If you want German citizenship, you must meet several basic requirements. One of them is that those who want to naturalize can make a living out of their own resources. Matthias Regenbrecht, who is also responsible for naturalizations at the district of Tübingen, specified that, for example, receiving social assistance can lead to the rejection of an application for naturalization. However, he sometimes has a degree of discretion. If, for example, he sees that a single woman with two children needs additional social assistance in addition to her own low earnings, then he would not penalize her: “This is not her fault.” In contrast, he evaluates negatively if someone, for example, willfully quits their job. This sometimes happens when someone is obligated to pay child support but quits their job to avoid their responsibilities. Applicants for German citizenship do not necessarily have to generate income through their own work. Relatives or friends can also provide support voluntarily, and their own assets are also assessed positively. Fatima, who works on the editorial staff of tünews INTERNATIONAL and is still a school student, wanted to know whether children could also use their income for their unemployed parents. Regenbrecht said that in such a case the income of the children would have to be high enough for them to be able to provide support for the parents along with themselves.
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Impressionen zum Leben in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie: Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL; Sameer Ibrahim, 21.06.2020
