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ZIP Slovak Heritage Assessment

Find out whether your Slovak roots may qualify you for Slovak citizenship and access to the European Union.

  • Based on your family history
  • Designed for descendants of Slovak and Czechoslovak ancestors
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Were your parents Slovak or Czechoslovak citizens at the time of your birth?(Required)
Note that being a citizen does not require owning a Slovak/Czechoslovak passport.
When and where were you born?(Required)
For the period before 1949, if the place of your birth in Czechoslovakia was at some point temporarily occupied (eg southern Slovakia), select “I was born in Slovakia or Czechoslovakia”.
Were your parents, grandparents or great-grandparents ever Czechoslovak citizens?(Required)
It is irrelevant whether they were citizens at the time of your birth. Who exactly qualifies as a Czechoslovak citizen is a complex question but you can usually assume that if your ancestors lived in the territory, they likely were Czechoslovaks at least at some point in their lives. Even emigrants who left prior to 1918 could have been Czechoslovaks. If at least one of your direct relevant ancestors (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents) remained in Czechoslovakia after July 1920, the chances are really good that your ancestor was a citizen. If at least one of your direct relevant ancestors emigrated after July 1910, your chances are still really good but the tricky part will be finding the evidence. Finally, if all your direct relevant ancestors emigrated before July 1910, you still have have a chance to be eligible. The legal situation for these cases is constantly changing in practice.
Is the place of birth of your Czechoslovak parents, grandparents or great-grandparents in the territory of today's Slovakia?(Required)
It does not matter if the place of birth was temporarily part of a different country (eg part of Hungary or Poland during the war period).
Did any of your direct ancestors claim Slovak heritage?(Required)
This could be parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, etc. It is irrelevant that they lived abroad.

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