Germany is poised to pass a new nationality law that will make it easier for foreigners to gain citizenship.
"There is a correlation between higher labor market outcomes and citizenship. So there's the economic integration angle. Then there's the political [and social] angles," Banulescu-Bogdan said.
"It's a benefit for me, but it also has an intrinsic benefit for the country," said Sanchez, who worked as a software engineer in Germany for almost a decade before eventually becoming eligible to gain citizenship in 2021. "The future of Germany doesn't look very promising for the labor force, especially in the areas of tech and health care," said Ana Alvarez Monge, founder and CEO of Migration Hub Network, a Berlin-based non-profit for migrant entrepreneurs.
"The change is the only way to get these huge numbers of people to Germany. Many companies are suffering right now really trying to get people. It will be easier than ever for international talent to come to Germany," Ates, chief executive of Who Moves, said, noting that some companies have already lowered their application requirements.
"In the next couple of years, there will be a lot of established businesses whose owners will have to retire. Usually they were passed down to children, but less so now. We need a lot more new businesses to level out the closures," Bianchi said.Berlin's proposals are set to be put to a vote by lawmakers in the coming months with a view to being enshrined by summer 2023.
Perhaps more troublingly, though, lawmakers will also have to confront German bureaucracy, which has already delayed existing applications.
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