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It covers acquisition by birth, including special rules for children of German parents, foundlings, and cases involving foreign parents under residence and status requirements. 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In particular, any person who has been issued a certificate of nationality, a passport or a national identity card shall be treated as a German national. Acquisition of citizenship shall apply as of the date when the person was deemed to have acquired German citizenship by treating him or her as a German national. The acquisition of German citizenship shall extend to those descendants who derive their status as Germans from the beneficiary pursuant to sentence 1.  \nSection 4  \n[Acquisition by birth]  \n(1) A child shall acquire German citizenship by birth if one parent possesses German citizenship. Where at the time of the birth only the father is a German national, and where for proof of descent under German law recognition or determination of paternity is necessary, acquisition shall be dependent on recognition or determination of paternity with legal effect under German law; the declaration of recognition must be submitted or the procedure for determination must have commenced before the child reaches the age of 23.  \n(2) A child which is found on German territory (foundling) shall be deemed to be the child of a German until otherwise proven.  \n(3) A child of foreign parents shall acquire German citizenship by birth in Germany if one parent  \n1. has been legally ordinarily resident in Germany for eight years and  \n2. has been granted a permanent right of residence or as a national of Switzerland or as a family member of a national of Switzerland possesses a residence permit on the basis of the Agreement of 21 June 1999 between the European Community and its Member States on the one hand and the Swiss Confederation on the other hand on the free movement of persons (Federal Law Gazette 2001 II p. 810) .  \nThe acquisition of German citizenship shall be recorded by the registrar responsible for certifying the child’s birth. The Federal Ministry of the Interior shall, with the consent of the Bundesrat, be authorized to issue regulations concerning the  \nprocedure for recording the acquisition of citizenship pursuant to sentence 1 by way of ordinance.  \n(4) German citizenship shall not be acquired pursuant to sub-section 1 in case of birth abroad if the German parent was born abroad after 31 December 1999 and is ordinarily resident abroad, unless the child would otherwise become stateless. The legal consequence pursuant to sentence 1 shall not ens","cbCaisoO7MueIehF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisoO7MueIehF","pdf",928054,24,"English","# Section 1 Definition of a German\n## Section 3 Acquisition of citizenship\n## Section 4 Acquisition by birth\n## Section 5 Right of declaration for children born before 1 July 1993\n## Section 6 Acquisition by adoption as a child\n## Section 7 Acquisition by issuance of the certificate pursuant to Section 15\n## Section 8 Discretionary naturalization","[{\"question\":\"Who is considered a German under the Act?\",\"answer\":\"A German under the Act is a person who possesses German citizenship.\"},{\"question\":\"How can citizenship be acquired by birth?\",\"answer\":\"A child acquires German citizenship by birth if one parent has German citizenship, with additional rules for recognition or determination of paternity and for foundlings on German territory.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main ways to acquire citizenship besides birth?\",\"answer\":\"Citizenship can also be acquired through a declaration, adoption as a child, issuance of a repatriates certificate under the Federal Expellees Act, and naturalization (including discretionary naturalization) under specified conditions.\"}]","Nationality Act of 22 July 1913 - Section 1 Definition of a German | PDF",1789833708,8]