UPDATED FOR 2026 LAW
Your path to Slovak citizenship
If your family left Slovakia, citizenship can still be yours, and with it an EU passport and a legal home in the country they came from.
- Great-grandparentborn in Slovakia
- Grandparent
- Parent
- Youeligible
The law reaches this far — whichever generation left.
- No need to live in Slovakia
- Keep the citizenship you hold
- Live and work in 27 EU states
We review your case at no charge · fixed quote if we can help
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Eligibility
Up to Great-Grandparents
Sketch your line
Who is the last person in your family born on territory that is now Slovakia?
Pick a generation and we’ll draw the line from you back to your ancestor, and tell you which route it points to.
Your route
Which route applies to you is determined by your family history.
Slovak law offers several routes to citizenship. You don’t choose between them; your family history decides.
Citizenship by descent
- Parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent qualifies (1st–3rd generation)
- Ancestor born in present-day Slovakia
- No residence in Slovakia or Slovak language knowledge required
SLA certificate
- Any direct Slovak ancestor — no generational limit
- Requires documented Slovak ethnicity — birthplace does not matter
- Residence first, citizenship after three years
Citizenship by birth
- Slovak citizenship passed to you and was never broken
- Requires detailed review of your parents’ and your own history
- Registration, not application — the fastest route to a passport
Who this is for
Most people come to us in one of three situations.
None of them is a bad place to start. They just call for different things.
You’ve been researching for months and still aren’t sure what applies to you.
Information online is fragmentary and often describes rules that have since changed.
Send us your case, and we’ll review it at no charge and give you an honest answer about whether your family history makes this worth pursuing.
You have a folder of family documents and don’t know which of them matter.
Families tend to keep the documents that were meaningful, which aren’t always the ones the authorities ask for.
Send everything with your intake; assessing what you hold is part of the case review, and it costs you nothing to find out where you stand.
You’re deciding whether to handle it yourself or hand it over.
Some cases are straightforward enough to do on your own; others genuinely need professional handling.
We’ll give you an honest assessment of which yours is — and you can hand over as much or as little of the work as you want.
How it works
Start with a case review. Go further only if you want to.
Every step below is a stopping point. Many clients take the first one and handle the rest themselves.
Not sure which you need?
Where are you right now?
Pick one and we'll point you at the right starting point.
Stage one — start here
Complimentary case review
Reply within one working day
Tell us about your family history and send what you hold. Nothing is charged for us to look.
- We read your family history and assess the documents you already hold
- An honest answer on whether it is viable — including when it is not
- Options and a fixed quote if we can help
Stage two — check your own work
Application review
Written findings in 10 business days
You have prepared the application yourself and want it checked before submission day. An incomplete file is not refused — it gets questioned, and the proceedings stretch out for months over something that could have been fixed in one afternoon.
- Every document, translation and form checked against what the Ministry actually asks for
- Written findings with a prioritized list of corrections
- Gaps and name discrepancies flagged
- The wording of your covering statement reviewed
- One round of follow-up questions answered after you have read it
Stage three — hand it over
Application preparation
From your documents to submission-ready
You gather the family documents; we build the application around them.
- Every form completed, checked, and ready to sign
- Official translations arranged and verified
- Discrepancies between documents explained in writing for the file
- Exact submission instructions
- Fixed quote agreed after your case review
Stage four — hand over everything
Full service, start to finish
From the first archive search to the decision
For families who want the whole matter handled and one person to ask about it.
- Genealogical research and document retrieval from Slovak archives
- Official translation management
- The complete application prepared
- Representation in the proceedings, including anything the Ministry comes back with
- One case manager as your point of contact, with updates at every stage
Larger work is quoted as a fixed price after your case review, with staged payments.
Not sure which one? Choose the complimentary case review. Working that out is exactly what it is for.
What the price does not include
Third-party costs are billed at cost and are not part of the quoted fee: government and administrative fees, apostille fees in the issuing country, official translations, and shipping. Your case review includes an estimate of these for your particular file.
Who works on your case
One point of contact. A whole team behind it.
A citizenship application involves documents from several countries, several kinds of specialists, and one government office. We run it so that you deal with one person, your case manager, while the team does its work in the background.
Your case manager
- Runs your case start to finish — one person answerable to you
- Explains every step and decision in plain language
- Coordinates archive search, official translations, and deadlines
The team behind
- Citizenship specialists who know all the specific details and how the immaculate application is made
- Legal counsel for matters that require legal judgment or representation
- Official translators accredited by the Ministry of Justice
Who does what is decided when we review your case — you don’t need to manage any of it.
We don’t promise outcomes, as no honest professional in this field can. What we promise is that your case is prepared properly, by the right people, and that you always know where it stands.
Martin Nemeček
Case manager · Bratislava
About this guide
I’m Martin. I don’t do everything — I make sure everything gets done.
I’m a project manager based in Bratislava. I’ve spent years running complex projects with many moving parts, which is a fair description of a citizenship application: documents from multiple countries, several specialists, one government office, and a family that just wants a straight path to acquiring Slovak citizenship.
Most people in this situation are offered two options: an expensive firm, or doing everything alone. We built the third option, a build-on service, to suit your needs, depending on what stage of the process you are at.
Martin
Frequently asked questions
Before you start
Can you tell me whether I qualify?
What if I start alone and get stuck halfway?
How long does the whole thing take?
Do I need to live in Slovakia to obtain citizenship by descent?
Can I keep my current citizenship?
My parent was a Slovak citizen — am I already one too?
What exactly is the SLA certificate?
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Next step
One form, and you’ll know where you stand.
Tell us about your case and attach what you hold. We’ll review it and revert back to you: whether your case is viable, which route it falls under, and — if we can help — the options and a fixed quote. No charge for us to look, and no obligation.
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