Eligibility Quiz
Do you have a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent who was a Czechoslovak citizen?
Requirements
To qualify for citizenship under the 2022 "descendant" provision (Section 7, paragraph 2, letter j), you must meet specific genealogical and historical criteria:
- Generational Limit: You must have at least one parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent (up to the 3rd generation) who was a Czechoslovak citizen.
- Territorial Requirement: Your ancestor must have been born in the territory of the current Slovak Republic. If your ancestor was born in parts of the former Czechoslovakia that are now the Czech Republic or Ukraine (Subcarpathian Rus), you generally do not qualify for this specific Slovak pathway.
- Citizenship Status: The ancestor must have held Czechoslovak citizenship at some point. If your ancestor emigrated before the formation of Czechoslovakia in 1918, they likely held Hungarian or Austrian citizenship. In such cases, you may not qualify for direct CBD but may be eligible for the Slovak Living Abroad (SLA) status instead.
- Clean Criminal Record: You must not have a serious criminal history. Generally, any prison sentence of six months or longer will disqualify an applicant.
- Dual Citizenship: Under the 2022 reforms, Slovakia allows you to acquire Slovak citizenship by descent without renouncing your current citizenship.
Conditions & Warnings
The ancestor must have been born in the territory of the current Slovak Republic; ancestors from the Czech Republic or Subcarpathian Rus generally do not qualify.
Criminal record checks are only valid for 90 days and should be the last documents obtained before submission.
Ancestors who emigrated before 1918 may not have held Czechoslovak citizenship, requiring the 'Slovak Living Abroad' (SLA) pathway instead.
Qualifications
No language test is required, but all application forms and the curriculum vitae must be completed in Slovak.
Fees
Includes approximately €170-250 for the residency permit and €20 for the citizenship application fee.