A reformed citizenship law in Germany which makes it easier to obtain a second passport has prompted a wave of new naturalization cases. In Berlin alone there were some 4,000 applications submitted in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A German passport and a naturalization certificate lie on a table. Marijan Murat/dpa Foreigners applying for a German passport ...

Prior to June 2024, any foreign national who had been living in Germany for quite some time and wanted to become a citizen had to have a lot of patience: at least 8 years' worth. This long waiting ...

Germany has officially scrapped its fast-track citizenship program, a move that has stirred debate across Europe and gone viral on social media. Introduced in 2024 to attract highly skilled ...

BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved legislation easing rules to gain citizenship and ending restrictions on holding dual citizenship. The government argues that the plan passed Friday will ...

(CNN) — Scott Mayerowitz grew up in New Jersey in a household with resentment toward Germany, his family’s motherland. He has ancestors who were killed in the Holocaust, and his Jewish grandparents ...

Germany is preparing to pass a new nationality law that will make it easier for foreigners to gain citizenship in the country. The draft law would allow people to apply for citizenship after five ...

May 19 (Reuters) - Germany's interior ministry published draft legislation aimed at making it easier for people to apply for citizenship, as Berlin seeks to boost migration and open up the job market ...

Months of wrangling over a new law have Germans asking a fundamental question: Are we a country of immigrants? By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin and Hamburg, Germany Young, educated and ...