{"id":14,"date":"2016-05-20T23:09:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T23:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.242\/~honoluo2\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:23:48","slug":"beibehaltung-der-staatsburgerschaft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.germanconsulhawaii.com\/en\/beibehaltung-der-staatsburgerschaft\/","title":{"rendered":"Beibehaltung der Deutschen Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0d689e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0d689e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0479b2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0479b2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ebf5a1\" data-id=\"9ebf5a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5538a7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5538a7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Retention of German citizenship<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-831b298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"831b298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Act on the Amendment of the Nationality Law, which entered into force on January 1, 2000, significantly facilitated the retention of German citizenship for Germans living in the USA who wish to acquire US citizenship.<\/p><p>As a general rule, the acquisition of a foreign citizenship still results in the loss of German citizenship (Sections 17 no. 2, 25 para. 1 of the Nationality Act [StAG]). The decision on the application continues to be a discretionary decision. Under the amended provisions of Section 25 para. 2 of the Nationality Act (StAG), it is based on a weighing of private and public interests.<\/p><p>In the case of an applicant whose habitual residence is abroad, special consideration is given in particular to whether they have continuing ties to Germany and what disadvantages they would face if they were not naturalized as a U.S. citizen.<\/p><p>Responsible for issuing retention permits to Germans living abroad is the Federal Office of Administration in Cologne, which has published an information sheet on the procedure and the documents to be submitted.<\/p><p><strong>Attention:<\/strong> The Act to Modernize the Nationality Law (StARModG) was passed by the Bundestag on January 19, 2024. Consequently, in the future, i.e.,. <strong>after the entry into force of the law on June 27, 2024<\/strong>, no retention permit is required anymore to avoid the automatic loss of German citizenship upon acquiring US or another citizenship upon application.<\/p><p>Note: This applies only AFTER the regulation enters into force on June 27, 2024.<\/p><p>Until then, the previous regulation continues to apply: avoidance of the loss of German citizenship is only possible with a retention permit, and the retention certificate remains a required document when applying for a passport. All current information can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.germany.info\/us-de\/service\/staatsangehoerigkeit\/beibehaltung-der-deutschen-staatsangehoerigkeit\/1216762\"><strong>Federal Office of Administration website<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p><p><span class=\"color--red\"><strong class=\"rte__strong\">Important note:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Who by birth in the\u00a0<abbr class=\"rte__abbreviation\" title=\"United States of America\">USA<\/abbr>\u00a0who acquired US citizenship and simultaneously acquired German citizenship by descent from a German parent (born before 2000), automatically holds both citizenships.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-714a63f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"714a63f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2e21f8\" data-id=\"f2e21f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a637ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a637ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ca11f5\" data-id=\"0ca11f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762e860 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"762e860\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lost German citizenship through US naturalization?<br><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9c4717 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"d9c4717\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2281\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2281\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Lost citizenship?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2281\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2281\"><div>\n<p>Apply for reinstatement of citizenship! Please note: <em style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; font-family: BundesSerifWeb, serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #191919; background-color: #ffffff;\">The StARModG (in force since June 27, 2024) is not retroactive. The loss of German citizenship that occurred under the old regulation therefore remains in place. But a re-acquisit<em style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">\u00fc<\/em>rgerung ist m<em style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">\u00f6<\/em>glitch.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Forms and information sheet for the re-naturalization application<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.germanconsulhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/paket-e13-allg-data_Stand2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Re: The application<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<p>For more information, please see <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.germany.info\/us-de\/service\/staatsangehoerigkeit\/wiedereinbuergerung-ehemaliger-deutscher\/1216660\">yesterday<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fa77b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fa77b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5608cc3\" data-id=\"5608cc3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0b5da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a0b5da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Application process for US citizenship <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c38b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"e9c38b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2451\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2451\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Naturalization process in the USA<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2451\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2451\"><div class=\"fw-iconbox-title\"><p>Binding information on the naturalization procedure in the\u00a0<abbr class=\"rte__abbreviation\" title=\"United States of America\">USA<\/abbr>\u00a0available exclusively at the offices of\u00a0<a class=\"rte__anchor i-icon_arrow_external\" title=\"USCIS: Citizenship through Naturalization\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/us-citizenship\/citizenship-through-naturalization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Citizenship and Immigration Services<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae773de elementor-section-full_width elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae773de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b5f48f\" data-id=\"4b5f48f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0996765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0996765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Citizenship checklist<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fcb62b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fcb62b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>01. Download application forms.<\/p><div id=\"column-6205c648e488d\" class=\"fw-col-sm-3 fw-mobile-hide-element tf-sh-9921af6e77b4c9ed4c6c8ca1d05b0099\"><div class=\"fw-wrap-col-inner clearfix\"><div class=\"fw-col-inner\"><div class=\"fw-text-box tf-sh-e69d44c72368b50eec420047aefea019\"><div class=\"fw-text-inner\"><p>02. Gather necessary documents.<\/p><p>03. For minors \u2013 Parental consent.<\/p><p>04. Passport photo according to the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.germanconsulhawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pass_Passbild_Schablone.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Passport photo template\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>create.<\/p><p>05. Make an appointment at the honorary consulate.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f24e4f\" data-id=\"9f24e4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6375998 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6375998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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elementor-size-default\">Contact<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02800fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02800fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mr. Denis Salle, MA, MBA<\/strong><\/p><p>Phone | (+1) (808) 377 46 06<\/p><p>Email | honolulu@hk-diplo.de<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Hours of Operation | Fridays 9am-3pm<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-416d196 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"416d196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>German Honorary Consul\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>in Honolulu | HI<\/p><p>3919 Sierra Drive<\/p><p>Honolulu | HI | 96216-3342<\/p><p>United States<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b95e7e elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2b95e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-119a03e\" data-id=\"119a03e\" 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Januar 2000 in Kraft getretene Gesetz zur \u00c4nderung des Staatsangeh\u00f6rigkeitsrechts wurde f\u00fcr die in den USA lebenden Deutschen, die die US-amerikanische Staatsangeh\u00f6rigkeit erwerben m\u00f6chten, die Beibehaltung der deutschen Staatsangeh\u00f6rigkeit wesentlich erleichtert. 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