u/Cold_Problem_6001

Hi everyone,

For some time now I’ve been considering trying to apply directly for a German passport while traveling in Germany, since the German authorities in my country tend to be quite strict about direct passport applications.

I’m trying to build the strongest possible case before going there. My plan would be to present the following documents in Berlin:

• My foreign passport
• My birth certificate (1995), apostilled and translated
• My sister’s birth certificate, apostilled and translated
• My father’s birth certificate, apostilled and translated
• My grandparents’ marriage certificate, apostilled and translated
• A photocopy of my grandfather’s Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis issued by the BVA (1998)
• Most importantly: going together with my sister, who has lived in Germany for 10 years and already has a German passport
• A “Bescheinigung über die Namensführung” regarding our surname (mine and my sister’s)
• German consular registration records from 1939 for my German grandfather and great-grandfather in my home country

Would it be possible to handle this process directly at the appropriate office in Berlin?

What other documents might I need?

Do you think there are realistic chances of success for a direct passport application based on my sister already being recognized as German?

Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I’m writing to ask whether there might be any possibility for someone born out of wedlock before 1949 to obtain German citizenship.

The case is about a colleague’s grandfather, who was born in 1927. His mother abandoned him when he was very young, and he was raised by his father, who was a confirmed German citizen. The issue is that the parents were not married. However, the father formally recognized him through a judicial process in a Chilean family court in 1937, and this recognition is explicitly recorded on the birth certificate.

The father later passed away in 1947, when my colleague’s grandfather was 20 years old.

Given that there was no marriage, I assume this situation falls outside the standard StAG §5 process. Still, I wanted to ask if there might be any alternative pathway or exception that could apply in this case.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!