German Citizenship

What documents do you need to prove eligibility for a German passport? Proving eligibility for those persecuted by the Nazi regime, and their descendants, requires presenting proof that the applicant was a German citizen during the eligible period (between the years 1933 and 1945). In cases where the application is submitted by the descendants of…

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Are family members (children and spouses) of German citizens also entitled to a German passport? The right to German citizenship and a German passport is “passed down” to descendants of German citizens in a simple bureaucratic procedure. In contrast, spouses of German citizens are not automatically entitled to German citizenship and a German passport, but…

There are many German emigrants living around the world today, as well as descendants of Jewish refugees originating from Germany, whose citizenship was revoked by the Nazi regime. Many of them are eligible for German citizenship and a German passport, as long as they meet the conditions defined by the German Citizenship Law. Changes made…

Far-reaching changes recently enacted in Germany will grant German citizenship to Holocaust survivors and their descendants more easily than before. The changes include a wide spectrum of significant leniencies, along with specific clauses inserted in the Basic Law platform. This is in order to correct the great historical injustice perpetrated on German Jews in the…

Obtaining a German passport for Holocaust survivors and their descendants under the updated German nationality law: tens of thousands of Jews can prepare the required documents and submit an application for citizenship. According to the new nationality law, the vast majority of Jews with a historical connection to pre-WWII Germany will be able to obtain…

Germany has recently changed their internal policy by broadening the eligibility criteria for anyone who can prove a direct ties to a Holocaust survivor, or to someone who resided in Germany as a permanent resident during the Nazi party’s rise to power. As a result, hundreds of thousands of Israelis can now acquire the prestigious…

The new amendment to the German law enables hundreds of thousands of grandchildren of Holocaust survivors to petition for German citizenship. In this article we will explain the revolutionary change in the law and in Germany’s approach towards the many helpless victims who suffered during the Nazi party’s reign of terror. Attorney and notary offices…

According to the German Citizenship Law, German citizenship is automatically granted to anyone born in Germany. In fact, German citizenship may be inherited from one’s parents or, in other words, by jus sanguinis (“right of blood”). Therefore, descendants who have a direct relative who was a German citizen in the past are eligible to receive…

Due to the new reforms in the issuance of German citizenship, thousands of Israelis will now be able to obtain a European passport. In this article, a German citizenship lawyer will explain the recent reforms and who is now eligible to receive a German passport. Our law firm, which specializes in German citizenship, has many…