Editorial Policy
Heritage Passport Finder publishes educational guides about citizenship by descent, nationality restoration, and ancestral document research.
Our editorial goal is to make complex citizenship rules easier to understand while clearly separating general information from legal advice.
How guides are researched
Country guides are based on publicly available information from official government websites, consulates, nationality laws, and recognized public sources. Whenever possible, we link directly to official government or consular resources.
How guides are updated
Citizenship laws and administrative rules can change. Each major guide includes a visible "Last reviewed" date. We aim to review key country guides at least once per year or sooner when major legal changes occur.
Corrections
If you notice an error, outdated information, broken link, or unclear explanation, please contact us through the Contact page. We take corrections seriously and review all reports.
Recent corrections
In October 2026 every published guide was re-checked against current law. The substantive corrections were:
- Italy: under Law 74/2025 the parent or grandparent must have held only Italian citizenship — not merely been born in Italy. The eligibility checker was corrected too.
- Latvia: descendants of 17 June 1940 citizens qualify with no generational limit; the guide had said children and grandchildren only.
- Czech Republic: the declaration route covers any loss of citizenship before 2014, including naturalising abroad — not only involuntary losses.
- Slovakia: the ancestry route reaches great-grandparents, and since 15 July 2026 no Slovak residence permit is needed.
- Romania: a B1 Romanian language certificate has been required for Article 10 and 11 applications since 15 March 2025.
- Portugal: the Sephardic route was abolished by Lei Orgânica 1/2026; a great-grandchild route needing five years' residence was added.
- Spain: the Democratic Memory Law closed to new applications on 22 October 2025.
- Germany: naturalising abroad cost German citizenship until 27 June 2024, not only before 1951.
- Netherlands: the automatic-loss period for dual nationals abroad is 13 years since April 2022.
- Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Armenia, Ukraine, Ireland, Croatia and the UK: conditions, legal citations, fees and currencies brought up to date.
- Italy 1948 cases: since June 2022 they are heard by the court for the ancestor's comune of birth, not only Rome.
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No legal advice
The information on this website is for general educational purposes only. It is not legal advice and should not be treated as a substitute for advice from a qualified attorney, consulate, registry office, or government office.