• wjrii@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      You need a grand-grandparent (or more recent) born in Slovakia. My biological great grandmother was born in a small town in the eastern half of what is now Slovakia, and immigrated to the US in the late 1920s. I was adopted as an infant though, so my legal family has no such connections, and while I could try to make my case, it would be both circumstantial and rather technical unless I could get help from my birth father, which is, shall we say, unlikely.

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        7 months ago

        Interesting. My grandmother was.

        I’ve wondered what my options to get to the EU are if I really wanted. That…is interesting.

        Edit: do you have a source by any chance? So far I only see rules allowing if parents were Slovakian citizens.

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          7 months ago

          The Australian embassy seems to have updated their page more recently than the US or Canada, and they mention the grandparents and great grandparents thing. I’d check with the US embassy (assuming you’re in the US) to confirm, but it looks like the long-discussed law change did happen. I kinda lost interest when I realized the doors I’d have to barge in to have a plausible chance of success. YMMV. :-)