Temporary residence of a third-country national granted the status of a long-term resident in another member state
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Prechodný pobyt štátneho príslušníka tretej krajiny, ktorý má priznané postavenie osoby s dlhodobým pobytom v inom členskom štáte as of 2026-08-24[3][4] The Act names the purpose by describing the holder rather than by giving the permit a short name, and both the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Border and Aliens Police reproduce that description in full. |
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| Official name (English) | Temporary residence of a third-country national granted the status of a long-term resident in another member state as of 2026-08-24[3] Translation of the Slovak statutory description. |
| Legal basis | Zákon č. 404/2011 Z. z. o pobyte cudzincov, § 30, read with § 32 ods. 6 (finančné zabezpečenie pobytu) as of 2026-08-24[3][4] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-24[3] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU as of 2026-08-24[3] |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. |
| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source Not established from a source specific to this purpose. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 5 years as of 2026-08-24[3] Granted for the time needed to achieve the declared purpose and for no longer than five years. |
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| Renewable | Not established from a qualifying source Not established for this purpose. |
| Work rights | authorisation required as of 2026-08-24[2][5] § 23a ods. 1 písm. b) of the Employment Services Act: the holder needs neither a work permit nor a labour-office confirmation after 12 months from the beginning of the residence in Slovakia. For the first 12 months a separate permission is required, which is what authorisation_required records. This is the same shape as the family-reunification nine-month rule, one waiting period longer. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Not established from a qualifying source Not established. § 30 is a status route rather than an activity route: it is open to a person who already holds EU long-term-resident status in another member state, and the Act reaches the activity they will carry on in Slovakia through the financial-security provision rather than through a job offer. |
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| Labour-market test | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Own means requirement | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value[4] |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-24[1][3] Not a job-search instrument. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-08-24[3] The general in-country filing conditions apply; the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs states no narrowing for this purpose. |
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| Statutory processing time | 90 days as of 2026-08-24[3] The general 90-day deadline. This purpose is not among the five the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs names as decided in 30 days. |
| Observed processing time | Not established from a qualifying source No official observed-duration statistics were located. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Not established from a qualifying source Not established for this purpose. |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 5 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-08-24 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-24 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Zákon č. 404/2011 Z. z. o pobyte cudzincov a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov (znenie vyhlásené v Zbierke zákonov, čiastka 126)
Ministerstvo vnútra SR (kópia vyhláseného znenia na webovom sídle Úradu hraničnej a cudzineckej polície) · gazette · Tier 1 · Published 2011-10-21 · Accessed 2026-08-24 - [2] Kto nepotrebuje povolenie na zamestnanie ani potvrdenie o možnosti obsadenia voľného pracovného miesta?
Migračné informačné centrum IOM (Medzinárodná organizácia pre migráciu) · international organisation · Tier 2 · Published 2026-08-11 · Accessed 2026-08-24 - [3] Pobyt cudzinca – účely prechodného pobytu, druhy trvalého pobytu a podávanie žiadostí
Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí SR (Generálny konzulát SR v Užhorode) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2022-07-08 · Accessed 2026-08-24 - [4] 44. Finančné zabezpečenie pobytu podľa zákona č. 404/2011 Z. z. o pobyte cudzincov (edícia október 2024)
Úrad hraničnej a cudzineckej polície, Prezídium Policajného zboru, Ministerstvo vnútra SR · official guidance · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-24 · Superseded by sk-uhcp-faq-podnikanie - [5] 4. Zamestnanie štátneho príslušníka tretej krajiny, u ktorého sa povolenie na zamestnanie ani potvrdenie o možnosti obsadenia VPM nevyžaduje (§ 23a zákona č. 5/2004 Z. z. o službách zamestnanosti)
Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny SR · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2024-03-07 · Accessed 2026-08-24