- Can my baby get Czech citizenship?
A baby obtains Czech citizenship if at least one of the parents is Czech.
In such a case there’s no need to apply for Czech citizenship – it’s assigned automatically. Depending on the other parent’s country’s law, the baby might also be entitled to a second citizenship. To find out more, the parents should contact the foreign country’s embassy1 .
If both parents of the baby born in the Czech Republic are foreigners, ius sanguinis (“right of blood”) applies. This means the baby will only get Czech citizenship under certain conditions.
1. Here is an exhaustive list of foreign embassies and consulates in the Czech Republic.
- How can I apply for Czech citizenship for my baby?
Although, theoretically, the parents have the right to apply for Czech citizenship for their newborn right after birth, in practice, such a request is never granted unless at least one of the parents is Czech.
However, if at least one of the parents (both EU and non-EU citizens with permanent residency in the Czech Republic) already fulfils the conditions at the time the baby is born and is thus eligible to apply, the parent and the baby can apply at the same time.
If neither of the parents is eligible for Czech citizenship at the time the baby is born, the baby gets whichever residency status of one of his/her parents that’s more advantageous. For example, if one parent has temporary residency and the other permanent residency, the baby will automatically get the latter. (For more details see our guide Having a baby – Immigration office.) This means the baby and/or the parent apply for Czech citizenship later – once they fulfil the conditions.
- How can I apply for other than Czech citizenship?
If the baby doesn’t get Czech citizenship, he/she will need to get the citizenship(s) of his / her parents. For this purpose, the parents should contact their embassy/ies2 and learn more about the necessary legal and administrative procedures.
The parents of the baby should also remember to ask their embassies to
- issue a passport for their baby or
- inscribe the baby into their passports as they will need one or the other when registering the baby at the local Immigration Office (For more details see our guide Having a baby – Immigration office.)
Quite naturally, the procedures vary from embassy to embassy. In both cases, however, the parents will most probably need one or more official duplicates of the baby’s birth certificate (For more details read the guide Having a baby – Birth Registry Office).
2. Here is an exhaustive list of foreign embassies and consulates in the Czech Republic.
- Can my baby get Czech citizenship?
A baby obtains Czech citizenship if at least one of the parents is Czech.
In such a case there’s no need to apply for Czech citizenship – it’s assigned automatically. Depending on the other parent’s country’s law, the baby might also be entitled to a second citizenship. To find out more, the parents should contact the foreign country’s embassy1 .
If both parents of the baby born in the Czech Republic are foreigners, ius sanguinis (“right of blood”) applies. This means the baby will only get Czech citizenship under certain conditions.
1. Here is an exhaustive list of foreign embassies and consulates in the Czech Republic.
- How can I apply for Czech citizenship for my baby?
Although, theoretically, the parents have the right to apply for Czech citizenship for their newborn right after birth, in practice, such a request is never granted unless at least one of the parents is Czech.
However, if at least one of the parents (both EU and non-EU citizens with permanent residency in the Czech Republic) already fulfils the conditions at the time the baby is born and is thus eligible to apply, the parent and the baby can apply at the same time.
If neither of the parents is eligible for Czech citizenship at the time the baby is born, the baby gets whichever residency status of one of his/her parents that’s more advantageous. For example, if one parent has temporary residency and the other permanent residency, the baby will automatically get the latter. (For more details see our guide Having a baby – Immigration office.) This means the baby and/or the parent apply for Czech citizenship later – once they fulfil the conditions.
- How can I apply for other than Czech citizenship?
If the baby doesn’t get Czech citizenship, he/she will need to get the citizenship(s) of his / her parents. For this purpose, the parents should contact their embassy/ies2 and learn more about the necessary legal and administrative procedures.
The parents of the baby should also remember to ask their embassies to
- issue a passport for their baby or
- inscribe the baby into their passports as they will need one or the other when registering the baby at the local Immigration Office (For more details see our guide Having a baby – Immigration office.)
Quite naturally, the procedures vary from embassy to embassy. In both cases, however, the parents will most probably need one or more official duplicates of the baby’s birth certificate (For more details read the guide Having a baby – Birth Registry Office).
2. Here is an exhaustive list of foreign embassies and consulates in the Czech Republic.
General info
Having a baby is a very joyous event.
However, apart from regular medical check-ups and standard administrative procedures, becoming a parent in a foreign country creates a whole new list of obligations that need to be fulfilled before as well as after the baby is born.
That is why the parents (to be) should get in touch with a number of offices and familiarize with the procedures described in the answers above.
