2019 Amendment to the Citizenship Act
NN 102/19, in force from 1 January 2020
Removed the generational limit on Article 11's emigrant/descendant route and dropped the language and culture test for that route — the change most often (and incorrectly) described elsewhere as a '2025' or '2025/2026' amendment. This is the actual legal basis for the no-generational-limit claim made throughout this page.
What this law actually does
Removed the generational limit on Article 11 emigrant/descendant naturalisation
Dropped the language and culture test requirement for Article 11 applicants
Confirmed spouses of qualifying emigrants/descendants can be included under the same route
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