How I Applied for my German Citizenship Through Descent - My Entire Process (so far)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- What was the application process like? I get this question all the time from friends in the move abroad space! So in this video, I want to share with you how I was eligible, the process I went through in order to submit my application, and some challenges I came across during the process. Hopefully you can take my experience and learn from it 😊
And as promised, here are some helpful links for anyone wanting to go through this process yourself!
German Citizenship:
• www.germany.in...
For German mother:
• www.germany.in...
For German father:
• www.germany.in...
Declaration Info:
• bit.ly/germand...
Instructions for the Application:
• bit.ly/citizen...
Move abroad bootcamp:
• escapeplanboot...
Wise Bank Transfer:
• wise.com/invit...
(this link gets you free-fee transfers up to $600, so use this if you have bank transfers to make during this process to save some money!)
If you want to support me and the trajectory of this channel, you can donate directly to my move abroad fund!
Cash App: cash.app/$cour...
Follow my socials:
• / unefille.abroad
• / unefilleabroad
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
Hi! My brother and I recently got our German Passports in April of this year. We were born in the U.S but my mother is a German born citizen which I believe granted us automatic citizenship. I think it’s amazing that you’re taking this leap for German citizenship despite the obstacles with paperwork, research. Wishing you the best of luck!
That's wonderful, congratulations! How long was the process for you?
@@Unefilleabroad I went to the German consulate and provided the required documents, and I got my passport in 6 weeks!
Wow! That's awesome 😊
Thank you for the interesting video, i really never heard about that process, before I randomly found this and your last Video.. Have a nice time wherever you will end in europe or in Germany.
Thank you! It's an interesting process right?
Thanks for the video. I had to apply for "Feststellung" or Determination of German Citizenship based on my German father who was adopted by foreigners before 1977. We had all the documents- like my fathers adoption papers, his old German passport, etc. But because the documentation was so old, Berlin rejected our passport applications (never refuned the fee). What was funny was I found out that technically this process just confirms that I was born a German Citizen which feels weird. Hopefully all goes well for you as I have family in Brazil doing the same thing and I'm trying to help. I was told I had a 2-3 year wait from getting my case number, which I got in June after submitting in December. Good luck.
Ahhh, our beloved German bureaucracy in "action" - well the "action" is on your part mostly... 😅
And one of the key points is the one you mentioned almost in passing: yes, the German passport is super powerful but the truly awesome thing is that you gain free access to the Union - you can essentially add *In Varietate Concordia* to *E Pluribus Unum.* 😉
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
😅😅 It wasn’t easy but honestly the NY bureaucracy was just as tough! lol
Having access to the Union is going to be the best part! 😍
There is a German saying: Gut Ding braucht weile. Freely translated: Good things come to those who wait or be patient. Another saying will be perfect: Was man hat das hat man. Freely translated: Whatever you have, you have it. Both sayings cant be translate 1:1. But i think you know what is meant.
I congratulate you on your German passport. But as a German I can tell you, don't be naive and think you don't need German (or French or Spanish or Italian...). You should still learn German if you want to live in Germany. You will need German in many situations and anyway for making friends and social contacts. Unless you want to live in an English bubble and not really in Germany.
Hi! I am looking into this process now. Did your dad have to obtain citizenship prior to you being able to apply?
My maternal grandfather was born in Germany and came to Canada when he was young and was subsequently forced to give up his German citizenship. He was then able to reclaim his citizenship in Germany about 20 years ago since he was forced to give it up before the age of majority.
I am wondering if I have to wait the time frame of my mother applying and receiving citizenship before I could even start the application process? I looked into it years ago and it seemed that I was not eligible via a grandparent but perhaps they has changed. If your father did have to apply, were you able to both do it at the same time, or did he have to get it first and then you?
I’m so sorry for the loss of your father, thank you for your help!
Noooo absolutely no need to wait. You apply and submit it together! My dad didn't go through the process because at the time he was terminally ill, but I was able to do the whole application process regardless. IF he did want to do it with me, he would only need to supply a few personal documents (ID, passport, birth certificate) and then fill out just one form because I was the one technically applying.
Thanks so much for getting back to me! I am hoping to call the closest German consulate to me tomorrow to inquire further, but am I understanding correctly that your dad did not in fact end up going through the process of getting citizenship but you were still able to get it via your grandmother? I have seen online that you have to prove you don’t have a criminal record, which I personally do not but my mother does so I’m hoping this won’t hinder my chances of gaining citizenship. My mother is in a long term care facility with an acquired brain injury so she will not be seeking citizenship, but I thought that she would have to get it before I would be able to apply since I’m not my grandfathers “immediate” family. Am I misunderstanding that?
Is it possible to acquire knowledge about economics, international politics and geography entirely in English in German libraries, or is it necessary to know German for this knowledge?
depends on the city and the libary you can probaly do it in the big citys but you probably will either go to a specific location or order it from a diffrent location.
@@antoniaweber8074 In which city is this facility available?
I am wondering why anybody would want German citizenship when nor living there or at least intending to live there. To me everybody is German, who speaks German, watches German news and complains about the same things we do. Citizenship or "race" or descend does not matter. But, well, maybe I am just a bit old-fashioned.
@wora1111 I have a whole video on why: th-cam.com/video/MY39UtmSo3g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1ECalYaNpp1oXaey
If you have EU citizenship you can live and work anywhere throughout most of EU. Adds such expansion
@@susanaschubert5121 ok, thanks for explaining.
I’m working on my German Citizenship by decent.
That's awesome! How is the process going for you?
Using Ancestry seems to be hit or miss. My family seems to be a black hole, despite most of them living there to this day. And none lived in areas that were destroyed or lost in WW2. Not sure why but I literally have not been able to unearth ANYTHING other than one phone book record of a distant relative that I didn't even care about.
That’s definitely true, I have a line that is like that as well. There are a lot of reasons that could be, but there are also other services that could have information too !
Isn’t a German language fluency test required?
No, not for this route
Language fluency is required for normal naturalisation.
This route is for people who 'lost' German citizenship but should not have from todays viewpoint. There are similar rules for descendants of people who lost German citizenship by Nazi anti-jewish laws or by fleeing from the Nazis.