IOM MIGRATION INFORMATION CENTRE

• who is a spouse of a Slovak citizen with a permanent residence in Slovakia or who is a direct dependent relative of a Slovak citizen with a permanent residence in Slovakia
• who is a single child younger than 18 years and has been placed under the custody of a foreign national who is a spouse of a Slovak citizen with a permanent residence in Slovakia
• who is a single child younger than 18 years of a foreigner with a permanent residence permit for five years or a child younger than 18 years that has been placed under the custody of a foreign national with a permanent residence permit for five years
• who is a dependent child older than 18 years, not able to take care of himself/herself due to a long-term unfavourable health condition of a foreign national with a permanent residence permit
• or if it is in the interest of the Slovak Republic.

Application

The application must be submitted using an official form issued by the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic.

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Photos

2 identical colour photographs sized 3 x 3.5 cm (passport format).

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Purpose of stay

How you prove the purpose of your permanent residence depends on your individual situation. For example, if applying for residence after a marriage between a foreigner and a Slovak citizen, it is sufficient to indicate the place of marriage (it must be contracted in Slovakia or registered with the Slovak Special Registry Office) and to provide proof of the spouse's permanent residence in Slovakia (e.g. a valid identity card).

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Criminal Record

The clean criminal record of a foreign national is proved by submitting a Criminal record statement from their country of origin and a Criminal record statement from the country where the applicant has resided longer than 90 days during 6 consecutive months within the past 3 years. The criminal record is not required from foreign nationals younger than 14 years of age, or to change of type of residence, or in case the foreign national had already submitted it when applying for their previous residence permit.

Notice for US citizens. A federal Identification Record (criminal history record) valid for the whole territory of the United States of America is required when applying for a residence permit. A national Identification Record valid only for the territory of one state is not sufficient. Allow approximately 13 weeks for the processing of your request. Therefore it is necessary to make the request with sufficient advance. The federal Identification Record is issued by the FBI and apostille is not required.

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Finances

The stay of the applicant must be financially covered in the amount of 12-times the minimum subsistence level (from July 2023 the sum of the minimum subsistence level is EUR 268.88). The financial coverage can be proved by submitting either a bank account statement in the name of the foreign national from a bank in the territory of Slovakia or in his home country, translated to Slovak by a certified translator, or an employer´s confirmation of the amount of the agreed wage. Financial coverage may also be proved by a notarially certified declaration of the person with whom the foreigner asks for a family reunion, supplemented by their bank account statement or by the employer's confirmation of the person's salary. 

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Accommodation

Document confirming the provision of accommodation must be issued for a minimum period of 6 months. Document confirming the provision of accommodation can, for example, be an affidavit of real estate ownership (if the foreigner is the owner of the property) or a lease with the owner or user of the property and proof of eligibility to use the property in case of a lease agreement with the property user, or confirmation of the accommodation facility, a hotel or a boarding house, or an affidavit of a physical person or a legal entity of provision of accommodation to the foreign national on the territory of Slovakia and proof of eligibility to use the property in case of an affidavit of the property user.

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Medical Report

A medical report certifying that the foreign national does not suffer from an illness endangering public health must be submitted within 30 days of collecting the residence permit. The police may extend the time limit for submitting the medical report by 60 days at the request of the foreigner. The medical report cannot be older than 30 days. The medical report need not be submitted by a foreign national with a residence in another Union Member State or by a foreign national changing the type of their residence. The medical report may be issued only by one of these medical facilities:  

Bratislava region:

• Poliklinika cudzokrajných chorôb, ZAMA s.r.o., Americké námestie 3, Bratislava, Tel: +421 2 52925688, Fax: +421 2 52962732,
• Inštitút očkovania a cestovnej medicíny s.r.o., Teslova 33, Bratislava, Tel: +421 2 44635473, Mobil: +421 915 889054, 
• Medicínske zariadenie Mlynská Dolina s.r.o., Staré Grunty 56, 841 04 Bratislava, Tel: +421 2 3231 3025, +421 911 392 220,
• Travel Health Clinic s.r.o., Tehelná 26, 831 03 Bratislava, Tel: +421 905742898,

Nitra region:

• Fakultná nemocnica Nitra, Ambulancia pre cudzokrajné choroby, Špitálska 6, 950 01 Nitra, Tel: +421 37 6545 955,  
• Expat Clinic s. r. o., ambulancia infektológie a cestovnej medicíny, Hornočermánska 806/4, 949 01 Nitra, Tel: +421 948 350 123, 
• Nemocnica Komárno s.r.o., Mederčská č. 39, 945 05 Komárno, Tel: +421 948 350 123, +421 35 7909 579, 

Trenčin region:

• Ambulancia infektológie a tropickej medicíny Spoločnosti INF TROP-MED s.r.o., Nábrežná 5, 971 01 Prievidza, +421 46 51 133 11,  
• TC Ambulancia s.r.o., Dolný Šianec 1013/1, 911 01 Trenčín, +421 915 992 086,  

Banská Bystrica region:

• Ambulancia cestovnej medicíny pri Infekčnom oddelení Fakultnej nemocnice s poliklinikou F. D. Roosevelta v Banskej Bystrici, Cesta k nemocnici 1, 975 17 Banská Bystrica, Tel: +421 48 4335 315
• Nemocnica Zvolen, Kuzmányho nábrežie 28, 960 01 Zvolen, Tel: +421 948 350 123, +421 45 5201 515, 

Žilina region:

• Inštitút očkovania a cestovnej medicíny s.r.o., ŽILPO, s.r.o., Vysokoškolákov 31, Žilina, Mobil: +421 917 131479,  
• Univerzitná nemocnica Martin, Klinika infektológie a cestovnej medicíny, Ambulancia pre cudzokrajné choroby, Kollárova 2, Martin, Tel: +421 43 4203637, Tel: +421 43 4203386,   

Košice region:

• Stredisko cestovnej medicíny - Infektologická ambulancia LV - Medical, s.r.o., Gemerská 3, Košice 040 11, Tel: +421 55 625 05 55, +421 949 554 187,   
• Univerzitná nemocnica L. Pasteura Košice, Klinika infektológie a cestovnej medicíny, Rastislavova 43, Košice,  Tel: +421 55 6152200, Tel: +421 55 6152201,  
• Nemocnica s poliklinikou Štefana Kukuru Michalovce a.s., Špitálska 2, 071 01 Michalovce, Tel: +421 56 641 6809,
    

A foreign national can be granted permanent residence for an unlimited time after 4 years of having a permanent residence for five years.