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- Termination of Temporary Protection
- To which displaced persons does this regulation not apply?
- Residence document for a displaced person
- Required documents for a displaced person's residence application
- Deadline for the issuance of a residence document to a displaced person
- From when is it possible to apply for a displaced person's residence document?
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The National Council of the Slovak Republic has approved an amendment to the Act on the Residence of Aliens, which will enter into force on July 15, 2026, and significantly affects foreign nationals holding the status of a displaced person.
Termination of Temporary Protection
Temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine is valid until March 4, 2027. In an effort to prevent displaced persons from falling into the status of unlawfully residing third-country nationals within the territory of the Slovak Republic after this date and being forced to leave the country en masse, the approved government bill regulates the conditions for granting temporary residence to displaced persons.
Pursuant to the proposed provision of Section 131o(1), a displaced person who was provided with temporary protection in the territory of the Slovak Republic as of March 3, 2027, “shall continue to be considered a displaced person for one year from the date of the expiry of the provision of temporary protection in the territory of the Slovak Republic under a special regulation.” Subsequently, the displaced person must leave the Slovak Republic unless they are authorized to reside in the territory of the Slovak Republic on other grounds.
Similarly, the validity of the residence document designated as “TEMPORARY PROTECTION” (DOČASNÉ ÚTOČISKO) will be extended by one year.
To which displaced persons does this regulation not apply?
However, this regulation does not apply to a displaced person if they:
- a) applied for asylum or supplementary protection, or were granted temporary residence or permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic,
- b) were granted asylum or supplementary protection by another Member State of the European Union,
- c) were granted residence without a time limit by another state,
- d) were provided with temporary protection by another state.
Residence document for a displaced person
Displaced persons will be obliged to leave the territory of the Slovak Republic no later than on the final day of this one-year period, unless they are authorized to reside in the territory of the Slovak Republic on other grounds. This will provide them with “sufficient time to resolve their personal and life situation.” (Source: Explanatory Memorandum to the amendment to the Act on the Residence of Aliens, p. 61).
During this period, a displaced person will be entitled to apply for the issuance of a temporary residence document for the purposes specified in Section 21(1)(a) to (f) of the Act on the Residence of Aliens, provided that:
- they pursued such purpose for at least 6 months prior to the expiry of the provision of temporary protection, and
- they continuously pursue it as of the date of filing the application.
The aforementioned is regulated by Section 131o(4) as follows:
“A third-country national under subsection 1 may apply for the issuance of a residence document for a purpose pursuant to Section 21(1)(a) to (f) which they pursued for at least six months immediately preceding the expiry of the provision of temporary protection in the territory of the Slovak Republic in connection with the armed conflict in the territory of Ukraine under a special regulation, and continuously pursue it as of the date of filing the application for the issuance of the residence document.”
Such purposes are understood to mean business, employment, study, special activity, research and development, or family reunification.
However, displaced persons may apply for the issuance of a residence document as early as July 15, 2026, provided that they have pursued the declared purpose of residence for at least six months immediately preceding the submission of the application.
Required documents for a displaced person’s residence application
Upon application pursuant to subsection 4, the police department shall issue a residence document to the third-country national, provided there are no grounds for refusing the application. Such grounds for refusal include:
- failure to meet the condition of pursuing the purpose of residence for at least six months immediately preceding the expiry of the provision of temporary protection and the continuous pursuit of such purpose as of the date of filing the application, or
- reasons pursuant to Section 33(6)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), or (h).
The application for a residence document must be accompanied by a valid travel document and the following:
- a) a document proving the purpose of residence; an exception applies where the purpose of residence under Section 21(1)(a) is to be proven by a third-country national who is registered in the Commercial Register, the Trade Register, the Register of Legal Entities, Entrepreneurs and Public Authorities, or another similar register, or is registered in the Commercial Register as a person authorized to act on behalf of a business company or a cooperative,
- b) a document proving clean criminal record, consisting of an extract from the criminal record of Ukraine not older than 90 days; this shall not apply if the third-country national is under 14 years of age, and
- c) a document confirming the provision of accommodation; this shall not apply to a third-country national pursuant to Section 32(2)(e). Section 32(8) and Section 122 shall apply mutatis mutandis to this document.
The purposes of residence referred to in letter a) above shall be proven by:
- a) a confirmation issued by the Social Insurance Agency certifying the registration of the third-country national as an employee in an employment relationship within the register of insured persons and old-age pension savings scheme savers, not older than 30 days, where the purpose of residence under Section 21(1)(b) is to be proven, or
- b) a document pursuant to Section 32(5)(c) to (n), where the purpose of residence under Section 21(1)(c) to (f) is to be proven.
The application must be complete, otherwise the Foreign Police will not accept it and will provide the third-country national with written information regarding which documents must be attached to the application in order for it to be accepted.
The police department shall refuse the application not only in the case of failure to meet the aforementioned conditions, but also for reasons pursuant to Section 33(6)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), or (h).
Deadline for the issuance of a residence document to a displaced person
The police department has a statutory period of 60 days to assess the application and send a notification confirming compliance with the stated conditions, and an additional 30 days to issue the document. The notification is sent by post or electronically. The temporary residence granted in this manner will be valid for a period which “the police department determines according to the validity of the document proving the purpose of residence; if this document does not have limited validity, the validity of the temporary residence shall be two years.”
From when is it possible to apply for a displaced person’s residence document?
In view of the anticipated volume of displaced persons applying for the issuance of a temporary residence document, the law permits them to do so immediately upon the entry into force of this Act, i.e., from July 15, 2026. According to the Explanatory Memorandum, “this will distribute the volume over a longer period of time, ensuring that the administrative burden on the police departments scales gradually.”
At the same time, however, the condition remains applicable that the applicant must have pursued the purpose for which the residence document is requested for at least 6 months continuously prior to filing the application.
