How to Apply For Dual Citizenship in Germany: A Step-by-Step Guide & My Experience 🇩🇪

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  • Опубликовано: 18 янв 2025

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  • @lifeingermany_
    @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +1

    📋 Citizenship application form for Düsseldorf: formulare.duesseldorf.de/servlet/de.formsolutions.FillServlet?sid=aJMGqMN33t7Z13pqxv2DKrcK12JjFA&f=z.pdf
    ✨ Online certified translations: bit.ly/Beglaubigung24
    💛 Need legal support? go.migrando.de/REtzjt5

    • @kitkatkrissy
      @kitkatkrissy 4 дня назад +1

      Hello! The link you posted here to the citizenship application form doesn't work. Please correct if possible. My American daughter, who lives in Dormagen, tells me she has to go in to the City Hall to get the forms. Thanks and good for you getting your dual citizenship!

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  4 дня назад +1

      @@kitkatkrissyfixed! 🥰💛

  • @norbertweber3152
    @norbertweber3152 Месяц назад +10

    Congrats!!! 🎉🎉🎉

  • @tomgroenbeck7620
    @tomgroenbeck7620 2 месяца назад +10

    My German neighbor also just got his US citizenship, since he can now keep his German one. We have been living in the US since 2000 and became a US citizens in 2015, but we were able to keep our German citizenship after we filed for that (Beibehaltungsgenehmigung), we had to hand in the application at the German embassy in San Francisco. I hope you keep enjoying life in Germany.

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +2

      This is amazing! I love reading all the comments from/about Germans who have regained German citizenship. I know there are a lot of Germans who aren't fond of this new dual citizenship rule because more of us immigrants are coming in, but I also think it's incredible that Germans who once had to give up their citizenship can now be reinstated Germans! 🥰

  • @MiciFee97
    @MiciFee97 Месяц назад +8

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch🥰🥰🥰 ich bin so froh, dass es diese Möglichkeit jetzt gibt 🫶🏻

  • @Gerold-D
    @Gerold-D 2 месяца назад +8

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch. Das war bestimmt ein wichtiges Ereignis für dich.😀❤

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +1

      Es war unglaublich wichtig für mich! 🥰
      Ich bin sooooooo froh das es aber jetzt hinter mir ist 🤣

  • @utebellasteinweg3976
    @utebellasteinweg3976 Месяц назад +1

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch 🎉 Ich freue mich für dich🫶

  • @Jochen.Lutz-Germany
    @Jochen.Lutz-Germany 2 месяца назад +2

    ❤lichen Glückwunsch Jenna !

  • @PassportTwo
    @PassportTwo 2 месяца назад +3

    Congrats again! Hoping my kids' and my time will come soon to hold our German citizenship certificate as well 😊

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад

      🥰💛😍🤩 ohhhh it will!!! I’m keeping my fingers and toes crossed that it’ll come as soon as possible!!!!!

  • @takechi695
    @takechi695 23 дня назад +1

    Congrats on receiving your German citizenship!!🎉❤🇩🇪

  • @pseudo_nym
    @pseudo_nym 2 месяца назад +5

    Congratulations and welcome 🤗🇩🇪🇨🇦

  • @susanneharvey4034
    @susanneharvey4034 2 месяца назад +2

    ❤lichen Glückwunsch!!! 🎉🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @minervaminerva7906
    @minervaminerva7906 Месяц назад

    Congratulations! And I received mine on the 11th of July ... after 13 years. What an emotional day that was.
    For others applying for double citizenship, PLEASE remember to check the requirements of your other nationality BEFORE you apply in Germany. You may need to apply in/ from your birth country for a "Beibehaltungsgenehmigung", or a Retention Certificate, in other words a confirmation from your birth country that they will allow you to retain your birth nationality upon receipt of the German nationality.

  • @suspiciousafternoon
    @suspiciousafternoon Месяц назад

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch! It is is my dream to one day attain German citizenship like you. The ceremony looks awesome ☺☺

  • @bazoo513
    @bazoo513 2 месяца назад +3

    a) Kudos for saying you are an immigrant, not "expat"
    b) Welcome to your new home, good old Europe! Hello, neighbor!
    c) Also kudos for keeping the citizenship of your birth country - the more, the merrier!

