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Monthly application figures.
Submitted citizenship applications · No pathway or nationality breakdown.
Individual receipt dates or waiting times.
MOI · All reported pathways · All nationalities · 2024–2026
| Period | Submitted applications | Reported months | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 196 | 1/1 | Partial |
| September 2026 | 301 | 1/1 | Reported |
| August 2026 | 229 | 1/1 | Reported |
| July 2026 | 304 | 1/1 | Reported |
| June 2026 | 323 | 1/1 | Reported |
| May 2026 | 272 | 1/1 | Reported |
| April 2026 | 286 | 1/1 | Reported |
| March 2026 | 281 | 1/1 | Reported |
| February 2026 | 273 | 1/1 | Reported |
| January 2026 | 267 | 1/1 | Reported |
MOI · All reported pathways · anchor: March 2024
Estimated open workload · fixed MOI reference.
Starts with 2,106 applications at MOI, assigned to end March 2024. Adds intake and subtracts grants and modeled monthly other outcomes. The month-end date and matching count units are assumptions.
| Period | Submitted applications | Reported grants | Estimated workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | 167 | 33 | ≈ 2,237 |
| May 2024 | 161 | 68 | ≈ 2,325 |
| June 2024 | 162 | 103 | ≈ 2,375 |
| July 2024 | 159 | 71 | ≈ 2,458 |
| August 2024 | 139 | 73 | ≈ 2,518 |
| September 2024 | 147 | 155 | ≈ 2,497 |
| October 2024 | 194 | 239 | ≈ 2,433 |
| November 2024 | 193 | 157 | ≈ 2,456 |
| December 2024 | 194 | 147 | ≈ 2,491 |
| January 2025 | 188 | 89 | ≈ 2,588 |
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
Annual citizenship applications filed through embassies and consulates.
No pathway breakdown or complete office list. How these figures fit
Report context · all consular locations
2023–2025 · all consular locations
All-consular emails per citizenship application
2023–2025: Citizenship intake more than doubled, while email volume rose only 8%.
2025 · all consular locations
13.6% grant applications of 5,857 requests
2024–2025 · fixed comparison
+307 applications net change
Washington accounted for 53.4% of the net increase.
Email ratio: answered email inquiries across the consular service divided by the same year’s citizenship grant applications. Institutional coverage differs; this measures neither citizenship correspondence nor staff effort, productivity or processing time. The line uses one zero-based ratio scale. Raw counts and the takeaway use 2023–2025; a missing or zero application denominator has no ratio.
Service mix: proof-of-citizenship certificate/confirmation requests + grant applications + release requests must equal the published citizenship-service total. Proof of citizenship is separate from USZZ Slovak-abroad certificates. Counts do not measure staff time.
Office change: 2025 minus 2024 for offices observed in both years. Remaining offices combined is the change between each annual total minus those comparable offices. Missing office figures are never zero. Office location does not identify applicant residence or explain why counts changed.
656 of 798 applications have a named office · 82.2%
Gray: offices not itemized in the report.
Named offices only · — means unavailable
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Consular office locations
Map: Natural EarthAnnual totals across all consular locations · 2017–2025
| Year | Reported count | Unit / coverage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 798 | applications | 2025 report · p. 7 |
| 2024 | 491 | applications | 2024 report · p. 6 |
| 2023 | 314 | applications | 2023 report · p. 6 |
| 2022 | 168 | applications | 2022 report · p. 11 |
| 2021 | 181 | applications | 2021 report · p. 11 |
| 2020 | 124 | applications | 2020 report · p. 14 |
| 2019 | 137 | applications | 2019 report · p. 10 |
| 2018 | 136 | applications | 2018 report · p. 9 |
| 2017 | 159 | applications | 2017 report · p. 9 |
Named offices across all reports.
| Year | Office | Count | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 247 | applications | 2025 report · p. 7 |
| 2025 | Tel Aviv | 196 | applications | 2025 report · p. 7 |
| 2025 | New York | 89 | applications | 2025 report · p. 7 |
| 2025 | Buenos Aires | 66 | applications | 2025 report · p. 7 |
| 2025 | Ottawa | 58 | applications | 2025 report · p. 7 |
| 2024 | Tel Aviv | 121 | applications | 2024 report · p. 6 |
| 2024 | Washington | 83 | applications | 2024 report · p. 6 |
| 2024 | New York | 62 | applications | 2024 report · p. 6 |
| 2024 | Ottawa | 61 | applications | 2024 report · p. 6 |
| 2024 | Buenos Aires | 41 | applications | 2024 report · p. 6 |
2017–2025 · MOI minus all consular applications, assuming matching coverage and reporting years.
| Year | MOI submitted applications | Consular count / unit | Arithmetic difference | Filed within Slovakia (Estimated) | Source / limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,575 | 798 applications | 1,777 | 1,777 | 2025 report · p. 7 MOI source |
| 2024 | 2,035 | 491 applications | 1,544 | 1,544 | 2024 report · p. 6 MOI source |
| 2023 | 1,626 | 314 applications | 1,312 | 1,312 | 2023 report · p. 6 MOI source |
| 2022 | 1,466 | 168 applications | 1,298 | 1,298 | 2022 report · p. 11 MOI source |
| 2021 | 1,242 | 181 applications | 1,061 | 1,061 | 2021 report · p. 11 MOI source |
| 2020 | 931 | 124 applications | 807 | 807 | 2020 report · p. 14 MOI source |
| 2019 | 1,094 | 137 applications | 957 | 957 | 2019 report · p. 10 MOI source |
| 2018 | 1,005 | 136 applications | 869 | 869 | 2018 report · p. 9 MOI source |
| 2017 | 807 | 159 applications | 648 | 648 | 2017 report · p. 9 MOI source |
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2017 report · p. 9Najvyšší počet žiadostí bol predložený na ZÚ Buenos Aires (52), Praha (29), New York (17), Londýn (15), Canberra (10) a Ottawa (9) – išlo o 80,5 % celkového počtu.The source describes an increase of 23 applications compared with 2017, but the reported totals are 136 in 2018 and 159 in 2017, a decrease of 23. Both reported totals are preserved.
