Germany's citizenship reform takes effect, making it easier for long-term residents to gain citizenship. The law now allows dual nationality and speeds up the naturalization process.
The liberalization means Germany will, for the first time, allow multiple citizenship on principle — rather than as an exception for EU and Swiss nationals and those who can prove “special hardships.”
“Finally, our law is doing justice to our diverse society,” Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a recent statement.
That number is set to increase substantially in the coming year: State governments across Germany have already reported a rise in applications.
The opposition parties, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), which is partly made up of right-wing extremists, and the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), claim that the German passport will become cheapened.
The so-called guest worker generation — mainly Turkish people who moved to West Germany in the 1960s to work — will no longer have to take a naturalization test.
Those who reject equal rights for men and women or live in polygamous marriages are also not eligible for a German passport.
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The liberalization means Germany will, for the first time, allow multiple citizenship on principle — rather than as an exception for EU and Swiss nationals and those who can prove “special hardships.”
“Finally, our law is doing justice to our diverse society,” Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a recent statement.
That number is set to increase substantially in the coming year: State governments across Germany have already reported a rise in applications.
The opposition parties, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), which is partly made up of right-wing extremists, and the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), claim that the German passport will become cheapened.
The so-called guest worker generation — mainly Turkish people who moved to West Germany in the 1960s to work — will no longer have to take a naturalization test.
Those who reject equal rights for men and women or live in polygamous marriages are also not eligible for a German passport.
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