u/Beneficial-Farmer-77

know this might sound like a naive question, but I am incredibly frustrated with the 1949 cutoff date and want to know if anyone else has been in this position. Here is my family timeline: • Great-grandmother: German citizen, born 1914. • Great-grandfather: (non-German). • Marriage: They married in Germany in the 1930s. (My great-grandmother automatically lost her German citizenship due to the discriminatory laws of the time). • Grandmother: Born in Germany in 1939. Because of the marriage laws, she was not born a German citizen. I know that because my grandmother was born in 1939, we completely miss the May 23, 1949 cutoff for the StAG 5 declaration. I know my actual legal route is the StAG 14 discretionary naturalization (which is incredibly difficult from abroad since it requires B1 German, strong ties, etc.). My question is: Should I just apply for StAG 5 anyway and try? It feels completely unfair that my family was subjected to the exact same gender discrimination as the StAG 5 applicants, but we are excluded just because of a 10-year difference in birth years. If I submit a StAG 5 application with all my original documents (I have their passports, German birth certificates, and marriage certificates), what will the BVA actually do? Will they flat-out reject it? Will they automatically convert it to a StAG 14 application? Has anyone here tried this just out of principle to get their foot in the door? Any advice would be appreciated!