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Assuming that you are an American, you must go to the Auslanderamt, (Immigration office) and find out what you will need to qualify Just being married does not give you citizenship rights. After you have demonstrated that you fulfill the requirements, you will receive a document which you must then take to an American Consular Office with US Citizen Services. (They are in Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich) There you must renounce your American citizenship in front of the U.S. Consulate. (The person, not the building!) They will not allow you to do this unless you have the right to another state citizenship, hence the paper from the German immigration office.) After your US Citizen has been renounced, you may obtain your German passport. (But why bother? Being married to a German gives you permanent residence. Yes, you must apply for this again every so often, but if you fulfill the requirements for citizenship, you will also fulfill the requirements for a "Aufenthaltstitel", which will give you all the benefits you need and allows you to keep your US Citizenship)

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German passports are only issued to German citizens. Ask your nearest German consulate whether or not you have a claim to German citizenship. The rules are complicated.

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