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You have held German nationality in the past and you acquired United States nationality without permission to retain your German citizenship?
If you willing to applied for any foreign citizenship and obtained it prior to 27 June 2024, you automatically forfeited your German citizenship. Loss of citizenship could have only be avoided by obtaining a special perimt (“Beibehaltungsgenehmigung“) before naturalizing in a foreign country.
Would you like to regain your German citizenship and renaturalize from abroad?
You are an American citizen and were born to a German mother or father but were never considered German?
You are a descendant of a person who did not receive or lost German citizenship due to gender discrimination?
Since German nationality law mainly follows the principle of “ius sanguinis”, i.e. nationality is passed on from one generation to the next, the so-called principle of descent, you are wondering whether you have a right to German nationality because of your German ancestors?
If you have already lost your German citizenship, we will assess the chances of success of a naturalisation procedure from abroad, submit the application on your behalf and represent you in the administrative procedure.
We offer to assess your eligibility to acquire German citizenship by declaration and assist you in submitting the application to the Federal Office of Administration.
By applying for the Certificate of Citizenship for you, your German citizenship will be verified by the Federal Office of Administration. If the application is successful you will be issued a Certificate of Citizenship which is proof of your German citizenship.
