Temporary residence of a foreigner who has the status of a Slovak living abroad (Prechodný pobyt pre Slovákov žijúcich v zahraničí)

What

This temporary residence is granted to foreigners who demonstrably have a Slovak origin, meet the legal requirements and decide to apply for this type of stay granted for five years. This residence permit is the most common type of stay granted to third country nationals.

Who

A third country national who “retains a national consciousness” and he or his ancestor in the direct line has Slovak nationality, and who also on the basis of above facts was granted the certificate of a Slovak living abroad (“certificate”, Osvedčenie) under Act on Slovaks Living Abroad: www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/SK/ZZ/2005/474/#paragraf-7

When

30 days before arrival or after arrival in Slovakia. The Foreign Police Department will decide about your application within 30 days. If you were issued a certificate of a Slovak living abroad and you have already applied for temporary residence for this purpose, then you are entitled to stay in the Slovak territory until the decision on this application.

Good to know

Read more information (in Slovak) on the website of the “Office for Slovaks Living Abroad” (Úrad pre Slovákov žijúcich v zahraničí) at: www.uszz.sk/sk/

Steps

STEP 1: First you need to apply for a certificate either to the Office for Slovaks living abroad or through the embassy of the Slovak Republic abroad. The application form can be downloaded here: www.uszz.sk/data/2015/Ziadost-tlacivo-250915.pdf

You have to document in particular:

a) Slovak nationality: by an official document, which is in particular a birth certificate or a certificate of baptism, a certificate of nationality or a certificate of permanent residence if it contains a record of nationality under the law of the State where such a certificate was issued.

b) Integrity: by an extract from the criminal registry of your state not older than six months or a similar certificate issued by the competent authority of your country or in which you are a resident. An extract from the criminal registry or other document issued by the competent authorities of your State must be valid throughout the whole territory of that state

c) National awareness: by a declaration of results of your public activities demonstrating your national consciousness or by a written testimony of an expatriate organization operating at the place of your residence and, if not, by a written testimony of at least two Slovaks living abroad in the same country as you.

STEP 2: If you were granted the certificate described in step 1, you need to further apply at the Foreign Police Department in Slovakia for temporary residence and to provide the following documents:

a) a valid passport and 2 colour photos of your face, size 3×3.5cm

b) a proof of the purpose of residence – the certificate, preferably within 60 days of the date of issue

c) a proof of good conduct issued in your country of origin if your certificate has more than 60 days,

d) a completed application form which can be downloaded here:

www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/policia/hranicna_a_cudzinecka_policia/ocp/ziadosti/pobyt/udelenie_prechodneho_pobytu_2016.pdf

Where

The Office for Slovaks Living Abroad. See for more information their website (in Slovak): www.uszz.sk/sk/

Slovak embassies abroad can be found here, according to your country of origin (in Slovak):

www.mzv.sk/ministerstvo/slovenske_zastupitelstva-vsetky_zastupitelstva

Address of a competent Foreign Police Department by the future place of your stay (in Slovak): www.minv.sk/?ocp-1

Bratislava, Slovakia