In the video: Attorney Yuval Chen with everything you need to know about the procedure for obtaining German citizenship (Editor: Gilad Mann Mannheim)
In the last year, the demand for a German passport has increased significantly.
What doors can the German passport open and how does the procedure for obtaining citizenship proceed?
Attorney Dr. Yuval Chen, an expert in the field, and Sarah Chaikis, came to the studio Walla!
To explain the issue in detail:
Attorney Chen, is there still a great demand for a German passport among Israeli citizens?
"Yes, the demand is huge, from all over the world.
The descendants of the 'Yakim' understand that this is now a window of opportunity.
In the summer of 2021, the Germans changed the law and eased the procedures for obtaining German citizenship.
It is no longer required to prove German citizenship, but evidence is required of a person who lived in Germany, who was persecuted in Germany, a blood relation with that persecuted person, and that the same persecuted person could have received German citizenship if the Nazis had not come to power in 1933. This means opening the doors to hundreds of thousands of Israelis or Jews from all over the world. Around the world to get a German passport.
The load of applications for obtaining German citizenship leads to the assumption that the Germans will tighten the conditions in the near future"
What are the advantages of holding a German passport?
"German citizenship allows you to enjoy everything that Germany offers, what the European Union offers and the art that only Germany has with the Anglo-Saxon countries like the USA.
For example, visa exemption and permission to stay in the US, free studies in Germany or receiving scholarships in Germany, residence permits in all of Europe, opening businesses, work. After all, in May 2023 every Israeli citizen will be required to obtain a visa to enter Europe."
According to Dr. Adv. Chen, who studied law in Germany and completed his doctorate there, in order to apply for German citizenship it is better not to contact the German embassy but directly to the body responsible for this in the country.
"The procedure for obtaining citizenship is a legal procedure, so it is recommended to use a lawyer and not a lawyer.
At the same time, the lawyer should be familiar with German law.
That is, a person who studied law in Germany, in German citizenship laws.
Just as a lawyer in Germany cannot file a lawsuit in Israel, I doubt whether a lawyer in Israel, who did not study law in Germany, can file a lawsuit for German citizenship there.
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Sarah, tell me about the procedure you went through to obtain German citizenship
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"I actually started the procedure with a lawyer and nothing happened. I contacted Dr. Advocate Yuval Chen and within half an hour he answered me by email that there is a reasonable chance that we will receive the citizenship. I organized 47 people from my family - cousins, their children and grandchildren - And we submitted the request to Attorney Chen.
The process was very, very fast.
What is required of us is simply to gather documents and we received an exact list of what we should bring.
Most of the documents are from the Ministry of the Interior.
A bit of running to the rabbis to get marriage certificates, and beyond that nothing."
According to her, "We didn't have to deal with translations or notaries.
Everything was at the service of the office, under one roof.
The price was the set price.
There were no surprises.
After two and a half months we received a message from Attorney Chen that citizenship was approved for all of us and after four months we received an official answer from Germany."
"The descendants of the 'Yakim' understand that this is now a window of opportunity" (Photo: ShutterStock)
How will German citizenship benefit your children and grandchildren?
"One of my sons, one of the younger ones, is in the process of registering for studies in Germany. One who has now enlisted is already planning to enroll for studies in Germany at the end of his enlistment. Some of the family members are starting to prepare themselves to learn German, and everything is open to us."
Adv. Chen says that his office was the first to submit a claim for German citizenship for an Israeli client under the new law. That client, whose claim was previously rejected, received the long-awaited citizenship, followed by a stream of people who received the citizenship.
Adv. Chen, what is the period of time required for the removal procedure German citizenship?
"The period of time is a function of several elements. The first is the burden on Germany, and the other elements are how focused the lawsuit is and how well the aspects of the lawsuit are proven based on historical documents. Germany needs to really be 'chewed' on the legal aspects of the lawsuit so that they have no doubt that all the data exist".
Attorney Chen concludes: "The real work is before filing the lawsuit.
It is necessary to go down to the level of resolution of where the persecuted lived in Germany, what were the circumstances of his life and so on.
You have to make an effort and collect documents throughout Germany, in the various institutions, in order to prove every point in the claim."
Since 1997, attorney Dr. Yuval Chen has handled thousands of applications for obtaining a German passport. He completed law studies in Germany and a doctorate at the Faculty of Law of the University of Frankfurt and is familiar with all procedures for obtaining German citizenship
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To check eligibility for a German passport,
attorney Dr. Yuval Chen on the legal website
for contact and for further details, you can contact here or
by phone: 053-9374954.
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