Have you always wanted a German passport?

Now it is possible

A new section in the Citizenship Law came into force this year and created a revolution.

Many Israelis who were not eligible for citizenship in the past can today enjoy a passport from the world's leading country.

Even if you have tried in the past and received a negative answer, it could very well be that under the new law you are entitled

Adv. Nir Lankar, in collaboration with Zap Legal

16/12/2021

Thursday, 16 December 2021, 11:41 Updated: 12:40

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Adv. Lankar (Photo: Nimrod Cohen)

In August this year, a new section of the German Citizenship Law came into force, which opens the door for many Israelis who want to obtain a German passport. "One can certainly understand why Israelis want German citizenship," says Advocate Nir Lanker, who has been dealing with legal issues between Israel and Germany and applying for citizenship for more than 15 years. "German citizenship is even better than American citizenship because unlike the United States Germany is a country "Social, whose citizens enjoy overwhelming social rights and are one of the most powerful countries in the world. Holders of German citizenship can enter almost any country in the world." In fact, the changes in the German Citizenship Law indicate that Germany, for its own reasons, decided to make it easier for Jews and Israelis to obtain citizenship, and the new changes in German citizenship eligibility that have taken effect in the past year and a half have significantly increased the number of citizens.

German authorities have decided to introduce basket clauses in German citizenship law to make it easier for descendants of those who fled Germany due to Nazi persecution and during the Holocaust. The sections include some very significant reliefs for Israelis, which indicate a change in the trend of the German government.

The first relief refers to a section in German citizenship law according to which anyone born to a woman who fled the terror of the Nazis before 1953 would not be entitled to citizenship. In fact the law caused discrimination against women and their descendants, and in the new update they decided to lower this reservation in the law and this discrimination was abolished. Another relief that affects many people in Israel is the abolition of the burden of proving that the parents were married. "Before the change, if you were born to a German man who escaped from the Nazis but the parents were not married, even if the parents got married after the child or children were born, there was no eligibility for citizenship," says Advocate Lanker.

Another very significant change concerns the obligation to prove parental citizenship.

To this day, according to German citizenship laws, anyone who is interested in German citizenship must present the certificates that they were German citizens or that they are descendants of German citizens.

"Many of the survivors survived by no means, without documents or certificates," says Advocate Lanker.

We know how to locate documents in Germany, we have the right connections. "

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Even if there was no citizenship,

another group that was not entitled to citizenship until today, and with the new change, a new possibility opened up for them, they are descendants of Jews living in Germany who did not have citizenship. In Germany on the eve of World War II lived many Jews who came to Germany before the Nazi immigration, mainly from Poland and the Baltic states and were called "Ost-Juden". They lived all over Germany and mostly in Berlin. To this day Germany has refused to grant them German citizenship, even if they have lived in Germany for more than a generation but as part of the change in German citizenship laws the German government declares that under certain conditions they will consider giving these people descendants German citizenship.

"The Germans are targeting someone who was rooted in Germany for many years but due to his Judaism never received citizenship and even had to flee the Nazis. They want to examine each case individually so it is important to apply accompanied by professionals who know exactly what is important for German authorities to understand and know," explains Adv. "They do not mean that everyone who has Polish citizenship will get German citizenship, it will not happen. But if these are descendants of citizens living in Germany there will be an option to obtain citizenship. People who knew that Grandpa for example was born in Munich or Berlin and then received a negative answer because it turned out that he was a Polish citizen or a statusless citizen. Today even those who have received a negative answer in the past, it is recommended to contact my office and we will check again. I know to expect 100% accuracy whether the presenters will be eligible or not. We will not make requests that are clear to us that will not be accepted. "

"The German authorities have updated me as soon as the new law enters into force, because they have known us for many years," says Adv. Lanker. "I read German and our office has a whole team that deals with the subject. Only if I am convinced that the application will be accepted is accessible, and if I tell someone he will not accept it for sure. In addition, under German law if a person has a criminal record he is not entitled to citizenship. "Some also regulate citizenship for those with a criminal record."

Tips for applying for German citizenship

• Through an individual, company or lawyer ?: Private individuals, companies and law firms operate in the field of arranging European citizenships. A company is run under a licensed dealer or a limited company, and not in a strict and regulated framework as with a lawyer. choose an attorney. individuals Create a web site and have only the No. laptop and present themselves as experts "in general should ignore these factors the least serious in the field.

• a list of lawyers and notaries on this website to the German Embassy German Embassy in Israel, a very step For her part, she prepared a list of attorneys on the embassy website, who are familiar with various legal issues and are fluent in the German language.

• Expertise ensures quality: Each European country has its own citizenship laws. An office declaring that it handles all of Europe can indicate a lack of seriousness.

• Not everything is possible online: A lawyer (if there is one rule that works this way) who offers to do the entire procedure online should turn on a red light. Part of the procedure includes signing a power of attorney and application forms for citizenship, with Germany specifically considering the representation of applications for German citizenship for minors as very sensitive and there is a requirement for the consent of both parents. Doing the entire procedure online is a violation of both the rules of the Israeli Bar Association and the regulations of law in Germany

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Knowledge of the German language: A person who presents himself as an expert in German law, does not make sense and may not have a German-speaking lawyer in his office. Come with a simple and short document in German and ask to be told what is written From the best of your money.

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