Visa to Slovakia in 2021: application instructions

Slovakia, a Slavic country close to the heart of Russian people, will give visiting guests many positive impressions. Here is the highest part of the mountain system of the famous Carpathians - the Tatras. Ski lovers come with pleasure in winter.

Around the thermal springs that Slovakia is rich in, many health resorts have grown up. The cost of staying at balneological and ski resorts is comparatively lower than in other EU countries. At the same time, the quality of service, services, and staff professionalism are at a high European level.

Slovakia has been a member of the European Union since 2014

Ancient historical castles, fortresses that have preserved the architecture and mystery of the Middle Ages are the calling card of the country. No less interesting will be a visit to the capital of the Slovak Republic on the coast of the glorified Danube. Bratislava is unique in its location - the only main city in the world that borders two countries at the same time (Austria, Hungary).

The distant similarity of languages reduces the language barrier to some extent, which makes the stay of Russians here even more comfortable.

Main types of visas

To enter the country you will need a Schengen visa to Slovakia. Classification depending on the length of stay can be reduced to three main types:

Tourist visa. Allowed to stay in the country for no more than 90 days within 180 days;
Transit. Valid for 30 days with the possibility of staying no more than 5 days;
National. Provides continuous residence in the country for up to 1 year.

If the visit is due to the purpose of visiting relatives or friends, a guest visa is issued; recreation, sightseeing – tourist; treatment – medical; solving operational issues of entrepreneurial activity - business visa.

Depending on the number of permitted trips, single-entry visas and multiple-entry visas are allocated (multiple visa for a period of 1, 2 or 5 years). Then you can plan your trip without spending additional time and money on obtaining a permit stamp in your passport.

However, you need to remember that even if you have a multiple-entry visa, you can stay in the country for no more than 90 days during each six months.

To control the number of days during frequent trips in order to avoid violations, it is convenient to use a visa calculator.

Operating mode

Russian citizens can contact the Slovakia visa center to submit a package of documents for a visa from 09.00 to 16.00 from Monday to Friday. Applicants can receive completed documentation on weekdays from 11.00 to 16.00. The organization does not provide services and does not operate on public holidays of the Slovak Republic.

Acceptance of applications : Monday-Friday: from 9:00 to 16:00
Passport issuance : Monday-Friday: from 11:00 to 16:00

How much does a visa to Slovakia cost in 2021?

In order for documents to be accepted for consideration at the consulate, you must pay 35 euros. In this case, the period for receiving a decision will be 5 calendar days. The period during which the result is known when ordering an urgent visa is 3 days, the cost is 70 euros. Applicants should be prepared to pay in cash only in Euro currency.

The cost of a full package of information services for obtaining a visa to Slovakia at the Online Visa Center, including all fees, is 6,100 rubles.

Submitted documents for a national visa include a fee of 33 – 232 euros (the amount varies depending on the purpose of the trip).

Some categories of citizens are exempt from paying the standard consular fee:

close relatives of Russian and Slovak citizens who live in Russia or Europe;
members of government, parliament, courts;
all categories of persons going to study in Slovakia (pupils, students, teachers, graduate students);
participants of a humanitarian trip;
participants in various international events: sports, scientific, creative, official programs of sister cities.

A free visa is also issued for children under 6 years of age.

Bratislava, Slovakia

Embassy and consulates

Moscow

The embassy is located at st. Julius Fucik, house 17/19.
Applications and other documents for visas are accepted from Monday to Thursday from 09:00 to 12:00.
The issuance of completed documents is carried out on the same days, but from 15:00 to 15:30.
Call the number.

Saint Petersburg

The Consulate General is located at 21/2 Orbeli Street.
Visa applications are accepted on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 to 12:00.
Issuance of ready passports is carried out on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays from 13:00 to 15:30.
Telephone number for contact.

How to get a visa to Slovakia yourself

Regardless of the choice of method for obtaining a Schengen visa, submitting fingerprints is mandatory. The exceptions are children under 12 years of age, citizens who lack fingers, as well as heads of state and their accompanying spouses, members of the delegation.

Biometric data is entered into the general VIS system and stored for 5 years. For subsequent applications within the specified period, the fingerprinting procedure is not required.

Intermediary firms still have the right to represent the interests of clients at the Embassy if their biometric data has already been entered into the database. The Slovak Embassy in Moscow cooperates with such accredited tour operators.

Meanwhile, significant difficulties rarely arise in the process of obtaining a visa on your own. The main thing is to strictly comply with all the requirements for filling out and listing the required package of papers.

Via Visa Application Center

To resolve the issue of applying for Schengen to Slovakia in 2021, contact the Online Visa Center.

Attention! PONY EXPRES EC does not serve clients wishing to obtain a visa to Slovakia, since the previously concluded Agreement has ceased to be valid on December 21, 2021.

