03/12/2023
Germans who have become Aussies have up to now paid a high price: they lost their German citizenship at the time they acquired, Australian citizenship unless they had managed to obtain a special permit to retain their German citizenship - the ‘BBG’ which involves an arduous application process that has caused much frustration and despair for applicants.
It finally looks as if the requirement for a BBG could soon be a thing of the past
On 30/11/23 the proposed new law aimed at modernising the German Citizenship Act had its first reading in the Bundestag https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2023/kw48-de-staatsangehoerigkeitsrecht-979630
Under the proposed law, the paragraph which sets out the current requirement for a BBG - would be deleted.
While this cannot guarantee that the proposed law will be passed without any changes or will come into force by a particular date, it is clearly a big step forward and has raised expectations that it will happen during 2024.
As a consequence, many Germans are wondering, if/when they could/should apply for Australian citizenship without risking the loss of their German citizenship.
To explore if or how you could benefit from applying for Australian citizenship NOW contact me ([email protected]) for an initial consultation.
Der Bundestag hat sich am Donnerstag, 30. November 2023, mit der Erleichterung des Zugangs zur deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit befasst. Die Abgeordneten haben erstmals über den Gesetzentwurf...
