The granting of citizenship of the Slovak Republic is regulated by Act of the Slovak Republic No. 40/1993 Coll. on the citizenship of the Slovak Republic, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the Act).
In accordance with sec. §7 par. 1 of the Act, citizenship of the Slovak Republic may be granted to an applicant who is not a citizen of the Slovak Republic and
a) has a continuous permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic for at least eight years immediately preceding the submission of the application for the granting of citizenship of the Slovak Republic,
b) is of good character; For the purposes of this law, a person who
c) who has not been sentenced to deportation by a court,
d) against whom criminal proceedings are not pending,
e) against whom there are no extradition proceedings or proceedings for the execution of a European arrest warrant,
f) against whom administrative deportation proceedings are not being conducted,
g) against whom there is no procedure for revocation of asylum a
h) demonstrated mastery of the Slovak language both verbally and in writing and general knowledge of the Slovak Republic according to §8 par. 5 to 8; this does not apply to the applicant according to §7 par. 2 letters b) ai), paragraphs 4 to 6 and for the applicant who was under 14 years of age at the time of submitting the application,
i) fulfills the obligations arising from the provisions of the legal regulations governing the stay of foreigners in the territory of the Slovak Republic, public health insurance, social insurance, old-age pension savings, taxes, levies, fees, employment of foreigners and other obligations arising for foreigners from the legal order of the Slovak Republic.
There is no legal right to the granting of citizenship of the Slovak Republic, even after fulfilling the conditions established by law. In the application procedure, the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic may, according to §7 par. 2 take into account some facts concerning the applicant.
As mutual rights and obligations arise between the state and the citizen after the granting of citizenship of the Slovak Republic, all essential facts concerning the applicant are ascertained in the proceedings from any authorities and institutions. When granting citizenship, the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic must pay attention to the interests of the Slovak Republic, especially in terms of state security, internal legal order, foreign policy interests, the Slovak Republic's obligations towards third countries, the socio-economic situation, as well as the opinions of the concerned state authorities and the Police Force. Given that accepting a foreign citizen into its state union is the exclusive right of the state, the Ministry of the Interior has the right to assess and decide whether to grant the applicant the citizenship of the Slovak Republic.
A child acquires the citizenship of the Slovak Republic in the event that:
If foreign citizenship is not proven, a child who:
A child of a foreign citizen and a citizen of the Slovak Republic is a citizen of the Slovak Republic even if it is later proven that the citizen of the Slovak Republic is not his or her parent.
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