Germany: Information on whether a person born in the 1950s outside of Germany to a father who was a German citizen and a mother who was not a German citizen has a claim to German citizenship, and whether a person born in the 1950s outside of Germany to a father who was an ethnic German but not a German citizen, and a mother who was not a German citizen, has a claim to German citizenship
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | DEU26499.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Germany: Information on whether a person born in the 1950s outside of Germany to a father who was a German citizen and a mother who was not a German citizen has a claim to German citizenship, and whether a person born in the 1950s outside of Germany to a father who was an ethnic German but not a German citizen, and a mother who was not a German citizen, has a claim to German citizenship, 1 April 1997, DEU26499.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaf218.html [accessed 8 June 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned topics could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. For a copy of the German citizenship law and for information on German citizenship acquisition, which may be of interest, please consult Response to Information Request DEU20641.E of 25 May 1995.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
DIRB databases.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral sources.
Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.
