German Authorities to launch a new Website and media campaigns for new citizenship law. This will help the federal republic to help people properly apply for the naturalization process.
The website’s explainer, videos, and presentation in campaigns can widely help applications to properly complete documentation for the citizenship application.
The campaigns are set to be launched in foreign languages as well such as Arabic and English. This can indeed reduce the processing times. The new citizenship law is to be in force from 27 June 2024.
In a letter to the SPD, Greens, and FDP factions, the Minister of State for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Traffic Light Government’s Integration Commissioner, Reem Alabali-Radovan (SPD), announced a “naturalization campaign”, reports Bild newspaper. The Foreign Ministry, led by Annalena Baerbock (Greens), had already launched an advertising campaign abroad in Arabic.
These new campaigns of the Government of Germany will help understand the concepts of the new citizenship law. This will also help applicants complete the documentation requirements. German authorities are already lacking in staff to handle submitted naturalization applications. From 27 June onwards, the authorities are expecting to receive over 80,000 new applications.
What does the new nationality law offer?
The excellent changes that have been allowed in the law are:
- that dual nationals should generally be accepted in the future;
- naturalization should generally be possible after a stay of five instead of the current eight years;
- citizenship process is even after three years possible if special integration measures have been proven;
- The period of residence of a parent in the Federal Republic required for a child of foreign parents to automatically acquire German citizenship through birth in Germany will also be shortened from eight to five years. The previous option regulation is no longer applicable.