Booklets (9)
Employment of Foreign Nationals in Slovakia
The brochure "Employment of Foreign Nationals in Slovakia 2024" provides comprehensive information about the conditions and opportunities for employment of foreign nationals in Slovakia. Its purpose is to help you navigate legislation, obligations, and rights that apply to you when seeking a job and during employment.
It contains practical advice and guidance that explain the process of obtaining work permits, temporary residence for employment purposes, and other essential documents. It also highlights differences in conditions depending on your type of residence and the kind of work you intend to perform.
The brochure is primarily intended for third-country nationals, i.e., individuals from outside the EU, EEA, and Switzerland, who wish to work in Slovakia. It also includes brief information about the status of Union citizens in employment relations in Slovakia.
This brochure serves as a helpful guide for any foreign national planning to work in Slovakia. For the most up-to-date information, we recommend verifying details with the relevant authorities or the IOM Migration Information Centre.
The brochure is available in Slovak, English, Russian, and Ukrainian.
The Health Booklet
The Health Booklet is an informational material for refugees from Ukraine about healthcare in Slovakia.
In the Booklet you will find:
- Healthcare system and your health protection entitlement in Slovakia
- Help with various infectious and non-infectious diseases
- How to find a doctor
- Mental health and psychosocial support
- Women's health and pregnancy
- Vaccinations
- Medical documents
- Disability
- Medical dictionary to overcome the language barrier
...and many other useful information!
We hope that this Booklet will be your guide in the health system and will help you find the necessary medical care!
The Booklet was developed by the World Health Organization in Slovakia. It is also available in Ukrainian and Slovak.
Welcome to Slovakia 2023
A newly updated booklet published by the IOM Migration Information Centre entitled Welcome to Slovakia 2023 provides a short overview of basic information about Slovakia. You can find here practical tips and advice as well as information about obligations you have under the Slovak legislation.
The booklet contains updated information about the education system, health care, social security and other important domains of life in Slovakia for:
- non-EU nationals;
- citizens of non-EU/EEA countries who have temporary, permanent or tolerated stay in Slovakia, including applicants for temporary refuge and persons granted temporary refuge in Slovakia ("departees")
- EU citizens with a university degree
- foreign university students studying at a university in Slovakia
This publication contains information that changes regularly. Please check with the IOM Migration Information Center for up-to-date information.
The booklet is available in Slovak, English, Ukrainian and Russian languages.
Marriage and Family Life of Foreigners in Slovakia
The aim of the brochure is to provide you with an overview of information on the conditions of marriage between a foreign national and a citizen of the Slovak Republic (hereafter „SR“) or among foreign nationals themselves, obtaining residency for children of foreigners who were born in Slovakia, as well as the consequences of divorce on a foreign national‘s residency.
You will find here practical advice and important warnings about the obstacles in which you may encounter upon concluding a marriage in Slovakia, as well as the requirements you are subjected to under the law of the Slovak Republic upon marriage, birth of a child and divorce.
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