Most retain original citizenship - Survey of newcomers to Germany. Last year, around 189,000 new applications
The majority of people who applied for German citizenship last year kept their original citizenship, according to a survey by the research group Integrimit Mediendienst. The study found that the number of newly naturalized citizens with more than one nationality in 2025 ranged from 85% to 98% in the cities that collected data. Those who did not keep their original citizenship when they applied were either stateless or came from countries that prohibit dual citizenship, such as India, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The research group found that in 2025 there were around 189,000 new applications for naturalization - a drop of around 10% compared to the previous year. In 2024, the German government changed citizenship rules to allow people to hold dual citizenship - something that had previously only been possible for a few specific groups, including EU citizens and Swiss.
The reform also reduced the residency requirement for people applying for citizenship from eight years to five. According to preliminary data, more than 300,000 people were granted German citizenship last year. Syrians were the largest group to be naturalized, followed by citizens from Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran and Russia.
According to Mediendienst Integration, there are currently 3.6 million people in Germany with dual citizenship. Almost 70% of them are citizens of another European country. The 2024 citizenship reform led to a surge in new applications, resulting in a significant backlog of applications and long waiting times in many cities.
Berlin registered the highest number of applications, with 36,100, followed by Munich with 17,800, Mediendienst Integration said. More than 40,000 applications in Munich were still pending at the beginning of May.
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