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +1

      @@bazoo513 thank you thank you thank you 😍🤩

  • @helfgott1
    @helfgott1 2 месяца назад +2

    Dear Lady
    we feel with you..I am proud to have a new sister

  • @vielson
    @vielson 2 месяца назад +1

    Im waiting since January but in my Landkreis take I little bit more time 😢. Herzlichen Glückwunsch 🎉

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  Месяц назад +1

      It's not just you, so many people are writing me that they've applied even last year! 💛
      Hold tight! You'll get there! 🥰

  • @Jonas_C137
    @Jonas_C137 2 месяца назад +6

    congratulations! 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪

  • @lisamirako1073
    @lisamirako1073 Месяц назад

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

  • @jamesgiordano6772
    @jamesgiordano6772 Месяц назад

    Brava!!! Ich gratueliere, Jenna.
    Das ist wunderbar

  • @blondkatze3547
    @blondkatze3547 2 месяца назад +2

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch liebe Jenna. Das freut mich sehr für dich. Ich wünsche dir und deiner Familie ein glückliches Leben hier in Deutschland.🙂💜👍

  • @m.j.222
    @m.j.222 2 месяца назад +1

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch liebe Jenna! Ich freue mich für Dich und für Deutschland!

  • @geordiegeorge9041
    @geordiegeorge9041 2 месяца назад +3

    I got dual citizenship back in 2017 after having lived in Germany for over 40 years, Brexit sei dank. I didn't have to submit anything to do with income or pensions, probably because I had lived in Germany for so long.

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  Месяц назад +1

      Wow! Sounds like a dream, haha... that would never happen now! You lucky duck!

  • @nicoletjongontjoza3622
    @nicoletjongontjoza3622 2 месяца назад +1

    Aww 🥰 , congratulations to you🎉🎉🎉🎉❤️🙏🌸

  • @PinskyKyaroru
    @PinskyKyaroru 2 месяца назад +1

    Felicidades! qué emoción!

  • @bayerntools6704
    @bayerntools6704 Месяц назад +2

    Congratulations 👍 How long did it take from sending the application to receive certificate?

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  Месяц назад +1

      3 months, but that’s unheard of now! I was one of the first to apply after the law changed - in Düsseldorf the wait seems more like 1 year now 😣

    • @bayerntools6704
      @bayerntools6704 Месяц назад +1

      @@lifeingermany_ wow you are really lucky.

  • @n1vca
    @n1vca 2 месяца назад +1

    Congrats!!! Fantastic ... so happy for you!
    Und Düsseldorf ist auch so eine tolle Stadt ... da habe ich meine Jugend verbracht ❤... will never stop romanticizing about (night-) life in Düsseldorf.
    I would go to that event just for the music 🤣 and enjoy the German version of Nora Jones

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад

      Vielen vielen lieben Dank! 🥰
      I feel like I need to start experience the night life more one day here 🤣 I've been here 10 years but most of those years have been in mom-mode! One day!
      For now, I'm totally in day time mode and always sharing my stories on www.lifeinduesseldorf.com and @lifeindus on RUclips and Instagram and loving every moment of it!

  • @CamaroMann
    @CamaroMann 2 месяца назад +2

    16:05 → "Kunstblumen und Knäckebrot" - ist das Dein Arbeitstitel für ein Buch? :D

