ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the aspects of entry, right of residence, employment and naturalisation. The central points of the revision of the Naturalisation Law in 1999 are the following: Besides the principle of jus sanguinis, in force in Germany, the principle of jus soli will also be applied. A further modification of the law is that adult foreigners can apply for citizenship after 8 instead of 15 years of residence. The government points to the improvements and advances that have been made, but as a whole it considers the educational situation of foreign students unsatisfactory, in particular with reference to the problem of special education. In the Federal Republic of Germany, there was increased hostility towards foreigners and a revival of right-wing extremism during the early 1990s in both east and west. The chapter provides an overview of the public and private authorities, institutions and organisations that deal with immigrant affairs.
