Saturday, 5 September 2009

Czech citizenship law zakon o občanství České republiky

Original Czech version can be found on Wikipedia:

Zákon o nabývání a pozbývání státního občanství České republiky


English version is also published on Wikipedia (slightly differs from Czech one):

Czech nationality law (The Czech Republic citizenship law)


Summary of the requirements for naturalisation:

1. The person has permanent residence in the Czech Republic ( usually recieved after 5 years)
2. Passed Czech language exam
3. The person has one of the following:
  • has lived in the Czech Republic for at least 10 years continuously
  • was born on the territory of the Czech Republic
  • has held Czech citizenship before
  • was adopted by a Czech citizen
  • his or her spouse is a Czech citizen
  • one of his or her parents is a Czech citizen
  • has relocated to the Czech Republic before 31 December 1994 based on the invitation of the Czech government
  • is stateless
  • has the status of refugee in the Czech Republic

Czech version covers all the details, so please, read it here: Zákon o nabývání a pozbývání státního občanství České republiky or Google Translated version of the citizenship law can be found here: Act on the Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship of the Czech Republic

The documents necessary for the application are described in § 8 of the law. Administrative procedures are covered in § 10