PENDING: Wintonovy děti (4th-gen diaspora) — Sněmovní tisk 585
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- Pending; bill stalled in Parliament
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Who qualifies
CZ-DSC-04 documents the PENDING legislative proposal — Sněmovní tisk 585/0 of 9th PS volební období — to extend the §31 Act 186/2013 declaration regime to 4th-generation descendants (great-grandchildren) of former Czech or Czechoslovak citizens. The bill is sponsored by poslanci Bělor, Balaš, Benešík, Decroix, Michálek, Ochodnická, Okamura and is motivated in significant part by the moral imperative to honor Sir Nicholas Winton's Czech-Jewish Kindertransport children (Wintonovy děti) and their descendants.
If enacted, operative conditions would extend the §31 declaration framework to:
- Person whose at least one great-grandparent was a former CZ or CS citizen meeting §31(1) criteria (4th generation reach)
- All other §31 conditions preserved (not currently Slovak citizen; loss not via §31(2)(a) Beneš exclusion)
- 60-day decision deadline + CZK 500 fee + krajský úřad / zastupitelský úřad filing infrastructure preserved
Until enacted, the operational reach of CZ-DSC declaration regime is 3-generation (post-Act 207/2019) — see CZ-DSC-02 + CZ-RST-03.
Example scenarios
REQUIRES FURTHER REVIEW — proposal pending; if enacted may extend §32 declaration to 4th-generation Holocaust-rescue diaspora.
Sněmovní tisk 585 is a pending Chamber-of-Deputies bill proposing to extend §32 declaration eligibility to 4th-generation descendants of pre-WWII Czech Jewish diaspora particularly the Wintonovy děti cohort (children rescued via Sir Nicholas Winton Kindertransport 1939). Status: PENDING legislative passage. Applicant currently INELIGIBLE under §32 (3-gen limit) but eligible if Sněmovní tisk 585 enacted. Monitor policy-monitor MCP for amendments.
Informational summary compiled from primary legal sources — not legal advice. Citizenship law changes; verify with the competent authority before acting. Last verified 2026-04-27.
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