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +1

      Hahahahah! Weiß du was... das ist keine schlechte Idee 😉

  • @sylviesmiles11
    @sylviesmiles11 Месяц назад

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Jenna. Das ist fantastisch! Ich freue mich so sehr für dich, weil ich ganz genau nachvollziehen kann, wie du dich fühlst! Und weiss du was? Ich habe genau dasselbe hier in Kanada im selben Zeitraum erlebt. Ich bin hier ja schon seit 1996 Permanent Resident, aber weil ich meine deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit nicht verlieren wollte, habe ich geduldig gewartet, bis zum 27. Juni! Und am 3. Juli! (beachte das Datum) schickte ich meinen Antrag weg, per internet, war relativ einfach, aber ähnlich wie in deinem Fall, nur etwas weniger Paperwork, dafür war es wesentlich teurer (630$). Am 16. Juli bekam ich meine Empfangsbestätigung und am 21. Oktober meine Einladung zur Einbürgerungszeremonie. Die fand dann am 29. Oktober um 8h15 auf zoom statt (leider ohne Häppchen, Live Musik und Drinks, dafür konnte ich mir den Berufsverkehr sparen). Und mein Eid war länger und ich musste dem König Charles dem 3. meine Loyalität schwören. Aber jetzt bin ich Kanadierin und warte auf meinen Reisepass!!! Ich bin soo dankbar für dieses neue Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz, denn es erlaubt Menschen wie dir und mir, vollständige Bürger des Landes zu sein, in dem wir leben und Steuern zahlen und unseren Teil zur Gesellschaft beitragen, ohne unsere Herkunft und einen Teil unserer Identität abgeben zu müssen! Geniesse deinen neuen Status!

  • @Janjan0190
    @Janjan0190 Месяц назад

    Wow that was a fast process, congratulations!! 🎉🎉
    Here, it takes 14 months even before the new law 😂

  • @Prime72
    @Prime72 Месяц назад

    Congrats, Jenna! I am going to do the same but as opposite: applying for Canadian citizenship and keeping my German. That means I‘ll need to take a $300 language test (they won‘t accept TOEFL) and study for the Citizenship quiz. 😅

  • @Why-D
    @Why-D 2 месяца назад +2

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
    Gibt es jetzt nur noch videos auf Deutsch?

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +2

      Hahaha nur noch auf Deutsch… glaube ich nicht 😅😂 ABER… ab und zu… bestimmt 😉

    • @Why-D
      @Why-D 2 месяца назад +1

      @@lifeingermany_ hörte sich auf jeden Fall gut an!

  • @wallerwolf6930
    @wallerwolf6930 2 месяца назад +2

    Hello Jenna, your German is fantastic, practically without an accent! Congratulations! Unfortunately, you make your videos for an English-speaking audience and it would be very nice if you would also show off your German skills in the future, even if that might make the videos a bit longer.
    I wish you and your family all the best and of course congratulations on your German citizenship! Dual citizenship is a real privilege that I especially wish for people like you!

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +1

      I have some new plans in the works that hopefully will make that happen 😻☺️ fingers crossed!!
      And thank you so much for your comments! I’m not very good with self confidence and reading these comments really lets me know that it’s okay to speak German even if I often make mistakes 💛❤️

    • @m.j.222
      @m.j.222 2 месяца назад +1

      @@lifeingermany_ Deutsch soll für Ausländer eine sehr schwierige Sprache sein. Von daher ist es völlig in Orndnung, mal einen Fehler zu machen.

  • @dmatter2879
    @dmatter2879 2 месяца назад +2

    Wir können uns glücklich schätzen dich bei uns zu haben.

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад

      awwww! Das ist aber lieb! 🥰 Vielen lieben Dank!

  • @ld5677
    @ld5677 Месяц назад

    Congratulations! I am so happy for you. I personally am not interested in getting a duo citizenship. Canadian citizenship seems good enough for me.But, we were discussing with a colleague and your video looks very interesting. This 3 years period, does it include the period :2 yrs with blue card +1 year as a permanent resident=3 years or only 3 years as a permanent resident.

  • @helfgott1
    @helfgott1 2 месяца назад +1

    Just love to have another DÜSSELDORF Lady ❤❤❤❤😊😊😁😁😊😊👍👍

  • @ladeutschevitabyGraziaCosta
    @ladeutschevitabyGraziaCosta 2 месяца назад +1

    ❤ Congrats ❤

  • @butenbremer1965
    @butenbremer1965 2 месяца назад +1

    Ich freue mich riesig für Dich, herzlichen Glückwunsch zur erfolgreichen Einbürgerung! Hoffentlich folgen noch möglichst viele weitere Personen, bevor die CDU dieses Gesetz wieder abschafft, sollte sie die nächste Bundestagswahl gewinnen. Zum Glück darfst Du ja nun selbst mitwählen!! 🥰

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +1

      Danke dir! Und danke, dass du mich immer unterstützt - das bedeutet mir echt viel! 🙏
      Ich bin so dankbar, dass ich meine doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft noch vor September 2025 geschafft habe... Ein Teil von mir ist echt nervös, dass sie dieses neue Gesetz vielleicht pausieren könnten. Obwohl ich nicht weiß, wie schnell sie das wirklich durchziehen würden.

