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How to get dual citizenship for my daughter?

Im a permanent us resident and my daughter is a us citizen because she was born here and her dad is us citizen. I have german citizenship and i was wondering if i my daughter can have german and us citizenship. Does anyone have any information on how to or where to get it? Also i would like to know if i could get dual citizenship too.

Public Comments

1. A baby born to a parent who is a German citizen, at the time of birth, has the right to be a German citizen. As a part of the USA naturalization ceremony, you have to renounce all allegiance to any foreign state of which you have been citizen (Oath of allegiance).
2. check out this website: http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/Infoservice/FAQ/GeburtAusland/Uebersicht.html Your kid is lucky, she can keep dual citizenship. If you want to have dual nationality you will have to apply for keeping your German citizenship and wait for the decision before you acquire US citizenship. Unless you get an extra permit in advance you will automatically lose your German citizenship upon getting the US one. http://www.auswandern-aktuell.de/beratungsdienst/beratung/zweitpass0.html http://bundesrecht.juris.de/rustag/__25.html
3. You daughter can acquire dual citizenship luckily enough but I believe it is up to a certain age she can make that declaration.