> 3. With very few exceptions, most of which have to do with children born to > foreign government officials on assignment to the U.S
That would be YOU. Or were you born at the German Consulate because your mom was at a cocktail party there at the time? On Aug 3, 4:57 pm, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > I did not "acquire" either, both were inherent at birth. You are indeed > wrong. I did acquire CR citizenship but without taking an oath... it did not > effect my prior citizenships at all. Now as to your supposed links.... this > is from the US Embassy in Frankfort., Section IV sums it up. > > U.S. Citizen Services in Germany Passports, Reports of Birth and > Renunciations U.S. and German Citizenship and Dual Nationality I. Basic > Primer on American Citizenship Law > > 1. A person can become an American citizen in one of two ways: by birth > or by naturalization. > 2. A person may be born a U.S. citizen by either jus soli, i.e., through > place of birth, or jus sanguinis, i.e., through descent from his/her > parents. > 3. With very few exceptions, most of which have to do with children born > to foreign government officials on assignment to the U.S., a person born in > any of the fifty states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands is > an American citizen at birth under the principle of jus soli, regardless of > the nationality of his/her parents. Please contact the Embassy or your > nearest consulate for more information. > 4. A person born outside the U.S. or its possessions or territories to an > American parent may acquire citizenship at birth through jus sanguinis. For > additional information about the complicated issue of transmission of U.S. > citizenship by jus sanguinis, please visit the USCIS website or contact the > Embassy or your nearest consulate. > 5. A non-American can become an American citizen at some time after > his/her birth through the naturalization process, i.e., by applying for > U.S. > citizenship and satisfying certain legal requirements. Normally, he/she > must > have resided legally in the U.S. for a considerable period before becoming > eligible for naturalization. Before being admitted to citizenship, the > applicant must give up any foreign allegiance and promise to obey the > Constitution and laws of the U.S. For more information about > naturalization, > please contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Consulate > General Frankfurt, Gießener Str. 30, 60435 Frankfurt am Main, > 069-7535-2233, > -2243, or -2298, or visit the USCIS web page on naturalization. > 6. A child adopted by an American does not automatically become an > American citizen. For more information about the naturalization of adopted > children, please contact the Immigration and Naturalization Service at the > address, telephone numbers, and/or web site in paragraph 5 above. > 7. Americans have a right under U.S. law to renounce their U.S. > citizenship in a consulate abroad. For more information on loss of U.S. > citizenship, please contact the Embassy or your nearest consulate. > > II. Basic Primer on German Citizenship Law > > 1. A person can become a German citizen in one of three ways: by birth, > by adoption as a minor, or by naturalization. > 2. A person may be born a German citizen by either jus sanguinis, i.e., > through descent from his/her parents, or jus soli, i.e., through place of > birth. > 3. As a general rule, a child born to a German citizen parent > automatically acquires German citizenship at birth through jus sanguinis, > regardless of the place of birth. There are exceptions under present law, > however, and have been many in the past. For more information about how > German citizenship may be transmitted by a German parent, please contact > your local Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde (or Standesamt, in some parts of > Germany). > 4. As of January 1, 2000, a child born in Germany to non-German parents > automatically acquires German citizenship at birth by jus soli if: (1) at > least one parent had lived legally in Germany for at least eight years > prior > to the birth; (2) at the time of the birth, that parent had a permanent > residence permit (either an Aufenthaltsberichtigung or, for the three years > prior to the birth, an unbefristete Aufenhaltserlaubnis). *Note that: * > - The child must choose between German nationality and the nationality > of his/her parents before he/she turns 23 years of age, unless > it is legally > impossible for him/her to give up his/her parents' nationality, in which > case he/she must apply to the German authorities for dual > nationality before > turning 21. > - Special rules apply to children born between February 2, 1990, and > December 31, 1999, who have until December 31, 2000, to apply for German > citizenship. > - Those born in Germany to non-German parents before February 2, 1990, > have no claim to German citizenship under this law. > - For more information, please contact your local > Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde or the nearest office of the Ausländerbeirat > (Foreigners Advisory Council). > 5. A person can become a German citizen at some time after his/her birth > through the Einbürgerung (German naturalization) process, i.e., by applying > for German citizenship and satisfying certain legal requirements. One > requirement is the formal renunciation of all other nationalities, unless > legally impossible under the laws of the applicant's home country. For more > information about German naturalization process, please contact your local > Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde (or Standesamt in some parts of Germany) or the > nearest Ausländerbeirat. > 6. A child under age 18 adopted by a German citizen automatically becomes > a German citizen as of the time of the adoption. > 7. A German citizen has no right to renounce his/her German citizenship > but generally is allowed to do so, so long as he/she does not become > stateless as a result. While there are exceptions, as a general rule a > German citizen may not give up citizenship to avoid an obligation of that > citizenship, e.g., military service. For more information about loss of > German citizenship, please contact your local Staatsangehörigkeitsbehörde > (or Standesamt). > > III. American-German Dual Nationality > > 1. Both the United States and Germany recognize the concept of multiple > nationality. > 2. A child born to an American parent and a German parent acquires both > American and German citizenship at birth, regardless of place of birth, if > the parents satisfy the jus soli or jus sanguinis requirements of their > respective countries. See the sections above entitled, "Basic Primer on > American Citizenship Law," and "Basic Primer on German Citizenship Law." > Neither country requires a person born under these circumstances to choose > between American and German citizenship, i.e., he/she may keep both > citizenships his/her entire life. > 3. A child born in Germany to two American parents may also become a dual > national at birth under the circumstances described in paragraph 4 in the > section above entitled, "Basic Primer on German Citizenship Law." Under > German law, he/she would have to choose between American and German > citizenship before turning 23. > 4. Under German law, a person may not have more than one citizenship > unless he/she was born with both, as described in paragraphs 2 and 3 above. > Thus, German law requires an American who becomes a German citizen through > the Einbürgerung process (see paragraph 5 in the section entitled, "Basic > Primer on German Citizenship Law") to formally renounce his/her American > citizenship, and a German who becomes an American citizen (see paragraph 5 > in the section entitled, "Basic Primer on American Citizenship Law") to > give > up his/her German citizenship. > 5. While Germany recognizes the concept of dual nationality, for most > purposes it considers a dual national in Germany a German citizen only. > Thus, the ability of the U.S. Embassy and consulates to provide assistance > to an American-German dual national in Germany may be limited. The reverse > is true in the U.S., where such a person is considered only American for > most purposes, and where the German Embassy or consulates may be able to > offer only limited assistance. For more information, please contact the > Embassy or your nearest consulate. > > IV. The Responsibilities of Citizenship > > 1. *Along with the rights and privileges of a citizenship come certain > responsibilities. For example: * > - *All American-German dual nationals must enter the United States > with a valid U.S. passport; to enter with only a German passport or > Kinderausweis is a violation of U.S. law. * > - *Depending on the laws in effect, level of income, source of income, > etc., an American-German dual national may owe taxes in both > countries. All > dual nationals must report all worldwide income by filing an annual U.S. > income tax return, regardless of whether they owe taxes to the > U.S. or pay > taxes elsewhere. For more information about taxes, please > contact your local > German tax office or the: * > > *U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt > Internal Revenue Service > Giessener Str. 30 > 60435 Frankfurt/Main > * > > - *An American-German male dual national must register with the U.S. > Selective Service System within three months of his eighteenth birthday; > that he is also a German citizen does not exempt him from that > requirement. > Registering with the Selective Service System, however, has no > effect on his > German citizenship. * > - *An American-German dual national is not exempt from German military > service simply because he also has U.S. citizenship. However, > service in the > German military, at least under these limited circumstances, has > no effect > on his U.S. citizenship. * > 2. 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