    • @butenbremer1965
      @butenbremer1965 Месяц назад

      @@lifeingermany_ Nun bist Du endlich eine Deutsche geworden, was Du Dir längst verdient hast. Meine ursprüngliche, üblicherrweise sehr wohlwollende Antwort wurde von YT leider, warun auch immer, gelöscht. Ich werde nie wieder mein vermeintlich eingerostetes Englisch auf Deine Kosten üben, versprochen! Deutsche sprechen deutsch untereinander, Punkt. Vielleicht dreht der WDR Düsseldorf ja einen "Follow-Up" zu Deinem Stint on local television..... Was sagt Deine Mama!

  • @tesla.8410
    @tesla.8410 Месяц назад

    13:40 holy shit that was fast. I applied at the beginning of July and they said the wait is 18 months!?

  • @SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands
    @SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands Месяц назад +1

    Congrats, now you can move to the Netherlands easily :)

  • @Joshu4-O.D
    @Joshu4-O.D Месяц назад

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Ich und meine bessere Hälfte, übrigens auch aus Kanada😉🇨🇦, wünschen dir alles Liebe. 🇩🇪🇨🇦

  • @nabilyacin1261
    @nabilyacin1261 Месяц назад

    What's the name of your small city? You got it relatively quickly. Congratulations

  • @stigmadsen3441
    @stigmadsen3441 2 месяца назад +3

    Congraulations from Denmark DK Jenna 😃

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +1

      @@stigmadsen3441 thanks so much! 🥰🥰

    • @stigmadsen3441
      @stigmadsen3441 2 месяца назад +1

      @@lifeingermany_ you are welcome my new neighbor love your videos

  • @Kev17339-x
    @Kev17339-x 7 дней назад

    Hello, fellow Düsseldorfer! Congratulations on your citizenship! 🎉
    I applied for German citizenship in mid-August 2024. Unfortunately, I cannot apply for dual citizenship as my country doesn’t allow it. I am married to a German citizen and have fulfilled all the criteria. However, I’m worried because my current residence permit is expiring in April 2025. I already submitted my application for a Settlement Permit in July 2024 but haven’t heard back from the authorities.
    I’m kind of freaking out. What should I do in this situation? I’ve been calling the Ausländerbehörde in Düsseldorf every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, but no one picks up. I even waited on hold for three hours. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! 🙏

  • @joshina4497
    @joshina4497 2 месяца назад +1

    I was just wondering... are you able to write your citizenship off your taxes since you made a video about it, which is your job? xD (I don't know if this is a stupid question since I don't know much about taxes (I'm still a student) but it just came to my mind)

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  Месяц назад

      Hahahahha! Not a bad question... I never even though about that 🤣 I probably wouldn't... not because you're incorrect, but because the tax authorities are still old school... do you know how long it took me to convince them that my buying a drone was for work purposes?! Despite having a RUclips channel and multiple social media accounts, they still believed it was for personal use.

  • @halmati2288
    @halmati2288 Месяц назад +1

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch, was für ein Gewinn für unser Land! Und wo passt so eine Grinsebacke besser hin, als ins Rheinland! 😁👍

  • @gudrunasche9124
    @gudrunasche9124 Месяц назад

    Ich werde es wohl nicht mehr erleben, dass die Vorschriften und Vorgehensweisen überall gleich sind, wenn es um die gleiche Sache geht. Selbst bei der Umschreibung für Führerscheine macht jede Führerscheinstelle ihr eigenes Ding.

  • @DhavalKrishikar
    @DhavalKrishikar 2 месяца назад +1

    Hi Jenna, I have the Leben in Deutschland certificate but I never attended the integration course just prepared for the test by myself and then did the exam. Is that okay or do they need proof of attendance for the integration course? Thank you!

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад

      @@DhavalKrishikar that’s fine! You don’t need to attend the integration course 👍☺️

  • @Kipitreel_
    @Kipitreel_ 2 месяца назад +1

    How did you show proof of tax paid please

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  Месяц назад

      As a freelancer, I had to provide them my last 3 years of income tax statements. Since I actually didn't have that (they weren't finished yet) I had to hire an accountant to provide a letter which states how much I've made in the last 1.5 years.

