By Christine Stenner, German Attorney at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | March 7, 2026 German Citizenship Through a German Mother Born Between 1949 and 1975 German citizenship is based on descent. That means citizenship usually passes from parent to child at birth. Today, […]
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By Christine Stenner, German Attorney at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | February 5, 2026 Parents who apply for German citizenship together with their children often ask whether recent changes to Germany’s military registration rules create military obligations for families living abroad. This week,
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By Christine Stenner, German Attorney at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | January 28, 2026 The German public broadcaster ARD reported on this development on German television in its flagship news program Tagesschau on January 28, 2026. The report describes a sharp rise in
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Why Children of Germans Born Abroad Are Not Automatically German Citizens and What Parents Must Do By Christine Stenner, German Attorney at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | January 9, 2026 Many German citizens live permanently outside Germany, including in the United States.
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Is Your German Heritage a Path to Citizenship? Understanding Modern Restoration Laws By Christine Stenner, Attorney (Germany) at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | January 4, 2026 German-American history is deeply woven into the fabric of the United States. According to the U.S. Census
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Rumors About the United States Ending Dual Citizenship: Get: Get the Facts, Not the Fear By Christine Stenner, Attorney (Germany) at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | December 21, 2025 Claims that the United States is about to end dual citizenship are spreading quickly.
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By Christine Stenner, Attorney (Germany) at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | December 6, 2025 Documents Needed for a Declaration of German Citizenship Application (Staatsangehörigkeitserwerb durch Erklärung) The declaration process under section 5 of the German Nationality Act (StAG) allows people born after May 23,
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By Christine Stenner, Attorney (Germany) at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | November 9, 2025 The night of November 9, 1938—known as Reichskristallnacht or the “Night of Broken Glass”—marked a horrifying turning point in Nazi Germany. Across Germany and Austria, Jewish homes, synagogues, and
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By Christine Stenner, Attorney (Germany) at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | October 31, 2025 Determining eligibility to reclaim German citizenship through your maternal line can be challenging. German nationality laws have changed several times, and until 1975, citizenship could generally only be passed
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By Christine Stenner, Attorney (Germany) at Stenner Law| Foreign Legal Consultant (PA) | October 16, 2025 The clients I work with often carry stories that reach back nearly a century. Many are descendants of those who fled Germany in the early years of the
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