Germany
Can You Keep Another Citizenship as a German? The June 2024 Change
Since June 27, 2024, German nationals can acquire a foreign citizenship on application without losing German citizenship, so retention permits are no longer needed. Source: Federal Foreign Office
The law has no retroactive provisions for events before June 27, 2024; the old rules still apply to those events. Source: Federal Foreign Office
That matters for descent claims: if an ancestor acquired another citizenship before that date, the old rules decide whether they lost German citizenship. Source: Federal Foreign Office
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