Application for a Certificate of No Criminal Record

It is easiest for a foreigner to request an extract from the Criminal Record at any post office. The certificate will be prepared within 10 minutes.

There is no need to write out any form in advance. You dictate all the data directly at the window of the post office employee.

Upon application, proof of passport and birth certificate must be provided (the birth certificate must be officially translated). The birth certificate is for inspection only, the original remains with the foreigner.

If the foreigner is in Bratislava, he or she can request a statement directly from the Criminal Register of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Slovak Republic, at the address: Kvetná 13, Ružinov.

It is also necessary to fill in the application for an extract from the Criminal Record. Here, you can find a sample application. Instructions on how to fill it in in English can be found at this link and in German here.

As at the post office, proof of passport and birth certificate must be provided upon request (the birth certificate must be officially translated). The birth certificate is for inspection only, the original remains with the foreigner.

The certificate will be prepared within 10 minutes.

Upon requesting an extract from the Criminal Record, the foreigner may also authorize another person. For example, if you are interested in entrusting our law firm in this matter, we will draw up a power of attorney and the client’s signature must be verified with a notary.

However, when requesting an extract from the Criminal Record on the basis of a power of attorney, the foreigner’s passport must be presented (a certified copy is not sufficient).

If the Certificate of no Criminal Record was issued in Slovakia and the foreigner needs to use it abroad, it is necessary to proceed with the higher verification – apostille or superlegalisation. It depends on the country where you submit the document.

Following higher verification, the document is translated into a foreign language by an official translator. If you are interested in an apostille of the Certificate of No Criminal Record, deliver the original to our office and we will ensure its verification and official translation. This process currently takes approximately 7 days.

If you require full-service assistance with obtaining, apostilling, or translating your Slovak criminal record extract, we collaborate closely with our partner, Legalizačné centrum (Legalization Center). They provide expert support in the following scenarios:

You can simply deliver the original extract to our office in person, by post, or by courier. An extract issued at a post office is fully accepted for further legalization.

We can manage the entire process for you remotely, saving you a trip to Slovakia:

Price for all procedures: 380 EUR. (Official translation of the criminal record, if requested, is an additional 90 EUR. Delivery abroad is not included in the price.)

If you possess a Slovak ID card with a chip (or a residence permit for foreigners) and know your BOK code, we can provide detailed instructions on how to obtain the electronic criminal record extract. From the electronic version, we will then arrange for:

Additional fee for processing the electronic version: + 60 EUR. Documents can be sent worldwide via Slovak Post or DHL courier, according to your preference.

You can visit our office with your identity document and BOK code. We will request the extract directly on-site and subsequently arrange for the apostille, translation, and delivery of the final document.