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- Germany@europe.pub
- cross-posted to:
- germany@feddit.org
- Germany@europe.pub
Summary
Germany’s incoming coalition government, led by the CDU/CSU and SPD, will abolish the 3-year expedited citizenship path for “well-integrated” immigrants, introduced in 2023.
Critics labeled the policy “turbo” naturalization and argued three years was too short.
The standard 5-year path with B1-level German remains, and dual citizenship will continue to be allowed.
The coalition dropped proposals to revoke citizenship from dual nationals deemed extremists, opting instead to focus on expulsion measures for non-citizens who threaten democratic order.
Germany allows dual citizenship and I’ve read a study a while back stating that a clear and fast way to citizen status is attractive to many “high performers”.
That changes every now and then. Before June last year you had to provide a reason why you’d want to keep the German citizenship when applying for another. Our fear was that the new government would change this back to how it was, so we applied for Canadian citizenship as soon as possible.
On the other hand the bureaucracy to become German is a ridiculously humiliating process. But you can fail more during the citizenship exam compared to the Canadian version. Congratulations to everyone who had to go through it