany. The marriage must have persisted for at least 2 years" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law

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It takes you many years... but as being a US citizen, the authorities will welcome you warmly since the USA are "big brother"... so don't worry! You may leave the US at any time and easily live as a US citizen in Germany. Your embassy will ask for your tax balancing before you'd change citizenship ! If married, it will take you altogether 3 years before you get a restricted working permit and fully 5 years before getting a full working permit. Regular citizenship is possible by 8 years of residence within Germany but they will give you certain credits, for sure, since your language skills will be fine by that time and you are a national of a democratic-minded state already-. Engineers are only wanted on a first-class level, as soon as you were just second class, you'd be unemployed like 10,000 other German engineers ! By the way, Czechia is much cheaper and more old-fashioned, Switzerland more liberal in naturalization but stricter in everyday life-style. Just come and live as you will have enough time to study all those rules and exceptions, you can live a German life immediately and switch citizenships when the years have past. And be aware that US citizenship allows you double citizenship and 2 passports but the German citizenship will demand you to drop any other nationality, only 1 single passport is allowed !

palmozy

Hi there, forget Brian's answer. It is possible to get German citizenship but it takes some time (8 years living in Germany legally) and there are other requirements as well. The first hurdle is to get a working permit for Germany. Germany has a shortage of engineers, and there are always opportunities for engineers in Germany regardless of your citizenship. However, not all fields of engineering do qualify and you need to be experienced. Another way to work in Germany would be for a U.S. company that has a subsidiary in Germany,. Good luck.

Norbert G

If you have a parent or grandparent who was born in either Germany or any other EU member state and were still alive and citizens of those states when you were born, and you have the documentation to prove it, then you could possibly become a citizen of that state, and as an EU national be entitled to live and work in any other EU member state. Otherwise, no, not likely unless you've loads of money. Shedloads of cash.

Orla C

just to add to Norbert G's answer: unless you're an EU citizen you are usually required to give up any other passport(s) you may have.

CoochiePaul

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