Cancellation of emergency COVID-19
Dear Clients, The Government Office of the Slovak Republic on 11.09.2023 approved the lifting of the emergency situation caused by the spread of the COVID-19 disease, which will end on 15.09.2023 at 6:00. On the basis of this fact, the transitional provision §131i Z.z. will expire. 404/2011 of the Act on the Residence of Aliens. Currently, however, the transitional provision §131k of the Act remains in force. 404/2011 of the Act on the Residence of Aliens [...]
Closure of OCP PZ sites
Dear clients, we bring you an updated article on the current situation related to the closure of the Foreign Police Department. Check this article regularly for the latest information. Updated on 06.10.2023: The Office of the Border and Alien Police of the Presidium of the Police Corps is extending the restriction of operation of all sites of the Alien Police Departments of the Police Corps until October 15, 2023. The reason is the continuing need to meet the tasks related to the increase in illegal migration on [...]
Amendment to the Act on the Residence of Aliens No 404/2011
Dear clients, we bring you information on the approval of the amendment to the Act on the Residence of Aliens No. 404/2011 Coll. On 06.09.2023 the Government of the Slovak Republic approved a significant change, mainly related to illegal migration of persons through the territory of the Slovak Republic, when the Office of the Border and Aliens Police will no longer be obliged to initiate formal administrative proceedings in the matter of administrative expulsion of foreigners. Thus, overall, this change should [...]
Change of fees – Health insurance for foreigners
Dear clients, We would like to inform you about the upcoming change in fees for travel and health insurance services for foreigners, which we bring to you and mediate through the company AXA Assistance. Starting next week, the company will increase the current fees as follows: Service package Urgent care - fee increase by 25% Service package Comprehensive care (except for the Mother option) - fee increase by 20% This change will occur [...]
Migration in numbers for 2023
After the previous period of the COVID-19 pandemic, the activity of the consular service of the Slovak Republic has fully returned to personal contact with the public. In practice, this was manifested by increased interest in those activities that required the personal presence of the applicant and which were limited in previous years. In the evaluated period, the most consular services were provided to Slovak citizens in the registry […]
What is the Schengen Information System?
Dear clients, in this article we bring you shared information about the functioning of the Schengen Information System of the European Union. This article provides detailed and current information as of the date this article was published. The system consists in checking the controlled person or thing. Whether the person or thing has a record and whether it is necessary to take any measures at that moment. For example, to detain the wanted person, [...]
Russian Federation - sanctioned banks
Dear clients, we would like to inform you that from 08.12.2022, Slovak authorities such as the Border and Foreign Police Office of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs will no longer accept confirmation of account balances as well as bank statements from bank accounts issued by Russian and by Belarusian banks, at the same time, confirmations and statements from foreign [...]