What the data shows across these countries
- 19 documented routes in total
- 12 countries have at least one route that leads to permanent residence
- 17 countries have at least one route that leads on to citizenship
- 1 country documents at least one route with no language requirement
- 11 EU members, 13 in the Schengen Area, 0 in the Persian Gulf
- Official government fees range from 30 to 200 EUR across the 4 countries that publish one
These figures are counted from the routes documented on this site, not estimated. Each country page states its own sources.
Countries offering this route
Albania
- Citizenship by Descent (Law 113/2020, Art. 6)
1 pathway
Austria
- Citizenship by Descent (ius sanguinis)
- Citizenship for Victims of Nazi Persecution and Their Descendants (StbG section 58c)
2 pathways
EU Schengen Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Switzerland
- Citizenship by Descent and Simplified Naturalisation for Descendants / Third Generation
1 pathway
Official fee from 750 CHF
Schengen Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Czech Republic
- Citizenship by Declaration - Ancestry / Descent
1 pathway
EU Schengen
See requirements
Germany
- Ethnic German Repatriate (Spataussiedler, BVFG §15 → StAG §7)
1 pathway
EU Schengen Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Denmark
- Citizenship by descent / ancestry
1 pathway
EU Schengen
See requirements
United Kingdom
- UK Ancestry visa
1 pathway
Official fee from 1,761 GBP
Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Greece
- Ethnic Greeks / Ancestry (Category Y)
1 pathway
Official fee from 100 EUR
EU Schengen Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Hungary
- Simplified (Preferential) Naturalization & Citizenship by Descent
1 pathway
EU Schengen Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Liechtenstein
- Citizenship by descent (ius sanguinis)
1 pathway
Schengen Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
North Macedonia
- Residence / Citizenship by North Macedonian Origin
1 pathway
Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Malta
- Citizenship by Registration - Descent / Ancestry
1 pathway
Official fee from 200 EUR
EU Schengen Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Poland
- Pole's Card (Karta Polaka) to permanent residence
- Repatriation visa (descent-based citizenship)
2 pathways
Official fee from 100 PLN
EU Schengen Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Romania
- Citizenship by Descent / Restoration (Arts. 10 & 11)
1 pathway
EU Schengen Leads to PR / citizenship
See requirements
Serbia
- Temporary residence on the basis of Serbian origin
1 pathway
Leads to PR / citizenship No language needed
See requirements
Slovenia
- Citizenship for Emigrants and Descendants
1 pathway
Official fee from 186 EUR
EU Schengen
See requirements
Slovakia
- Citizenship by Descent / Ancestry
1 pathway
Official fee from 30 EUR
EU Schengen
See requirements