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Czech Republic is part of the EU and has one of the world's best passports.
The Czech government allows dual citizenship since 2013. This means you won’t need to renounce your current citizenship as long as your country allows for dual citizenship.
You don’t need to speak Czech if applying for ancestral citizenship.
There is no need to live permanently in the Czech Republic to obtain ancestral citizenship.
The Czech Republic ranks as the seventh safest country to live
in the world.
Submit your application form for review. Once approved, we’ll reserve a space for you in the next available monthly cohort.
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Program Overview
The main benefits Dual Czech Citizens enjoy are:
Initially, you had to be the child or grandchild of a Czech citizen, however, making this determination can be difficult because Czech citizenship didn't even exist for the majority of the 20th century. Passports for either the Czech Republic or the Slovak Republic were only given after the two countries split in 1993 as Czechoslovak citizenship was still recognized up until that time. Residents were divided based on a large part in where they resided in the nation. As a result, if your ancestor left Europe in the middle of the 20th century while still a citizen of Czechoslovakia, it might not be completely clear which passport—Czech or Slovak—they would end up with after the breakup.
Another crucial prerequisite for the program is that your ancestors have to have lost their Czech citizenship before December 31, 2013, or earlier. You'll need to demonstrate it by supplying the necessary paperwork.Your ancestor could have lost their Czech (or Slovak) citizenship in a number of ways. For instance, if your ancestor acquired dual citizenship before 2014 when the Czech Republic first permitted it, as p rior to that date, your ancestor's Czech citizenship was typically automatically lost if they naturalized overseas.
Document retrieval efforts span the entire ancestral tree between the Anchor Ancestor and the Principal Applicant
Main Applicant Documentation
1. Birth certificate
2. Marriage certificate
3. Passport copy
4. Passport photos
5. Declaration Form
6. FBI Background Check
7. Declaration that you’re not a Slovak citizen.
Intermediary Ancestors Documentation
1. Birth certificate
2. Death certificate
3. Marriage certificate
Anchor Ancestor Documentation:
1. Birth certificate
2. Death certificate
3. A passenger manifest
4. Marriage certificate
5. Proof of loss of parents’/grandparents’ Czechoslovak citizenship
6. Certificate of citizenship or a certificate of the applicant’s permanent residence
7.Census Records
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You can apply to have your Czech citizenship reinstated by proving your heritage and by satisfying eligibility criteria set by the Czech government. Your application form needs to be accompanied by your ancestral and personal documents, translated into Czech.
Citizenship in the Czech Republic cannot be acquired through marriage so unfortunately your spouse does not qualify for citizenship. However your spouse does qualify for a spousal visa in all 27 EU states.
The eligibility of your children is more complicated, as it depends on the way in which Czech citizenship has been confirmed for you and also on the date and birth place of your child.
The Czech authorities require that all documents be submitted to them as originals, duplicates or copies certified by a Czech notary or the Czech consulate. All foreign documents must have an Apostille (or in the case of EU countries a multilingual version of the document).If you do not want to send the originals, we recommend obtaining duplicates or have certified copies made at the Czech consulate.
Your parent does not need to be a Czech citizen before you apply for citizenship. However you will need to provide proof that you are a direct descendent of your grandparent by including your parent’s birth and marriage certificates, if they’re married. You can apply for citizenship, without your parent having to apply too.
If you know the date and place of birth, marriage and death of your ancestor, we will be able to help you obtain their documents from the Czech Republic.
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