Almost every person has connecting to the country where they are living or where they were born. Although many people, especially immigrants, were not born in the country, because they have lived there many years, they want to be considered citizen. For instance, Turkish people who live in Germany want to get a German passport. Moreover, they want dual passport due to their own country, Turkey, and the country in which they live. Because of the huge demand for dual passports, Germany has changed and modified its old citizenship law. It seems to me that Germany’s new law is fair enough to the immigrants because it is modern and liberal. In contrast, we may find that neither dual citizenship nor new laws will prevent all of the problems which people face, due to their own advantages and disadvantages such as lack of clarity and liberty.

First of all, immigrants who live in Germany are concerned about the dual citizenship problem. If we compare the new law with the old one, we will find a few important differences. In the old law, which was created in 1913, people have to be connected to German people via blood to be considered as a German. In other words, parentage and ethnicity determined German nationality, not the place of birth. Therefore, according to the blood law, Turkish people who live and were born in Germany were not being able to get dual citizenship. If a person creates the blood tie via marriage, his or her child will be considered as a German. For instance, the law of The Roman Empire about being noble was similar to the blood law of Germany. According to this law, a slave may never become a noble because he or she doesn’t have the same noble blood. Similarly to this law, an immigrant may not become a German.

On the other hand, the new law will create the same opportunity for every person. The new law allows children to hold both their parents’ nationality and a German passport until the age of 23, when they would have to choose. Therefore, it gives them the possibility to choose their country. Moreover, it creates another advantage to non-German partner who got married with a German citizen. He or she would become a German citizen after 3 years. As a result, people may believe that the new law is certainly better than the old one.

Secondly, all of the laws have their own advantages and disadvantages. For instance, in Britain, there are some requirements such as a minimum age of 18, sound mind, good character etc. to become a British citizen. According to the British law, people must have a good character. The problem is that good character changes person to person and it is not clear enough. For instance, a friend of mine may think that I have a good character but another friend of mine may not. In contrast, the requirement of a minimum age of 18 is fair enough because almost every person may make a logical decision after the age of 18. In France, the process of being citizenship is entirely different. Children of foreign parents must live in the country for five years between the ages of 11 and 18. At the end of these 5 years, people may request a citizenship after verification of a clean police record. The advantage of this law is that requesting a clean police record which is a clearer law than the British law about having a good character. Therefore, instead of the requirements that have several advantages and disadvantages, I think, people should choose their own citizenship after the age of 18 without facing any problem.

Finally, with the improvements on the Germany’s citizenship law, people will find better opportunities than the blood law. Moreover, it will be fair enough to foreign people who live in Germany. In my opinion, people should be able to choose their own country without facing any problem because it is up to person’s opinion. Today, there are more foreigners who live in Germany than at the beginning of the 20^th century. Therefore, the blood law, which was created in 1913, is not valid for today and today was the right time to change it.