The interior ministry has planned to unveil a draft law “soon” that will be submitted to the cabinet for approval
The German government recently pointed out that it was working on plans to “simplify” the path to citizenship, by speeding up the naturalisation of immigrants and allowing dual nationality. The interior ministry has planned to unveil a draft law “soon” that will be submitted to the cabinet for approval, according to a report from AFP.
Under the new rules, naturalisation would be possible after five years of residency instead of eight, and even as little as three years for people deemed to have integrated particularly well. Children born in Germany would automatically become citizens if one of their immigrant parents has lived in the country legally for at least five years.
The interior ministry has also decided to relax some language requirements for elderly immigrants and make it easier for people to hold multiple nationalities.
Germany, an ageing country of more than 80 million people, faces an acute shortage of workers across numerous industries. The labour ministry has predicted a shortfall of some 240,000 skilled workers by 2026 in Europe’s biggest economy. “We will create a modern citizenship law,” said Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party government in its coalition agreement. “To this end, we will make multiple citizenship possible and simplify the path to acquiring German citizenship.”
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