In this second part of our episode on citizenship, we are speaking with an Englishman who successfully gained Slovak citizenship. Richard Swales came to Slovakia in 2002 on holiday and never left. It took 17 years for him feel the need for citizenship. Why did he finally decide to seek citizenship? How long was the process? How has citizenship changed and improved his life? We answer these questions and more in this episode.

Here is the link to the IOM webpage on Slovak citizenship.

https://www.mic.iom.sk/en/citizenship/conditions-for-granting-slovak-citizenship-naturalization.html

Theme song: Cristian Estrella - 25 cóndores índigos rumbo a Marte (intro version) . You can find Cristian's work online at: https://www.radiorueda.com/members/cristian-estrella/

https://cristianestrella.bandcamp.com/

Thank you to Fjuzn, a program the Milan Simecka foundation, for all their support. Follow them online at: fjuzn.sk

Thank you also to Kult Minor.

Realized with the financial support of the Fund for the Support of the Culture of National Minorities

Realizované s finančnou podporou Fondu na podporu kultúry národnostných menšín

You can follow this podcast online at

https://nsapapodcast.eu/

https://www.facebook.com/nsapapodcast

https://www.instagram.com/nsapapodcast/?hl=en

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound

Overcoming - Cospe

Known in Heaven - JOYSPRING

Malvas Polska - Sandra Marteleur