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I thought you are married

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USA doesn't have a problem with people naturalizing and keeping their prior citizenship, e.g. dual citizenship. It's question for Germany. She should consult with a German lawyer. There is a procedure she can undergo to keep her German citizenship (if eligible) after becoming US citizen.

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A German citizen who wants to keep their citizenship when they naturalize in a non-EU/non-Schengen country needs to file for a so-called “Beibehaltungsgenehmigung” (permission to retain [citizenship]). The German mission in the United States has a whole host of info on this (https://www.germany.info/us-de/service/staatsangehoerigkeit/beibehaltung-der-deutschen-staatsangehoerigkeit/1216762), and there are other resources available as well (e.g. https://www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Beibehaltung/01-Informationen_BB/01_02_BB_Wie_geht_es/02_02_BB_Anleitung_node.html).

Thus, if your girlfriend is eligible to apply for U.S. naturalization and wants to keep her German citizenship, she would have to obtain permission from Germany before taking the oath of allegiance to the United States; otherwise, she’ll lose her German citizenship. Processing times for Germany’s citizenship retention seem to be around 12-18 months at the moment, but you will most likely get better answers from people who have recently been through the process. If you tag your profile with the German flag, it’ll show up in the respective portal and has a higher likelihood to be noticed/seen by people with first-hand knowledge (I’m personally originally from Switzerland, which operates like the U.S. and doesn’t care about multiple citizenships, so I can only give you what I know from German friends of mine). 

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This is probably a better question to ask in a german specific forum. I know Germany recently changed some laws surrounding dual citizenship but I don't know what exactly they changed

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On 12/20/2022 at 9:33 PM, ayoodon@gmail.com said:

My girlfriend is from Germany and she want to know can she have a dual citizenship or  give up her German citizenship to become an American citizen?? 

It's not that easy anymore to keep the german citizenship she should read about it thoroughly on the german state website! You need to proof good reasons,to keep it. But,even as a firmer german citizen, if needed you can always get that citizenship back I've been through that reading and thought process, cause I'm german,but eligible to apply for us citizenship in May'23- not keeping german citizenship 😉

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