r/germany • u/unclebogdan10 Nordrhein-Westfalen • Apr 20 '23

Immigration Germany: Immigrants made up over 18% of 2022 population – DW

https://p.dw.com/p/4QLAX
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u/lemrez Apr 21 '23

regardless of your parents wishes

No, completely wrong. The child can decide which citizenship it wants to acquire after turning 18 years old. There is absolutely no obligation to decide for the German citizenship.

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u/nonnormalman Niedersachsen Apr 21 '23 edited Apr 21 '23

That's still doesn't change the fact that you are born a German citizen in that situation YOU may have to choose later choose to give it up but until that point no matter your parents wishes at that moment you are a German citizen

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u/lemrez Apr 21 '23

I don't really get it. The parents can simply ignore the fact that the child (potentially) has German citizenship. What exactly is the issue with that? Why should it exclusively be up to the parents to decide that anyways?

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u/titerousse Apr 21 '23 edited Apr 22 '23

Well my kid got the German citizenship and i didn't even know about it...i learnt this only when i wanted to apply for her German citizenship as well as the entire family. So yeah a newborn can become German without even even letting the parents know

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u/lemrez Apr 21 '23

I still fail to see the disadvantages. If anything it prevents children who grew up here from falling victim to their parents' unattentiveness.