Doctoral student – third country national

REPORTING NOTICE OF THE STAY (HLÁSENIE POBYTU) at the Foreign Police Department

• if PhD student is accommodated in private accommodation – he/she reports his/her stay individually within 3 working days from entering Slovakia

• if doctoral student is accommodated in the SAS dormitory – his/her stay is reported by the accommodation facility

TEMPORARY RESIDENCE – application, checking of all documents to be submitted with the application, booking of an appointment at the Foreign Police Department via online system – more information at our website here

• Application for temporary residence for the purpose of studies – must be submitted IN PERSON at the competent Foreign Police Department, after booking of an appointment at the Foreign Police Department via online system
• Application and required documents must be complete, otherwise the application will not be accepted
• All necessary documents must be prepared when applying for national visa = before coming to Slovakia
• The application must be submitted within the validity of national visa (or within the 90-days period of visa free regime for citizens of countries with visa free regime)
• If a complete residence application is submitted and accepted at the Foreign Police Department, applicant can stay in Slovakia legally until decision is made.
• The Foreign Police will decide within 30 days from receiving the complete application
• The issuing of a residence card (“kartička”) can take up to 30 days (10 € fee paid in stamps) or expediously within 2 days (39 € fee paid in stamps) after decision = 30 days for decision + 30 (standard) or 2 days (express) for issuance of residence card
• The residence card is delivered by Slovak Post Office courier after receiving of SMS notice from the Foreign Police – the police informs the applicant that the residence was granted and until what date exactly it was granted.

required documents:

• Application form – completely filled in Slovak language, signed by applicant – you can find under the name „Application for temporary residence“
• 2x recent full-face photograph 3×3,5 cm
• Valid passport
• Valid National visa type D
• Documents proving the purpose of the stay – Decision on admission to studies – in Slovak language, with the stamp of the University/Faculty and dean´s signature
• Documents proving the financial coverage of the stay – Confirmation of scholarship grant – in Slovak language, with the stamp and signature
• Criminal record extract – from the country of origin of the applicant and from every country where he/she has stayed for more than 90 days during 6 consecutive months within the last 3 years (if any) – superlegalised/apostilled and translated to Slovak language by official translator
• It is not required to prove provision of accommodation when studying at the university 
  

None of the documents can be older than 90 days on the day of submitting the application

All documents issued abroad must be superlegalised/apostilled and translated into Slovak language by official translator.

Obligations after being granted temporary residence permit – after collecting the residence card:

• within 30 days from collecting the card – submit a medical record to the Foreign Police Department. Medical record must not be older than 30 days and it isconfirming that you do not suffer from a disease endangering public health. The list of specialized medical centres you can find here, medical record is issued for a fee.

• within 3 working days from collecting the card – sign up for health insurance. It is not required to send the proof of health insurance to the Foreign Police, but doctoral student must be able to prove he/she has it if checked