Czech Republic

Dual Citizenship Czech Republic

Allowed

Citizenship can be obtained:

• By descent (conditions explained in specific section below)
• By birth if at least one of the parents is a Czech citizen at the time of child’s birth
• By determination of paternity (if the mother is not Czech citizen and the father is proven to be)
• By adoption if at least one of the adopting parents is a Czech citizen
• If found in the territory before the age of 3 years, it is not clear what country’s citizen such a child is and if within six months following the finding no other citizenship is revealed
• By granting if the individual (non-EU citizen):

1.  Has uninterruptedly lived in the Czech Republic for at least five years based on a permanent residency permit (i.e. at least 10 years based on long-term residency permits in total). The individual must show that he/she has lived here for at least 50% of the required time (whereas absences not exceeding 2 consecutive months (or six consecutive months in serious cases, such as pregnancy, etc.) are included into the time spent in the territory);
2. Is integrated in the society (family, work or social perspective); and
3. Meets other statutory conditions (passes language test, test on knowledge of Czech history and related matters, etc.)

Admissible only two generations backwards (via parents or grandparents) and if other conditions were met.  The citizenship laws have changed significantly over the years and it must always be assessed when exactly the individual was born and what the citizenship status of his/her parents at the time of their birth was to be able to assess eligibility (split of Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, establishment of Czechoslovakia, WW2, communist era 1948 – 1989, return to democracy in 1989 and finally split of Czechoslovakia into Czech Republic and Slovak Republic).