Difference between German citizenship and ability to obtain a passport? Would additional citizenships remove these German ones?
<p>I am a US citizen born in the US to US citizen parents who also hold dual citizenship (of Colombia for one and of Germany for the other). I hold a US passport.<br />
As far as I can tell on the <a href="https://www.germany.info/us-en/service/03-Citizenship/german-citizenship-obtain/919576" rel="nofollow noreferrer">German Consulate website</a>, I immediately, at birth, also became a German citizen by descent because &quot;Children born in wedlock after Jan. 1, 1975, acquired German citizenship if one of the parents was a German citizen at the time of their birth&quot;. The German state has record of this since I was registered at a German consulate by my parents after I was born. My dad did not get his US citizenship until I was around 5.
Furthermore, according to national law <a href="https://embassyofuruguay.us/index.php/national-law-19362-grandchild-of-a-natural-uruguayan-citizen-born-abroad/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">19362</a>, I am also entitled to Uruguayan citizenship because my grandfather, an Uruguayan citizen, was born &amp; raised in Uruguay. I have not yet applied for this citizenship.<br />
I have several questions:</p>
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<li>I am <em>already</em> a German citizen simply because of my dad's citizenship at the time of my birth, correct? Applying for a German passport would be a related, but separate step? i.e., my current lack of German passport is not reflective of my citizenship status?</li>
<li>If I were to apply for this Uruguayan citizenship via law 19362, would I be required <strong>by Germany</strong> to rescind my German citizenship and/or my right to a German passport?</li>
<li>If the answer is yes to number 2, would it be possible to, in the future, rescind the Uruguayan citizenship and subsequently get the German one back? Is this allowed on both sides? The information on rescinding is tough to find.</li>
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<p>Being automaticly citizens of the US and Uruguay, causes no problem with your German citizenship.</p>
<p>For Uruguay, you are appling for recognition of your citizenship at birth as a grandchild of a Uruguayan citizen.</p>
<p>Only when you, as an <strong>adult</strong>, apply for nationisation (i.e. that country considers you to be a foreigner at the time of the application) would you lose your German citizenship <strong>automaticly</strong> when this application has been granted, unless you apply for an exception beforhand.</p>
<p>Such an exception would only be granted when you can prove that you still have <strong>strong</strong> ties to Germany.</p>

<p><strong>1.</strong> Yes: It's related but German citizenship does not require a passport. The <a href="https://uk.diplo.de/uk-en/02/citizenship/acquiring-german-citizenship/2463622" rel="nofollow noreferrer">German Missions in the United Kingdom</a> expressly says that if one...</p>
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<p>... acquired German citizenship automatically, you can book a passport appointment. </p>
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<p><strong>2.</strong> (<em>Answered according to the question's first incarceration</em>) No: As well as law 19362, there's law 16.023 (<em>sic</em>) and <a href="https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Uruguay_2004?lang=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Section III, Chapter I of the Constitution</a>. I can't seem to find law 16.023 online but <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_nationality_law" rel="nofollow noreferrer"> Wikipedia</a> offers this:</p>
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<p>Uruguayan nationality law is entirely based on the principle of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jus soli</a>. Its rules are written in the Uruguayan Constitution in Section III, Chapter I and detailed in law 16.023 and law 19.362 which defines nationality for those born in Uruguay, their children and grandchildren.  <strong>Dual  Citizenship is permitted under Uruguayan law, and people who become Uruguayan citizens are not obligated to renounce their previous nationality. However they do not become nationals.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>3.</strong> As the answer to 2 is &quot;No&quot;, this swapping around does not seem necessary.</p>

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