Information and support to UK Nationals in Slovakia

HAVE A LAWFUL RESIDENCE

To enjoy your rights in the territory of Slovakia broadly as you could before the UK left the EU, you must be lawfully residing in Slovakia by 31 December 2020 and continue to reside here thereafter.

REGISTER YOUR RESIDENCE

• You should register your residence within 30 days from the lapse of three months from entering Slovakia. You may be fi ned for not doing so;
• Unless you have already done so, you should register at your earliest convenience;
• When you register after 1 January 2021, you will have to demonstrate that you were lawfully residing in Slovakia before 31 December 2020.

GET A NEW RESIDENCE CARD

• You need to apply for a new

Residence Card by 30 June 2021 (even if you are already registered as resident and hold an EU Residence Card). You may be fi ned for not doing so;

• This will be a non-EU Residence Card issued to third-country nationals;
• It will include a reference to the Withdrawal Agreement;
• Any EU Residence Cards owned by UK nationals and their family members after 30 June 2021 will cease to be valid.

The Withdrawal Agreement regulates the terms of the UK’s departure from the EU, defi nes whose rights are covered and under which conditions.

To be covered by the Withdrawal Agreement means that you can enjoy your rights in Slovakia as broadly as you could before the UK´s exit from the EU.

The following categories of persons are covered:

• UK nationals and their family members who lawfully reside in Slovakia before or on 31 December 2020 (inclusive) and continue to live here after this date;
• Certain family members (of UK nationals) who do not yet reside in Slovakia before 31 December 2020;
• Children and future children (children under the age of 21 or dependent children);
• Frontier workers.

You will get one of the following types of residence status, depending on how long you have been living in Slovakia:

FIVE-YEAR RESIDENCE

You will get this type of residence if you have lawfully resided in Slovakia for less than fi ve years.

It is granted automatically for a period of up to fi ve years. The Residence Document is also issued for a period of up to fi ve years; or

LONG-TERM RESIDENCE / PERMANENT RESIDENCE FOR UNLIMITED TIME

You will get this type of residence if you have lawfully resided in Slovakia continuously for more than fi ve years. It is granted automatically for an indefi nite time period. The Residence Document is issued for a period of up to 10 years.

As a UK national, to lawfully reside in Slovakia means that you must fall into one of the following categories:

• You are employed in Slovakia;
• You are a self-employed person in Slovakia;
• You are studying in primary school, secondary school, or at university in Slovakia and are fi nancially self-sufficient;
• You are fi nancially self-sufficient and have health insurance in Slovakia;
• You are looking for work in Slovakia;
• You are a family member of a UK national or of a Union citizen who satisfi es one of the above conditions and whom you are accompanying or joining.

As a UK national family member, to lawfully reside in Slovakia means that the UK national you are accompanying or joining satisfi es one of the above conditions.

International Organization for Migration
– Office in the Slovak Republic

Grösslingová 35
811 09 Bratislava
Slovenská republika
Helpline: +421 908 342 340

Official website: uknationals.iom.sk