(June 24, 2016 at 7:46 am)Constable Dorfl Wrote:(June 24, 2016 at 7:07 am)abaris Wrote: That really depends. I don't know about dual citizenship laws in Germany, but I think they're allowing it. As opposed to my country. So there's probably no need to revoke the UK citizenship.
Germany only allows it in certain very narrow circumstances, one of which is the other country is an EU member. If Mathilda were declared a German citizen at birth she would have been allowed dual nationality too (she might even now, the literature I see is sketchy on that). But there is very little else that allows dual nationality under German law.
So far all I've really got to go on is from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law
Quote:Descent from a German parent
A person born of a parent with German citizenship at the time of the child's birth is a German citizen. Place of birth is not a factor in citizenship determination based on parentage.
Those born after 1 January 1975 are Germans if the mother or father is a German citizen.
Those born before 1 January 1975 could normally only claim German citizenship from the father and not the mother. Exceptions included cases where the parents were unmarried (in which case German mothers could pass on citizenship) or where the German mother applied for the child to be registered as German on or before 31 December 1977.
My father is and has always been a German citizen. My mother's English. I was born in England in 1974.
I'd be prepared to renounce my British citizenship if need be. My husband is Scottish so I should still be able to live here if we wanted. We had thought that we had moved to Germany for good back in 2011 but I came back for a contract which was extended until December this year. It's the language that is holding me back but because I've had to work in English speaking working environments it means that I've had little chance to develop my language skills.