  • @XLV750RD01
    @XLV750RD01 Месяц назад +1

    The paperwork for a US green card is a lot more than what you have there. So there's that.

  • @nadeemalam7412
    @nadeemalam7412 Месяц назад

    Congratulations first of all,
    Secondly my son is MSSE also have three years experience,what to go to German at opportunity card, kindly guide how he can get opportunity card visa, and what is the scope of MSSE there in Germany??

  • @Fortune-f9k
    @Fortune-f9k Месяц назад

    Greetings from Baden-württemberg, thanks a lot for this information. Please I have a question, I'm from Nigeria and my country allows us also for dual citizenship.
    How do you answer the question; Angaben zur vermeidung Von mehrstaatigkeit? As in, if we are willing to give up our precious citizenship? Because I'm not ready to give up my country's citizenship and I'm planning to apply for my German citizenship by December 2024. I await your humble reply

  • @irbivor
    @irbivor Месяц назад

    You don't mention dual-citizenship by birthright. Do you know anything about that?

  • @haroldzentner2663
    @haroldzentner2663 Месяц назад +1

    Sorry, i think it’s nice that you want to stay in Germany but I am not a friend of dual citizenship. Why? Everyone that has dual citizenship has an advantage compared to the locals. If it doesn’t work out for you, you just leave and go back where you came from- you do not have the need to put your life on the line for the country where you live. I have heard that some even vote in both countries, which surely isn’t correct.

    • @starryk79
      @starryk79 Месяц назад +1

      I understand your reasoning but as a German citizen with German parents I don't need a dual citizenship and even if one could say that people with dual citizenship have more rights than me they don't have more rights in Germany than me. Why should I want to vote in a country i got nothing to do with? So from my perspective if I would be in the role of being born and raised in a different country I would surely appreciate the option of dual citizenship and for that reason i support that even if it doesn't benefit me directly.

    • @Janjan0190
      @Janjan0190 Месяц назад

      Well, not everyone can cancel their first citizenship. I'd rather say you have won the birth roulette and have all these advantages without doing anything.
      Tbh, most countries allow dual citizenship with good reasoning.

  • @alexxander4572
    @alexxander4572 Месяц назад +1

    I can´t accept the concept of dual citizenship and I hope the next government will take back that nonsense.
    If you can´t give up your old citizenship than stay with it. Thats fine. No need to become a German.
    Despite the greens, we are still a free country. No one is forced to become a german to live here.

  • @omershah-c8z
    @omershah-c8z Месяц назад +1

    Congratulation if German government don't ask for B1 certificate trust me more than 100,000 people will apply for German citizenship😅😅

  • @charlesdoolen6806
    @charlesdoolen6806 Месяц назад

    🙌👍

  • @anamariabot2367
    @anamariabot2367 2 месяца назад +1

    german is a very difficult language...please speak in german also...

  • @rairei
    @rairei 2 месяца назад +1

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch, ebenso dazu, nun ein EU-Bürger zu sein mit all den Vorteilen 🙂
    PS: Briefkuverts klebe ich meist mit einem Klebestift zu und mit der Zunge nur, wenn es nicht anders geht. Profis haben einen Tisch-Schwamm genannt "Anfeuchter"
    Als "Life in Germany" bist Du sehr organisiert und arbeitest Dich in Themen ein, aber Dein deutsches Bürokratie-Verständnis ist bemerkenswert - auch in dieser Hinsicht: "übererfüllt" 👍 .. ich denke, Dein Video ist sehr hilfreich für viele 👍

    • @lifeingermany_
      @lifeingermany_  2 месяца назад +1

      Danke dir für deinen lieben Kommentar! Und für den Umschlag-Tipp - haha, super Idee! 😄
      Das Thema „doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft“ war dieses Jahr irgendwie so eine Art „Hobby“ von mir und bringt mir eigentlich kein Einkommen. Aber es macht mir total Freude, die Updates zu teilen und vielen Menschen damit zu helfen - dafür bin ich echt dankbar! 🙏