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Work Permit
- Act No. 5/2004 Coll. on Employment Services and on Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended
- The Slovak company to which the employees are to be posted must (prior to the submission of the application for the granting of a work permit) agree upon the headcount, job positions/professions of the posted workers, and the periods of their posting with the competent Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family / Labour Office.
- This agreement is concluded during a meeting between the company representative and the responsible officer of the Labour Office, resulting in an official record approving the conditions on the basis of which the third-country nationals will be posted to perform work within the territory of the Slovak Republic.
- Subsequently, an application for the granting of a work permit shall be submitted to the competent Labour Office, lodged by the third-country national either personally or through the legal entity or natural person to which they are to be posted within the territory of the Slovak Republic.
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The attachments to the application for the granting of a work permit are:
- a certified copy of the proof of education, officially translated into the state language and bearing a higher authentication endorsement (apostille/legalization)
- a contract in the Slovak language pursuant to which the third-country national will be posted
- a written consent to the submission of the application with an officially verified signature (if the third-country national wishes the application to be submitted by the legal entity or natural person to which they will be posted)
Upon delivery of the application for the granting of a work permit together with the attachments, the Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family shall without undue delay grant the work permit based on the conditions agreed upon in the record of the meeting approving the conditions on the basis of which the third-country nationals will perform work within the territory of the Slovak Republic.
Temporary Residence for the Purpose of Employment
- Act No. 404/2011 Coll. on Residence of Aliens and on Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended
- An application for the granting of temporary residence for the purpose of employment shall be submitted by a third-country national in person at a diplomatic mission of the Slovak Republic or at a consular post of the Slovak Republic, where an interview with the applicant shall subsequently take place.
The attachments to the application are:
- a document proving the purpose of stay – a work permit (not older than 90 days)
- a document proving clean criminal record – an extract from the Crime Register (not older than 90 days)
- a document proving financial resources for the stay
- a document proving the provision of accommodation within the Slovak Republic
Social Security and Health Insurance
Agreement between the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Serbia on Social Security – published in the Collection of Laws under No. 26/2013 Article 7:
“If an employer having its registered seat in the territory of one Contracting State posts an employee who is subject to the legal provisions of that Contracting State to perform work in the territory of the other Contracting State, such employee shall, with respect to this employment, remain subject only to the legal provisions of the first Contracting State as if performing the employment in its territory. Such application of the legal provisions of the first Contracting State may last for a maximum period of 24 months.”
Extension of a Permit
The Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family / Labour Office may extend a work permit upon the request of a third-country national for a maximum of two years, which may be done repeatedly. For a third-country national who has been granted a work permit pursuant to Section 22 (8), the total duration of the work permit may not exceed 48 months during a period of five consecutive years (Section 23 (4)).
A prerequisite for the extension of the work permit is that the employment will be carried out with the same employer and in the same job position. A written application for the extension of a work permit shall be lodged by the third-country national with the Labour Office no earlier than 90 days and no later than 30 days prior to the expiration of the granted work permit (Section 23 (5)).
