This year, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Slovak citizens and Czechoslovak citizens from the territory of modern-day Slovakia will qualify for Slovak citizenship by descent. The citizenship by descent provision is estimated to make up to 800,000 Americans alone eligible for Slovak citizenship, and 1.5 million worldwide. However, unlike with the Czech citizenship by descent provision, Slovakia’s new act does not legally entitle its eligible applicants to Slovak citizenship. Unlike the recent Slovak citizenship amendment, there is no generational limit for qualifying ancestors. Samuel Durovcik is a law student at Masaryk University’s Faculty of Law in Brno, Czech Republic studying administrative and citizenship Law.

Source: The Guardian February 21, 2022 16:41 UTC