If you think that you may be citizen of the Czech Republic because your father or mother was citizen of Czechoslovakia, you can submit to this Consulate an application for Czech citizenship certificate. For child younger than 18 years of age, the application must be submitted by parent or custodian.
The Czech citizenship certificate is issued by the regional state office according to place of your last residence in the Czech Republic, resp. by the Prague District 1 Office in case you never resided in the Czech Republic. It takes one to two months to get response to your application.

The response can be either that you are the Czech citizen (you will obtain certificate "Osvědčení o státním občanství České republiky" against payment of small fee approx. 6 US dollars) or that you are not the Czech citizen (you will obtain stamped paper "Rozhodnutí" which will fully explain reasons why your application is denied) or that your application can not be processed and decided (you will obtain stamped paper "Rozhodnutí" informing you that proceedings concerning your application were interrupted and why - usually you will be asked to provide further documents).

If you want us to accept your application please come to our office personally during our regular business hours and bring the following:

Completely filled and signed application formS

1. ŽÁDOST o zjištění státního občanství České republiky a vydání osvědčení o státním občanství České republiky (PDF, 181 KB)

(if you don't understand Czech language we will help you to fill it out here at the Consulate when you come here).

2. DOTAZNÍK ke zjištění státního občanství České republiky a vydání osvědčení o státním občanství České republiky (PDF, 191 KB)

(if you don't understand Czech language we will help you to fill it out here at the Consulate when you come here).

3. your Czech birth certificate "Rodný list" or "Rodný a křestní list"

4. other documents supporting your Czech citizenship
For example your Czech marriage certificate, old Czechoslovak ID (obcansky prukaz) or passport, Czechoslovak driver's license, the same documents issued to your mother or father etc.

5. Cash or money order to pay the consular fee. Personal or business checks and credit cards are NOT accepted.

For exact Fee CLICK HERE (159a issuance of the Czech citizenship certificate)

Please note that without having Czech or Czechoslovak birth certificate your application can not be processed. If you don't have the Czech birth certificate and your birth is already registered in the Czech Republic, please apply first for duplicate birth certificate. However if your birth has never been registered in the Czech Republic, it is necessary to submit document issued in the Czech Republic and confirming that your mother or father was citizen of Czechoslovakia at time you were born. The easiest way is that the particular parent submits the application for the Czech citizenship certificate (information in English is here, information in Czech is here).

If something is not clear please send us an e-mail: consulate_chicago@mzv.cz