Germany

Germany's Generational Cut-Off for Children Born Abroad

A child acquires German citizenship by birth if one parent is German. Source: Nationality Act, s. 4(1)

But a child born abroad doesn't automatically become German if the German parent was born abroad after December 31, 1999, lives abroad, and the child acquires another citizenship at birth. Source: Federal Foreign Office

The child becomes German retroactively from birth if the parents apply to register the birth in the German birth register within one year, at the registry office in Germany or a German mission abroad. Source: Federal Foreign Office Source: Nationality Act, s. 4(4)

The rule doesn't apply if the child would otherwise be stateless. Source: Nationality Act, s. 4(4)

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