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

1. b) register with the insurance company as a natural person
2. 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

1. b) register with the insurance company as a natural person
2. c) submit your health insurance card to your personnel officer

Social insurance

Taxes

RECOGNITION OF DIPLOMAS

• ACCOMMODATION: Dormitories
  Tips for private accomodation: Hostels: Mladosť, Lineas, Átrium,  
                                                                    Facebook Groups: Bývanie a prenájom Prešov
• BANK SERVICES:
  The list of all banks is available at the website of the Slovak Banking Association.
• Documents you need before opening a bank account:
• ID +  Third country nationals may be asked to provide two documents. (e.g. passport + ID card, health insurance card, driver’s licence etc.).
• Permanent residence document – This is required only in case your permanent residence address is not included in your identification document/s. This document can be anything from the identification document to utility invoice.
• Document stating the purpose of your stay – In case you are a student, a confirmation of your studies issued by the Study Department (in case of full-time students), or the Letter of Acceptance by the IRO (in case of exchange students) should suffice. If you are a staff member, you should submit your employment contract.
• Temporary residence document – You can also be asked to provide the address and the proof of your temporary residence in Slovakia (i.e. accommodation or rental contract).
• Do not forget to close the account in person at the bank’s office before your departure.

• Banks near the Campus: Slovenská poisťovňa (Masarykova 10, 080 67 Prešov), VÚB (Masarykova 13, 80010 Prešov), Tatra Banka (Námestie legionárov 1, 080 01 Prešov)

  MEDICAL CARE: 
  Look for the information available at: • Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic: www.health.gov.sk

  • List of medical facilities and doctors
  • List of dentists

• EMERGENCY NUMBERS:

  SOS: 112

  Ambulance: 155

  Firefighters: 150

  Police: 158 

  Hospital: Fakultná nemocnica J.A. Reimana Prešov (Adress: Jána Hollého 5898/14, 081 81 Prešov

   

  SLOVAK LANGUAGE COURSES: 
  https://www.e-slovak.sk/