There are obvious benefits of obtaining another citizenship. Basically, you can enjoy rights under two legal systems, such as the right to reside, work, and study in both states, travel freely between the two countries without requiring a visa, or enjoy diplomatic protection of two states abroad. Why have it all once if you can have it twice?

But, actually, in the case of the Czech Republic, you can have some of the rights not twice but 27 times! Why is that?

The Czech Republic is a member state of the European Union. If you hold citizenship of one of the EU member states, you automatically get a special "European Union citizenship"

As a citizen of the Czech Republic, you can travel, work, study, make business and even reside freely in any other EU member state. That's right - even if you are a citizen of the Czech Republic, you can decide to live in France, study in Sweden or set up a business in Germany without any special requirements. No need for visa, work or permanent residency permits. You can even study for free if the study programmes in the given member state are free for its citizens or hold property in another country. You'll also have acces to health care benefits of another EU state if you fall within the health insurance system in the Czech Republic. Isn't that tempting?

You can get Czech nationality by the act of declaration if:

• you yourself lost Czech citizenship before 1 January 2014,
• your parents or grandparents lost Czech citizenship before 1 January 2014 or
• you or your direct anscestors were citizens of the no longer existing "Czech and Slovak Federal Republic" as of 31 December 1992.

Generally, the process consists of the following steps:

1) filling up the application and questionnaire and handing them over at the respective Regional office,

2) providing the necessary documentation to prove fulfillment of the criteria for getting the citizenship.

We will be happy to lead you through the whole process which might get quite complicated along the way.