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In reply to the discussion: OMFG!! with new news to make this more clear. [View all]DFW
(54,057 posts)One of them is the highest-paid attorney in her field in Germany, so be prepared for a lot of pointed arguments and you had better have a lot of facts no one else knows.
In the case of parents of two different nations, and the children being registered as citizens of both countries at birth, both the USA and Germany have been perfectly cool with my daughters' dual citizenship since they were born in Germany in the 1980s. They get both their German and their American passports renewed without any problem on a regular basis. The authorities of both countries are aware of their citizenship in the two countries, and none has voiced any objection. One lives in New York City and the other lives in Frankfurt am Main--for now, anyway. She wouldn't mind moving back to New York, but you don't tell a job offer of mid six figures (at age 32!) to fuck off just because it's in Frankfurt. For that kind of dough, you can take your weekends in New York if you want to. The German passport removes any obstacle to an EU work permit, so it's a priceless asset for her.
The fact the the boyfriend here turns out to have born in Germany to two German parents is the game changer. Any automatic claim to American citizenship in that case vanishes in a puff of smoke.