Is it hard to prove German decent for dual US/German Citizenship?

I was born in 1981 in the US, but my mother is German. According to the US website and the German website you automatically have dual citizenship under these circumstances. My parents were unaware of these rules when I was born, and I found out looking online. But, since my German is bad I can't understand what all I need to show to prove that my Mother is German to get the piece of paper saying I am a German citizen. Has anyone else done this before and how difficult was it? I want to apply for an EU passport but I need to have proof of citizenship first. Thanks!

Answer:
Documents that you need:
For you: birth certificate
Proof of citizenship of your mother - current German Pasport/Birth certificate and Greencard, to show that she did not naturalize, if you naturalize in another country you loose you German citizenship (unless you apply for a permit first, and that only exist since 1998).
If your mother naturalized since your birth - German birth certificate AND naturalization document that give the date of naturalization after your birth.
If you mother naturalized before your birth she would have lost her citizenship and you would not be eligible for automatic citizenship.
BTW You would not loose the US or German citizenship just by having the other, because you claim to both citizenships is due to birth not naturalization.

If you would be under 18 this is all you need to apply for a German passport which than would serve as you proof of citizenship (you do not actually need a certificate if you have a passport).
Since you are over 18 it gets a little more difficult. If you are lucky they will allow you to apply for a passport with the above documents, but you will probably ahve to go to the nearest German consulate in person and you wont be able to do it by mail.
But most likely they will require you to go though a process of determining your claim to citizenship, this process can take quite a while, but assuming you ahve the above documents it should go fairly quickly, but you do have to go to the consulate in person.

If you mother lost her citizenship before your birth you can apply for naturalization, but that rquires german language skills, ties to german, etc.
To get a certificate of german citizenship, you need to contact one of the German missions in the US: http://www.germany.info/relaunch/info/mi...
Your mother's birth certificate and your birth certificate should do the trick. Contact a German consulate near you.

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