Permanent residence for five years
- Last Updated: 07 October 2024
- who is a spouse of a Slovak citizen with permanent residence in Slovakia or who is a direct dependent relative of a Slovak citizen with 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 permanent residence in Slovakia,
- who is a single child younger than 18 years of a foreigner with permanent residence for five years or a child younger than 18 years that has been placed under the custody of a foreign national with permanent residence 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 permanent residence,
- or if it is in the interest of the Slovak Republic.
Download Fact Sheet: Permanent residence for five years.pdf The Ministry of the Interior may grant permanent residence for five years without meeting the conditions laid down in the Act of Residence of Foreigner, even repeatedly:
- to a stateless person;
- for reasons worthy of special consideration;
- to an adult who has been granted tolerated residence or supplementary protection as an unaccompanied minor for a minimum of three years during which they studied at a school in the territory of the Slovak Republic;
- if it is necessary in order to provide protection and assistance to a witness under a special regulation, or
- if it is proposed by the Slovak Intelligence Service or the Military Intelligence for the security interests of the Slovak Republic.
The Foreign Police will process the application within 90 days of its delivery.
Application submission
The application for a permanent residence for five years must be submitted in person at a Slovak embassy/consulate general abroad. One may also apply at the Foreign Police Department in Slovakia, however, only if the applicant is:
- in Slovakia on the basis of a valid Slovak/EU residence permit
- in Slovakia on the basis of a valid tolerated residence
- in Slovakia on the basis of a valid national visa issued by Slovakia
- in Slovakia on the basis of a valid Schengen visa issued by another EU Member State pursuant to an agreement on representation between the Slovak Republic and another Member State;
- a third-country national who does not need a visa to enter Slovakia;
- a temporary protection holder;
- the holder of a Certificate of a Slovak living abroad.
If the application is submitted at a Slovak embassy abroad, the foreigner will be interviewed for the purpose of preliminary assessment of the application.
The official application form must be submitted together with the following documents:
- valid travel document (passport)
- a colour photograph
- proof of the purpose of residence
- proof of a clear criminal record
- proof of financial coverage
- written consent of a parent who is authorized to meet the child (the applicant) younger than 18 years of age
- proof of accommodation.
An applicant who submits a complete application is authorised to stay in Slovakia until the application is decided upon. If the applicant does not submit all the required documents to the Embassy or the Foreign Police department, the application will not be accepted and the applicant will be given a written list of the necessary documents to be submitted with the application. The documents submitted with the application cannot be older than 90 days (except for civil registry documents, e.g. marriage certificate etc.), otherwise, the Police Department will not accept them. Each public document issued abroad must be duly authenticated and each document issued in a language other than Slovak must be translated into Slovak by a certified translator.
The foreign national must sign up for health insurance within 3 business days of collecting the residence card.
Within 30 days of obtaining the residence card, the foreigner must submit a medical report confirming that they do not suffer from any disease which could endanger public health (not older than 30 days). The police may extend the deadline for submitting the medical report by 60 days on request.
Application
The application must be submitted using an official form issued by the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic.
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Photo
One colour photograph sized 3 x 3.5 cm.
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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 as a spouse of a Slovak citizen, it is sufficient to indicate the place of marriage (it must have taken place in Slovakia or been 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 when applying for a change of the type of residence, if 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 subsistence minimum (from July 2024 the sum of the minimum subsistence level is EUR 273.99). The financial coverage can be proved by submitting either bank account statements for the last three months in the name of the foreign national, or an employer´s confirmation of the amount of the agreed wage. Financial coverage may also be demonstrated by a certified declaration of the person with whom the foreigner asks for a family reunion, supplemented by their three-month bank account statements 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), a lease with the owner of the property, or confirmation of the accommodation facility (e.g. 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.
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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: +421 915 889 054,
- 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: +421 905 742 898,
Trnava region:
- Špecializovaná infektologická ambulancia spoločnosti KARIBU s.r.o., ul. Hlavná 31/15, 917 01 Trnava, Mobil: +421 907 311127,
- Infekčná klinika Fakultnej nemocnice Trnava, A. Žarnova 11, 917 75 Trnava, Tel.: +421 33 593811, Fax.: +421 033 5938768,
Nitra region:
- Fakultná nemocnica Nitra, Ambulancia pre cudzokrajné choroby, Špitálska 6, 950 01 Nitra, Tel: +421 37 6545 955,
- Nemocnica AGEL, Bernolákova 4, Zlaté Moravce, 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,
- ID Clinic s.r.o., Hornočemánska 806/4, 949 01 Nitra, Tel: +421 951 078 258,
Trenčín region:
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: +421 917 131 479,
- Univerzitná nemocnica Martin, Klinika infektológie a cestovnej medicíny, Ambulancia pre cudzokrajné choroby, Kollárova 2, Martin, Tel: +421 43 4203637, Tel: +421 43 4203386,
- Travel Health Clinic s. r. o., Bratislavská 4, 010 01 Žilina, Tel: +421 905 742 898,
Prešov region:
- Ambulancia tropickej medicíny pri Infektologickej ambulancii, Nemocnica arm. generála L. Svobodu Svidník a. s., ul. MUDr. Pribilu 412/4, 089 01 Svidník, Tel.: +421 54 7860564, Mobile: +421 917 556425,
- Nemocnica Poprad, a. s., Banícka 803/28, 058 45 Poprad
- Fakultná nemocnica s poliklinikou J.A. Reimana Prešov, Hollého 14, 081 81 Prešov
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.
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