General rules and list of documents required for personally submitting an application to foreign police (cudzinecká polícia).
Applying for a residence permit via studying for holders of temporary protection (dočasné útočisko).
1) Applicant’s form
Žiadosť o vydanie dokladu – application for a residence permit.
You can download the form on our website and fill it out on your computer or by hand.
The form must be completed in Slovak language.
2) Proof of accommodation in Slovakia
Potvrdenie ubytovacieho zariadenia – confirmation of accommodation.
Handed out when living in dormitories, hostels, hotels, etc.
The document must be completed in Slovak or Czech and certified with the seal of the institution.
or
Čestné vyhlásenie vlastníka nehnuteľnosti – declaration from the property owner.
The sample can be filled out manually by downloading it from our website.
The document must be completed in Slovak or Czech and certified by a Slovak or Czech notary, or personally signed at the foreign police department once submitting documents.
or
Nájomná zmluva – rental agreement.
It’s necessary to prepare a separate copy or a notarized copy of the agreement for submission to the police.
The document must be completed in Slovak or Czech and certified by a Slovak or Czech notary.
or
Elektronický súhlas o zabezpečení ubytovania – electronic consent of the property owner to provide accommodation.
It is submitted directly by the property owner(s) via the Slovak Ministry of the Interior’s e-services portal.
It is also important to note:
1) Any proof of accommodation must be issued for a period of at least 6 months.
2) Proof of accommodation does not need to be submitted if the applicant is a university student.
3) In case a foreigner owns and occupies their own property, submission of proof of accommodation is not required.
3) Original passport
Cestovný pas – international passport.
The passport must be valid at the time of documents submission.
Police officer will make a copy of the passport and return it to the applicant.
4) Studying confirmation
Potvrdenie školy o prijatí na štúdium – a document confirming student’s acceptance to study.
Important!
Distance learning (Externé štúdium) is not enough to obtain a residence permit.
Conditional admission (Rozhodnutie o podmienečnom prijatí na vysokoškolské štúdium) of a student also is not enough to obtain a residence permit in Slovakia.
Accordingly, for the Foreign Police, confirmation of a student’s acceptance for study is the “Rozhodnutie o prijatí na štúdium…”.
5) Confirmation of no crime record
Výpis z registra trestov Ukrajiny – no crime record from the country of citizenship.
The certificate is required starting from the age of 14.
The original certificate must also be apostilled. You must have with you the original certificate or its notarized copy with a court translation into Slovak or Czech.
If the applicant has lived in any country for more than 90 days in 6 months period over the last 3 years or has not lived, but has the appropriate mark or national visa D in his current passport, he will additionally need to present no crime record from all those countries that he visited.
It’s also necessary to note that if the student is a high school student, then police clearance certificates aren’t provided!
Important to note:
Minor student’s legal representative is required to act on juvenile’s residence permit issues.
A minor over 15 years of age can work on issues of residence permit for the purposes of study by himself independently. However, the application for a residence permit must be signed by a legal representative and notarized.
The administrative fee amounts can be found on our website.
This information cannot be used as legal advice.