Steps to obtain permission to visit the Slovak Republic at the Online Visa Application Center:

Submit an application on the official website of the company;
Deliver documents to the office in person, by courier, or delivery service;
Pay for the services of the center;
Representatives of the company fill out a form, check the list of documents, submit them to the Slovakian consulate in the Russian Federation without the presence of the applicant (if fingerprints have not been submitted, then presence is required) and receive the passport back;
VC employees send the passport to the client’s address or hand it over personally.

Via the consulate

Not only the applicant personally, but also other citizens can apply for a visa (provided that fingerprinting has been completed previously or the applicant is exempt from it). It can be:

representative of the institution submitting documents for a group of individuals participating in a dance group, educational group, orchestra, choir, etc. An official letter of authorization from the organization is required;
one of the family members, subject to the same goals, dates of entry and exit from the country. The relationship is documented;
representative of an accredited tour operator;
another person in special reasoned cases in the presence of a notarized power of attorney. In this case, the applicant still signs the form personally.

Reception of Russian citizens is carried out by four consulates in the Russian Federation, authorized to issue visas to Slovakia. You must first fill out a form and register for an appointment.

Residents of Crimea must apply for a visa to the Embassy of Slovakia in Ukraine, due to the official refusal of the Slovak authorities to accept the accession of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation.

Kosice, Slovakia

Welcome to the website of the visa service centers of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Russia

This site provides information on the procedure for applying for a visa to the Slovak Republic as your primary country of residence

Consular District of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Moscow
Consular District of the Consulate General of the Slovak Republic in St. Petersburg

The Consular District of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Moscow includes:
Altai region, Amur region, Astrakhan region, Belgorod region, Bryansk region, Vladimir region, Volgograd region, Vologda region, Voronezh region, Moscow, Jewish Autonomous Region, Transbaikal region, Ivanovo region, Irkutsk region, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Kaliningrad region, Kaluga region, Kamchatka region, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Kemerovo region, Kirov region, Kostroma region, Krasnodar region, Krasnoyarsk region, Kurgan region, Kursk region, Lipetsk region, Magadan region, Moscow region, Nizhny Novgorod region, Novosibirsk region, Omsk region, Orenburg region, Oryol region, Penza region, Perm Territory, Primorsky Territory, Republic of Adygea (Adygea), Republic of Altai, Republic of Bashkortostan, Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Dagestan, Republic of Ingushetia, Republic of Kalmykia, Republic of Komi, Republic of Mari El, Republic of Mordovia , Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Republic of North Ossetia - Alania, Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan), Republic of Tyva, Republic of Khakassia, Rostov Region, Ryazan Region, Samara Region, Saratov Region, Sakhalin Region, Sverdlovsk Region, Smolensk Region, Stavropol Territory, Tambov Region region, Tver region, Tomsk region, Tula region, Tyumen region, Udmurt Republic, Ulyanovsk region, Khabarovsk region, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra, Chelyabinsk region, Chechen Republic, Chuvash Republic - Chuvashia, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug district, Yaroslavl region

Visa Centers: Moscow, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, Kazan, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov.

The Consular District of the Consulate General of the Slovak Republic in St. Petersburg includes:

Regions: Arkhangelsk, Kaliningrad, Leningrad, Murmansk, Novgorod, Pskov and the Republic of Karelia.

Autonomous okrugs: Nenets.

Visa Centers: St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk.

Application for a visa to Slovakia

The visa application form is filled out electronically. Information in the gray fields must be entered, in the green fields - at the decision of the applicant; columns with an asterisk are not filled in by family members of residents of EU member countries.

The paper version is used at the Hungarian Consulate in Yekaterinburg.

Sample of filling out an application form for a visa to Slovakia

The electronic form is available via this link.

To avoid possible mistakes, it is useful to familiarize yourself with the filling rules.

After filling out the form, you will see a form where you can make an appointment at the Embassy of Slovakia.

You will have the opportunity to save the questionnaire in PDF format, send it by email, or print it directly.

In Yekaterinburg, they fill out a paper form in large Latin letters according to the proposed model.

Consulate General of Hungary in Yekaterinburg

Address: 620075, Ekaterinburg, st. Gogolya, 15Phone:+7E-Mail:Information: The Hungarian Consular Section accepts applications for a visa to Slovakia from Russian citizens at their place of residence in:

Ural Federal District

Volga Federal District

Siberian Federal District

From Monday to Thursday it is open from 9.00 to 17.30. On Fridays the working day ends at 15.00.

