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  • Hi, I am in High school and I actually want to leave the U.S. for college and go to Germany. Now, I may want to live there for the rest of my life (who knows) but I'm not quite sure considering I'm so young and I don't want to make an rational decisions too soon. I was going to take a year off from school between my Senior year in high school and my freshmen year in college in order to grasp the German language and attempt to find a job. I know finding a job in Germany is super hard if you are not a citizen. Anyways on to my point, I live in the SF Bay Area and I wanted to go get info about Dual-Citizenship with Germany. I've heard that you CANT get dual-citizenship with Germany and then I have heard you can get dual-citizenship with Germany considering it is extremely hard to renounce your American citizenship and Germany recognizes that. Honestly Idk what exactly is true or not,but that's why I want to get info. Now I'm assuming the U.S doesn't have an American Embassy in America....??? So where can I go to get all this info? Also I do have my dual citizenship with Switzerland, but I want to go to Germany and under no regards do I want to give up my American citizenship because I don't know where I want to go in life. Who knows, I may want to come home after 2-3 years.

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    If you want to move to Germany there is no reason for you to seek German citizenship. All you really need is to apply for a Swiss passport if you haven’t already done so. Swiss citizens are allowed to work in Germany without a work permit or visa. Swiss nationals must register with local authorities in Germany in order to reside there longer than three months, but doing so is a mere formality. You would only have to renounce your US citizenship if you decided to naturalise as a German citizen. In order to become a German citizen by naturalisation you would have to live in Germany for eight years and demonstrate a basic command of the German language. (According to German nationality law you would NOT have to renounce your Swiss citizenship as exceptions are made for the Swiss.) So brush up on your German skills and make sure you have your Swiss passport handy before making the move over there to begin your studies.

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You can only gain German citizenship if you have family members with a German background, for instance one of your parents is German, which is how you got dual Swiss-American citizenship. It's not possible to move to Germany and expect to be given citizenship. You can check all this with the German Embassy: http://www.germany.info/ If you really do have Swiss citizenship, and of course a Swiss passport, that would entitle you to work in Germany. Both Switzerland and Germany are part of the Schengen Zone which allows for free trade and travel between member countries.

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You can get German citizenship if either your mom or dad is a German citizen. You can also, in some cases, get German citizenship if you are born in Germany to legal residents. Germans however don't want their citizens to have dual citizenship. They are very strict in this regard. My friend was born in Germany. His mom and dad are Germans. He has lived in Australia since he was two years old and has Australian citizenship. When he applied for German citizenship at the German embassy in Australia he was told that he could get it seeing as he was born in germany to German parents BUT he would have to renounce his Australian citizenship. If you do have Swiss citizenship then you don't need German citizenship. As a Swiss national you can live and work in Germany and the rest of the EU without any restrictions. You won't have to give up your US citizenship. For more information contact your State Department and the German embassy closest to you.

Curious Cat

Your Swiss citizenship will get you into Germany Germany doesn't allow dual citizenship for naturalised citizens Those who are born German citizens are allowed to have dual citizenship The Schengen Zone allows freedom with regard to travel for citizens of member states, it is NOTHING to do with trade The entities concerned with trade are the EU & the EEA, Switzerland is not a member of the EU but it is a member of EEA. Citizens of EEA countries have similar rights to citizens of EU member states. If you contact the German Embassy they'll explain any restrictions there might be on Swiss citizens in Germany.

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