2018 report · p. 9V prípade udelenia štátneho občianstva v roku 2018 sa počet žiadostí zvýšil v porovnaní s rokom 2017 o 23 žiadostí.The four named office counts sum to 100, or 73.0% of the reported annual total of 137; the source prints 72%. The reported counts are preserved and the printed percentage is not used to change them.
2019 report · p. 10Najvyšší počet žiadostí bol predložený na ZÚ Londýn (38), Praha (28), New York (18), a Bern (16) – išlo o 72 % celkového počtu.This paragraph covers the broader citizenship agenda, so its figures are excluded from grant applications. It prints 22,308 for 2022 and 22,541 for 2021; the 2021 report prints 2,541. No source figure is corrected. The grant-specific 2022 total is 168.
2022 report · p. 10V roku 2022 konzulárne úseky ZÚ vybavili celkom 22 308 žiadostí tohto druhu, čo je mierny pokles oproti roku 2021, kedy bolo vybavených 22 541 žiadostí.The source says 314 foreigners applied. At the user's request, the total and office figures are treated as applications, assuming an unconfirmed wording or translation difference. Original counts, source unit and quotations are preserved.
2023 report · p. 6O udelenia štátneho občianstva Slovenskej republiky požiadalo 314 cudzincov, najviac na zastupiteľských úradoch New York (71), Washington (62) a Tel Aviv (43).Monthly figures · published annually
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| Month | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1,655 | 1,458 | 1,638 |
| Feb | 1,629 | 1,896 | 1,647 |
| Mar | 2,009 | 2,002 | 2,000 |
| Apr | 1,851 | 1,877 | 1,322 |
| May | 1,932 | 1,800 | 2,377 |
| Jun | 1,799 | 1,430 | 1,699 |
| Jul | 1,441 | 1,465 | 1,406 |
| Aug | 1,377 | 1,135 | 1,226 |
| Sep | 1,386 | 1,421 | 1,289 |
| Oct | 1,415 | 1,632 | 1,662 |
| Nov | 1,371 | 1,427 | 1,534 |
| Dec | 1,087 | 1,290 | 1,335 |
| Total | 18,952 | 18,833 | 19,135 |
MOI’s “Prijaté žiadosti o vydanie cestovného pasu” counts passport applications received. The ZÚ SR row is one consular aggregate, not passports issued or a breakdown by office. It does not identify newly naturalized applicants.
Monthly figures are published in annual reports. All 12 months must reconcile to the published annual total. Missing cells are not zero. Reports do not enumerate participating missions or document coverage changes; this is not a documented fixed panel.
Automatic checks discover annual releases and validate the original PDF table. Source hashes and immutable captures preserve evidence; a failed check retains the last validated data. Check and capture dates are not publication dates; the reports provide no publication date.
Official MOI passport reportsReports through December 2025. Last successful check 2026-10-25.
Reported by participating countries · 1 January 2025
Largest reported populations
| Country | Persons | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 114,648 | — |
| Germany | 54,186 | — |
| Austria | 50,415 | — |
| Hungary | 17,124 | — |
| Netherlands | 10,190 | — |
| Ireland | 9,433 | — |
| Italy | 8,483 | — |
| Belgium | 7,709 | — |
| France | 4,544 | Provisional |
| Norway | 4,026 | — |
| Sweden | 1,909 | — |
| Luxembourg | 1,032 | — |
| Finland | 821 | — |
| Romania | 746 | Estimated |
| Iceland | 554 | — |
| Slovenia | 483 | — |
| Bulgaria | 421 | — |
| Türkiye | 251 | — |
| Estonia | 133 | — |
| Lithuania | 38 | — |
| Latvia | 16 | — |
| Albania | No data | — |
| Andorra | No data | — |
| Armenia | No data | — |
| Azerbaijan | No data | — |
| Croatia | No data | — |
| Cyprus | No data | — |
| Denmark | No data | — |
| Georgia | No data | — |
| Greece | No data | — |
| Liechtenstein | No data | — |
| Malta | No data | — |
| Moldova | No data | — |
| Monaco | No data | — |
| Montenegro | No data | — |
| North Macedonia | No data | — |
| Poland | No data | — |
| Portugal | No data | — |
| Serbia | No data | — |
| Spain | No data | — |
| Switzerland | No data | — |
| Ukraine | No data | — |
| United Kingdom | No data | — |
Eurostat migr_pop1ctz: persons recorded as Slovak citizens on 1 January, all ages and sexes. Reporting countries supply annual population figures; automatic retrieval checks may return unchanged figures.
Coverage varies by year. Slovakia and country aggregates are excluded. Missing figures are unknown, not zero; no worldwide or EU total is inferred. Source status flags remain attached to each observation.
For multiple citizenships, reporting-country citizenship takes priority. These figures do not include every dual national and do not measure ancestry, eligibility or application demand.
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