Documents for a visa to Slovakia: list from 2021

Documents must be provided according to the list below:

Application form personally signed by the applicant. Parents (guardians) sign for children;
International passport (no more than 10 years old, valid for more than 90 days from the date of return from the trip, with at least two pages for entries);
A photograph with the correct angle, appearance, background, dimensions;
A copy of the Russian passport (pages with personal data, marital status, registration, information on the issuance of a foreign passport);
Insurance policy for a minimum amount of 30 thousand euros (coverage area Slovakia, Schengen countries, the whole world);
Receipt of payment of the visa fee;
Official papers indicating the purpose of the trip (tourist voucher, invitation, etc.);
Confirmation of intention to return home (return ticket, documents on the availability of property in the Russian Federation);
Proof of the applicant's financial security (certificate of income from work, personal income tax form 2, bank account statement, traveler's checks, proof of sponsorship). The validity period of the listed documents is 1 month.

The provided financial certificates must show an amount sufficient to live in Slovakia at the rate of 56 euros per day for one person.

Photo for a visa to Slovakia

There are certain requirements for photos, compliance with them is mandatory:

Photos must be taken no later than 6 months from the date of application;
Side dimensions: width 35 mm, height 45 mm;
The image of the face occupies an area within 80%, the height of the face is approximately 32-36 mm, the shoulder line is visible, there should be an empty space of 2 mm from the top of the head to the edge of the photograph;
Background in light colors (gray, white, blue);
Images with a smile, turning the head, closed eyes, open mouth are prohibited;
Headgear and glasses must be absent (except for medical indications). The religious beliefs of citizens are respected and they are required to wear a hijab and not remove it for photographs, but the face must still be uncovered.

Visa documents for children

Traveling to Slovakia for minor children requires the presence of certain documents as part of the main package:

international passport (only for children over 14 years old);
birth certificate;
a copy of the parents’ previously received visa (if the application is not made together);
permission to travel from legal parents (guardians).

The latter is required only when the child travels unaccompanied by his father and mother (guardian) or with one of them. Parental permission is not required only in the event of termination of parental rights or death.

Additional documents for different types of visas

In addition to the mandatory package of papers, the consular officer has the right to request additional documents for obtaining a visa:

for tourists: confirmation of payment for a reserved room in a Slovak hotel, a detailed description of the trip (in the absence of a reservation for objective reasons); for persons wishing to visit deceased relatives - documentary evidence of kinship and burial;
guest visit: official invitation, documents proving family ties;
business meetings: invitation from a business partner, provided in the original; to participate in cultural events - an invitation from the host organization;
receiving treatment - an invitation from the receiving medical institution and guarantees of payment for the services provided.

The Embassy of Slovakia puts forward certain requirements and conditions for processing written requests.

Bratislava, Slovakia

Registration at the Slovakia visa center in Moscow

To obtain permission to visit the Slovak Republic, Russians must obtain a visa. If you plan to submit documents through a visa center, you do not need to make an appointment.

But if you plan to submit papers directly to the consular department of the Slovak Embassy in Moscow, then pre-registration is MANDATORY!

For more information about registering at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Moscow, see here.

How long does it take to get a visa to Slovakia?

If you fill out the documents correctly, follow the list and all the rules, you can count on receiving a final decision on the issue of obtaining a visa to Slovakia in 5 days. Urgent order to receive a stamp in your passport – 3 days.

"Visa Center Online" provides a response within 5-7 days.

However, you should not put off resolving such an important issue until the last moment. Due to unforeseen circumstances (an error in the documents, their incomplete composition), the process may take up to 15-30 days, and then the trip may be disrupted. It is officially allowed to submit documents no earlier than 3 months before the planned date of the visit.

How to check your visa readiness

To check the status of consideration of an application in the Online Center, a certain form is provided.

Information is also provided by phone numbers of consulates (except for Yekaterinburg), to which documents were submitted for obtaining permission to visit Slovakia.

Visa Application Center of the Slovak Republic in Moscow

Address: 105064, Moscow, Nizhny Susalny lane, 5, building 19, BusinessPhone: +7E-Mail: Information: The accredited company Pony Express also accepts visa documents. Applications are accepted and passports are issued from Monday to Friday from nine o'clock in the morning. Reception of applications ends at 15:30, and issuance of passports at 19:00.

The accredited organization does not accept applications for urgent Schengen visas and internal Slovak visas.

Contacts of the embassy, consulates, visa centers of Slovakia in Russia

Determining the address of the consulate to contact depends on the place of registration of the applicant. You can view the distribution of regions and districts by following this link.

Consular departments accept documents and issue passports on strictly defined days and hours.

Embassy of Slovakia in Moscow

Address: st. Yu. Fuchika, 17/19 Moscow, 115127

Tel.

E-mail Website: mzv.sk/moskva

Reception of applications at the consular section from 9:00 to 12:00, issuance of passports from 15:00 to 15:30, except Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays of the Slovak Republic.

Consulate General of the Slovak Republic in St. Petersburg

Address: st. Orbeli, 21, bldg. 2 St. Petersburg, 124223