retaining German nationality

[ca.funke]

I wonder about the following:

A German citizen aquires Belgian citizenship. According to §25 he can retain German citizenship and is now a dual citizen:

§ 25
(1) Ein Deutscher verliert seine Staatsangehörigkeit mit dem Erwerb einer ausländischen Staatsangehörigkeit(...). Der Verlust nach Satz 1 tritt nicht ein, wenn ein Deutscher die Staatsangehörigkeit eines anderen Mitgliedstaates der Europäischen Union (...) erwirbt (...).

Later, said dual-citizen aquires another 3rd citizenship, outside of the EU. Would he now have all 3 nationalities, or lose German citizenship?

After all the law sais "if a German aquires another citizenship inside the EU, the loss of German citizenship does not occur."

I know that´s probably not what the law wants to achieve, but would this be an accidental consequence due to bad wording?

[Racial Equality]

If you are accepted as a Northern European you should not have problems with multiple Northern European (Nordic) Citizenship.

[ca.funke]

If you are accepted as a Northern European you should not have problems with multiple Northern European (Nordic) Citizenship.

I was looking into Australia/Canada. However, I guess the questions is also valid for Norway/Iceland (=non-EU).

Sweden and Finland are in the EU, so no problems to be expected anyway...

[Racial Equality]

If you are accepted as a Northern European you should not have problems with multiple Northern European (Nordic) Citizenship.

I was looking into Australia/Canada. . . . . . . .

The British Government classify Australians as "Other White"





We have not been able to find any British Government facial information about Canadians. We suspect that Canadians are classified as White like the British and use the same facial Classification system.

[ca.funke]

Why are you hijacking my thread for something I never asked?

If you have your own topic, start a new thread...

[Racial Equality]

Why are you hijacking my thread for something I never asked?

If you have your own topic, start a new thread...

SORRY!

Just trying to be helpful.

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

I wonder about the following:

A German citizen aquires Belgian citizenship. According to §25 he can retain German citizenship and is now a dual citizen:

§ 25
(1) Ein Deutscher verliert seine Staatsangehörigkeit mit dem Erwerb einer ausländischen Staatsangehörigkeit(...). Der Verlust nach Satz 1 tritt nicht ein, wenn ein Deutscher die Staatsangehörigkeit eines anderen Mitgliedstaates der Europäischen Union (...) erwirbt (...).

Later, said dual-citizen aquires another 3rd citizenship, outside of the EU. Would he now have all 3 nationalities, or lose German citizenship?

After all the law sais "if a German aquires another citizenship inside the EU, the loss of German citizenship does not occur."

I know that´s probably not what the law wants to achieve, but would this be an accidental consequence due to bad wording?

Not being a lawyer makes it hard to say. But I think the law would be interpreted with the intent in mind.

Plus, my (poor) reading of the German makes me think that the second sentence refers to the time when the German is applying (erwirbt) for the citizenship of another EU member state. It is not referring to situations where at some point in the past that German had previously gotten citizenship in another EU member state.

With regards to citizenship, I have the sense though that Germany has a bit of don't ask don't tell in action. I think a lot of Germans have become citizens of the US or Canada or ... and did not ask permission in advance to keep their German citizenship.