Permanent Residence Right for a Family Member of a Union Citizen

RIGHT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE A family member of an EU citizen is eligible for permanent residence if they continuously reside with the sponsor for five years, and less than five years if the sponsor is eligible for permanent residence.

A Union citizen is entitled to a residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic during a period longer than three months if he/she: is employed in Slovakia, is self-employed in Slovakia, studies in primary or secondary school or at a university in Slovakia, has sufficient financial means for themselves as well as for their family members, to prevent them from burdening the social security system during their stay and has health insurance in Slovakia, will potentially find employment,

is a family member of a Union citizen who meets one of the above-mentioned conditions and whom he/she is accompanying or joining.

Family members of EU citizens are obliged to report the beginning of their residence to the Foreign Police within 10 working days from the date of entry into the Slovak Republic.

Family members of EU citizens are obliged to apply for a residence card to the Foreign Police within 30 days after the expiration of three months from the date of entry in Slovakia.

Documents to be submitted with the application: a valid travel document, a document certifying the existence of a family relationship with the sponsor (e.g. a marriage certificate, birth certificate) certificate of the sponsor's registration of residence, other documents that demonstrate the facts set out in the definition of an EU citizen's family member.

The family member of an EU citizen is a third-country national who is: their spouse, their child under the age of 21, their dependent child and such children of their spouse, their dependent direct relative in descending or ascending line and such relative of their spouse,

any other family member not covered by points a) to c) who is a dependent person in the country of their origin, any other family member not covered by points a) to c) who is a member of their household, any other family member not covered by points a) to c) who for serious medical reasons is dependent on their care, their partner, with whom an EU citizen has a lasting, duly attested relationship,

a third-country national who has a right of residence in the same Member State in which an EU citizen has a residence permit and the citizen of the EU is a citizen of the Slovak Republic with whom a third-country national returns to or joins for residence back in the territory of the Slovak Republic and meets any of the conditions mentioned by points a) to g) in relation to a citizen of the Slovak Republic.

Note: A family member of a Slovak national is usually not considered a family member of an EU citizen, and therefore these provisions do not apply, except for when a Slovak citizen returns to Slovakia together with their family member with whom they have lived in another EU Member State.

A family member of an EU citizen is eligible for permanent residence if they continuously reside with the sponsor for five years, and less than five years if the sponsor is eligible for permanent residence.

The residence document shall expire if the temporary absence of the foreigner in the territory of the Slovak Republic exceeds a total of six months of the year.