
Citizens of the EU / EEA / Switzerland
Stay up to 10 days, you have to submit (by person or via email) the Notice of the Stay at the local Foreign Police Department, if the accommodation provider does not do it on your behalf.
Stay longer than 90 days, you need to apply for the Registration of residence of an EU/EEA/Swiss national within the next 30 day by booking an appointment through the online reservation system of the Foreign Police Office. Only online reservations will be handled at the Foreign Police Departments.
Check if you need VISA here.
More info about administrative: entry conditions / visas
Shengen VISA
Third-country nationals
In 3 days of your arrival, you have to submit (by person or via email) the Notice of the Stay at the local Foreign Police Department, if the accommodation provider does not do it on your behalf .
Third-country national staying in Slovakia is obliged to report any change regarding your place of residence within five working days from the day when the change occurred.
If you are granted a temporary residence:
- You are obliged to submit a medical certificate confirming that you do not suffer from any disease threatening public health within 30 days from the collection of your residence card. The certificate cannot be older than 30 days. It can be obtained in specific medical centres only and you will be charged a fee. More information is available here.
- You are also obliged to report to the police department if:
- you will reside outside the Slovak territory for more than 180 days continuously (in writing)
- you will stay away from the place of residence stated in the granted temporary residence for more than 30 days continuously
- the purpose of stay, for which the temporary residence was granted has ceased to exist
More information about administrative duties here.
More information about your residence, citizenship, work or social issues you can find here.
Support regarding the residence conditions is also proved by the help of Centres of Services for Foreigners (CSC), the nearest one is in Košice:
CSC Košice – Trieda SNP 35, 040 11 Košice
Office hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Phone: +421 961 570 333
Email: csc@minv.sk

Health insurance:
Health care in Slovakia is provided by public health insurance or individual (commercial) health care companies. We have 3 insurance companies (Dôvera, Union, Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa). You can decide freely which company you want to be insured with, but you can only be insured with one of them (which you can change once a year).
Citizens of the EU / EEA / Switzerland
Documents you need:
- European Health Insurance Card
- Commercial travel health insurance with sufficient coverage is also recommended
After starting working in Slovakia:
a) you choose one of the three insurance companies:
Dôvera
UNION
Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa
- b) register with the insurance company as a natural person
- c) submit your health insurance card to your personnel officer
Third-country nationals
When entering Slovakia, you need commercial travel health insurance with sufficient coverage.
After starting working in Slovakia:
a) choose one of the three insurance companies:
Dôvera
UNION
Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa
- b) register with the insurance company as a natural person
- c) submit your health insurance card to your personnel officer
Social insurance
Taxes
RECOGNITION OF DIPLOMAS