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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 10:43 pm
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Originally Posted by roundtheworld
As I sarcastically said - "very simple".
In particular because quite a bit changed in 01/2008 and some wbesites have not been updated. The fact of the matter is to be found here:

http://www.bundesrecht.juris.de/bund...tag/gesamt.pdf

The principle behind it is very simple again: Becoming German simply based on your ancestors is getting more and more difficult. Becoming German based on living in Germany for a long time is getting easier. Dual citizenship is tolerated to a certain (quite large) extend.
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