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Pathways to Slovak Residency and Citizenship

Slovakia

Slovakia, an EU and Schengen member, offers residency through skilled work and a citizenship-by-descent route for people whose ancestors held Slovak or Czechoslovak nationality. This guide brings the country's main residency and citizenship routes together and links to a full breakdown of each.

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Ways to qualify

Career & business

For people with a job offer, in-demand skills, or a business to build. Most of these routes lead to settlement, and in time to citizenship.

Slovakia Skilled Worker Residence Card This is an EU Blue Card residence pathway for highly qualified workers with a qualifying job offer in Slovakia. It generally requires higher education… residency

Ancestry & heritage

A parent, grandparent, or birth in the country can make you a citizen already — or let you claim it, often without relocating.

Slovak Citizenship Confirmation by Descent This confirmation route is for someone who acquired Slovak citizenship automatically at birth because at least one parent was a Slovak citizen on the… citizenship Slovak Citizenship Grant for Descendants Slovakia's discretionary 2022 descendant grant is for someone who has never been a Slovak citizen and can prove that a parent, grandparent, or… citizenship Slovak Citizenship Recovery for Ex-Citizens Slovak citizenship recovery is for people who personally lost Slovak or former Czechoslovak citizenship under earlier rules. It generally requires… citizenship Slovak Citizenship for Diaspora Members This discretionary citizenship route is for a valid Slovak Living Abroad certificate holder who either has three years of continuous residence in… citizenship Slovak Diaspora Certificate The Slovak Living Abroad certificate is for a person without permanent residence in Slovakia who preserves Slovak national identity and can document… other