Get your residence in the Slovak Republic

There are many foreign entrepreneurs in Slovakia, but also employees or people with particular personal and familiar relations, who have decided to obtain a residence permit of the Slovak Republic. In fact, everyone who intends to stay in our country for a longer period, is in charge to visit relevant foreign police within 90 days of arrival to Slovakia and get registered. Even if you are just on the beginning of the whole process, you do not need to worry, as it is a definitely reachable goal.

Especially for the citizens of European Union countries the registration is much quicker than for non-EU citizens. Anyway, if you do not feel like to communicate with public offices and to deal with many needed papers, documents, deadlines and rules, to obtain a residence permit can become a pretty bothersome issue. That´s why we offer you our services to be a professional guide through whole the bureaucratic process, including the whole communications with offices, translation services, but also consulting and setting up all the needed, regarding your accommodation, lease contract, buying of property, etc.

We as an agency will assist you with getting exactly that type of residence permit you will need – temporary or permanent residence, according to your plans in Slovakia. Temporary residence will allow you to stay, exit and re-enter in Slovakia during the period, given  by  police department – max. to 6 months. Temporary residence is referring to one single purpose and if you want to change your activities and reason for your stay, you will have to file a new application for another permit. Reason for such a residence can be: business, employment, study, research, family unification, activity in armed forces or other special activities, and also status of Slovak, living abroad.  

Permanent residence will allow you to stay much longer, it is usually issued for period of five years but can be also of unlimited duration. It can be issued also for a person with long term residence in other EU country. Also, this type of residence is issued for purpose of employment, entrepreneurship, study, family unification… There is also third, so called tolerated residence, however not frequently utilized. Much more preferred by the foreign entrepreneurs in Slovak Republic are the other two types of residence.

As an applicant for a residence permit you will have to present with correctly filled application document, motive of your registration, your actual photo, estrait of the Commercial register of your Slovak company (or working contract), document on providing residence (certificate of a property, contract of lease, approval of the owner of a propriety), to pay an administrative charge, and to submit all the above given to Foreign police. The whole process can last from 2 to 30 days, depending on if you choose regular or urgent administrative procedure. Of course, you will have to present also your valid ID card or passport. If you do not have a business activity in Slovakia and do not work here, it is needed only to have sufficient financial means, required by law, to present a prove of having sanitary insurance valid on the territory of Slovak Republic and also the prove of having domicile in Slovakia.

So, if you have definitely decided to obtain a residence in Slovak Republic but do not feel to deal with all the procedure and to keep in mind all the necessary, leave freely your worries to us! We will help you to achieve your goal more quickly, simply and without undesirable obstacles.