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    May 26, 2008, 10:50 PM
    Obtaining a German Passport.
    My Wife's Grandmother was born in Germany, we are in possession of her Birth Certificate,
    Is my wife elegible for an EU German Passport?
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    May 27, 2008, 04:46 AM
    It doesn't matter if a grandparent was German, in order for your wife to receive a German passport, one of her parents has to be born in Germany.
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    May 27, 2008, 11:45 AM
    Even in case that her mother has dual citizenship, but IF she never lived in Germany, then your wife cannot claim German citizen.
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    Jul 15, 2008, 02:22 AM
    A heard that germany give citizenship to ethnic germans in russia and there parents are definitely not from germany .
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    Jul 15, 2008, 02:50 AM
    Dear Ravana,

    Thank you for your reply, I do appreciate you answering. This does give us hope.

    Kind Regards
    Christopher
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    Jul 15, 2008, 10:22 PM
    About ten years ago in the time of post war depression in croatia I was despaired to move out . I found out that my grandmothers father was german from berlin who immigrate to croatia in the time of austro-hungarian empire .

    I went to german embassy to check my status . I was interested in getting german citizentship and they offered me two possibility :

    1) to prove that I belonge to german community in croatia . For example that I speak german . But that was not my case . I even don't have german name or surname .

    2) the other option was that my grandmother apply for german citizentship . She was fluent in german and she had a great chance to get it . If she get it I can inherent it from her . So this was acceptable to me but there was one problem .

    In the case that she get it she will lose here croatian citizentship and become a foreiner in here own country . She didn't liked that idea . In that time it was inposible to have double citizentship if you have a german one . I don't know how its today .
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