If you were born on U.S. soil, were born to U.S. citizen parents, or became a naturalized U.S. citizen and have been living in the United States, you clearly have U.S. citizenship. naturalization of one’s parents (called “derivation” of citizenship).

This is called “birthright citizenship” and is protected by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which (in Section 1) states the following: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

A child born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent or parents may acquire U.S. citizenship at birth if certain statutory requirements are met. According to U.S. law, a CRBA is proof of U.S. citizenship and may be used to obtain a U.S. passport and register for school, among other purposes.

Your nationality is the country you come from: American, Canadian, and Russian are all nationalities. Everyone has a gender, race, sexual orientation…and a nationality. A person’s nationality is where they are a legal citizen, usually in the country where they were born.

Nationality is based on place of birth. Ethnicity is based on your family origin. If you are born on the US you are an American even if you parents were born in Mongolia.

A child can attain German citizenship by being born in Germany even if neither parent is German. A further condition is that one parent has been legally resident in Germany for eight years and has a right of unlimited residence or for three years an unlimited residence permit.

The German social security system provides various benefits, tax allowances and deductions that families and single parents in Germany can take advantage of.

• Child benefit (Kindergeld)
• Tax-free allowance for children (Kinderfreibetrag)
• Tax deductions for children.
• Supplementary child allowance (Kinderzuschlag)

Your new baby needs to be registered at the registry office (Standesamt) within seven days of the birth in order to receive a birth certificate and a tax ID (even babies get them in Germany!) Once you have a birth certificate you can also apply for child benefit and a passport for your child.

Women can give birth in a hospital, birth house or at home, with all the options covered by health insurance. Private maternity options are also available for foreigners who want a risk-free delivery. Anyone living in Germany will need to be registered with a German health insurance scheme to have costs covered.

In Germany and France, it’s even more economical to give birth, at a little over $2,500. Down under in Australia, you’ll spend $5,312 for a typical delivery. But over in Switzerland, it’ll cost you way more to welcome baby; about $7,751, and $9,965 for a C-section.

No. Even if a child is born in Germany, it will not automatically obtain a residence permit. If both parents have a temporary residence permit or are still in the asylum procedure, then the child, too, may reside in Germany.

Faced with a skilled workers shortage, the German government has introduced new legislation that will allow foreigners with certain skills to apply for work permits and move to Germany using legal channels. The new Skilled Immigration Act, the “Fachkräftezuwanderungsgesetz”, will come into effect on March 1, 2020.

German citizens or citizens from non-EU countries who have a Aufenthaltserlaubnis (residence permit) or a Niederlassungserlaubnis (settlement permit) are allowed to bring their relatives to Germany. This is known as ‘reunification of families’. He or she does not require a visa or a residence permit.

In certain cases, German nationality law allows its citizens to have or acquire an additional citizenship. As a rule, children born to a German and a non-German parent, or to parents with dual nationality, acquire the nationalities of both parents at birth, according to the principle of descent.

Based on US and German law, you can have citizenship of both countries. Dual German/US citizenship can happen only when the child is born to one American and one German parent. If an American citizen applies for naturalization in Germany, the American will have to give up their US citizenship to obtain the German one.

German citizenship is mainly acquired and passed on through descent from a German parent. The parent has to be German citizen at the time of the birth of the child. Only children born in or after the year 2000 to long-term residents of Germany could or can under certain circumstances receive German citizenship.

Whether you plan to work or not, any stay in Germany over 90 days requires a residence permit (Aufenthaltstitel, “residence title”) for non-EU citizens. Unlike in former times, there is no separate work permit and residence permit.

Spouses or registered same-sex partners of German citizens are eligible for naturalization after three years of legal residence in Germany. They must have been married or in a registered partnership for at least two years at the time of application. The general requirements for naturalization also apply.